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she was, she was stung deeply. She sat pondering for long. Gradually, as her nobility assserted itself, the sense of hurt pride, gave way to a sense of remorse to claim forgiveness for her faults. Deeper and deeper she dived in to the depths of her mind with a realisation dawing, that responsibility for what happened lay in her own past bad karmas. Suddenly her bonds of karmas snapped bringing to her enlightenment, She gained Omniscience.
Later, Mrigavati saw a serpent moving towards Chandanbala. She moved her out of harm's way. by lifting up her hand, Chandanbala woke up and asked her the rei for her behaviour. When told, she wondered how she could see a serpent in a pitch darkness. When she learnt that Mrigavati had acquired Omniscience, she was full of remorse at her own wrong conduct. Being a virtuous lady, she also gained Omniscience soon afterwards, as she ardently desired to be forgiven.
Intense remorse arouses latent forces of a soul and can, if guided to introspection of one's self, secure a release from karmic bonds.
Samadhi Maran is one kind of a release from a mortal body while liberation from karmic bonds is a different kind of a release everlasting in nature. (2) Lord Mahavir and Chand Kaushik (Serpent) :
The snake ChandKaushik snorted and fumed. He also bit Lord Mahavir, but the Lord gently asked him to pause and to realise how he was led astry. Instatnly, serpant's attitude changed. He gently crept into his hole. He deeply repented for past sins and carefully avoided committing new sins. As a result, the serpant that was destined to go to hell, went to heaven. (3) A Frog who became a Dardurank God :
Maniar Vanik himself a devotee in his previous birth, committed a sin of obstructing religious practices of others. He was reborn as a frog. He happened to remember his previous birth-Jatismaran, and he censured himself for his past sins. He began to observe two days fast alternately using acita-inanimate water, and clay for breaking his fasts. He died while on his way to Lord Mahavir for His Darshana and was reborn as Dardurank god. (4) Kudagadu Muni :
He was unable to practise any penance, felt deep remorse for his inability to do any penance, when he saw others doing penance. He repented for his "Antraykarm"-energy obscuring karma, due to which
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