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[ Hoty Abu disc-weapon known as the Sudarshana Chakra, and blew hard the famous conch of Krshna, the Pañchajanya Shankha. Nobody except Krshna could, or even dare to perform these feats and hearing the conch-blown, Krshna for a while suspected that some powerful new enemy had turned up. Running into the ayudhashala, he was surprised to find Nemi playing with his mighty weapons, and decided to put to test the strength of Neminatha. Nemi suggested that whoever was unable to bend the outstretched straight hand of the other should be declared as defeated. Nemi could easily bend the hand of Krshna but the latter failed miserably. Krshna became purturbed at the thought that Nemi would one day easily take over the kingdom.
Once Samudravijaya asked Kṛṣhna to persuade Arishtanemi to agree to a marriage proposal. Krshna took Arishṭanemi to a water-sport, along with his own queens. There they all played and enjoyed a bath in fragrant waters, cut jokes and threw flowers on one another. Krshna's queens requested Nemi to select a suitable marriage partner. Nemi merely smiled at this which was taken as halfconsent and declared as such by the queens to Kṛṣhna who immediately arranged the marriage of Neminatha with Rājīmatī, a charming worthy princess of King Ugrasena. All arrangements were completed, and when the bridegroom's procession was going towards the bridal pavilion, Neminatha saw, on one side of the highway, a number of dumb animals tied in cattle-shed, helpless and uttering cries. Upon inquiry, Nemi came to know that they were to be slaughtered for the dishes to be served to the groom's party. Alarmed at the thought of this large-scale himsā (slaughter) imminent on his account, his mind turned away from this wretched worldly existence. Turning his chariot back, he straight went over mount Girnar, plucked out his hair and turned a Jaina monk. Though not formally
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