Confession Path to Self Liberation

Author(s): Gunratnasuri
Publisher: Jingun Aradhak Trust

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Ardrakumar made a firm determination to accept the vows. He sought consent from his parents for the same. They were in delusion and strictly refused. They appointed 500 brave warriors so that he couldn't escape. Ardrakumar considered this situation as an imprisonment. He took all the 500 warriors in his confidence by his behaviour. No sooner he gained an opportunity, he escaped from his Anarya country and reached to the Aryan country and accepted asceticism. At that time there was a oracle that, “Ardrakumar ! your karmas of previous birth are still pending." But endorsed with both pleasure and sentiment, he didn't pay heed to it. He accepted the vows and travelled from village to village.
Once, Adramuni arrived to Vasant Nagar and stood still meditating in the garden. Young girls entered to play there. In the game, they were holding poles of garden and saying, "this is my husband" One young girl, named Shrimati, (Ardrakumar's wife of previous birth) unknowingly held Adramuni, who stood stun like a statue, saying “He is my husband.” Later she realized that it were a muni. Due to the instincts of previous birth, she declared that, “If I am going to marry, I shall marry only him orelse remain unmarried and virgin.” Deities showered 12.5 lakhs gold coins. After taking that money Shrimati returned to the village along with her father. The Muni travelled elsewhere.
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Ardrakumar escapes from the Anaryan country to reach the Aryan land.
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