I am Mahavira

Author(s): N L Jain
Publisher: Parshwanath Vidyapith

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I AM MAHĀVĪRA
with gems. She saw a water pond. She saw the ocean of milk. She saw the empyrean plane and palaces of empyrean gods. She saw a heap of gems. She also saw a fire flame without smoke.
When my mother told her dreams to my father, he was highly pleased. He smiled and predicted my birth to her. He also asked the royal astrologers to interpret these dreams. They told him, "My mother will beget a son. He will be the best among all. He will be the teacher of the world. He will have unprecedented power and energy. The gods will honour him. He will establish the ford of religion. His ford will be the ford of peace. His influence will be very high and widespread. He will unfurl the flag of polyviewism. He will acquire liberation-goddess of infinite spiritual prosperity. He will be amiable and omniscient. He will be enriched with all the good qualities. He will enforce the path of liberation by purifying his life though the fire of meditation.
My mother was also highly pleased to listen to these interpretations of her dreams. My father, later, told me, "Since I was conceived, the wealth and prestige of his kingdom increased infinite-fold. The agricultural crop was also highly sumptuous that year."
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