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I am the Soul She thought - “What a blunder! I have transgressed the limits of the Muni's code of conduct. I have been instrumental in causing hurt to the Guruni's mind.” This thinking awakened an unrestrained repentance in her. The regret of her mistake took the form of scalding heat, and burnt up all her ghati karmas. The door was closed, her finger stuck as a locking pin, and her eyes were filled with tears. The door to her soul opened up, the inner sight was cleared up and the flame of kevaljnana was alight. It was early dawn. All Sadhvis were waking up from sleep. Chandanbala was also about to wake up, and heard the melodious trinklet like voice of Mrigavati, “O Venerable Bhagavati! Please arise very carefully. There is a huge Cobra resting close to you."
Chandanbala was surprised to hear this. 'How could she know in such pitch darkness?' They all were, after all, the disciples of Bhagwan Mahavir, each one better than the other. It did not take her long to realise, there was something more to it. She asked, “Mrigavati! Did you attain the knowledge?""
“O Guruni! With your blessings!” “Complete or incomplete?" “With your blessings!”
And Brothers! Chandanbala also realised that Mrigavati had attained kevaljnana. If it were incomplete, it would be Avadhijnana. But this was complete, so it had to be kevaljnana. Chandanbala rose and ran to touch the feet of Mrigavati.
“Please forgive me, I hurt a Nikat-kevali (person close to attaining kevaljnana) like you."
But Mrigavati said, “This was all your benevolence. Had you not punished me, I would not have repented and my karmas would not have been destroyed.”
Brothers! For having hurt Mrigavati, Chandanbala also repented and soon attained kevaljnana.
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