Jailer

Author(s): Abhayshekharsuri, Sujata P Kapadia
Publisher: Harshadray Private Limited

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and yet one can do nothing about it. That is why, when one is forced to bear it, the mind is all set to avenge it. Even Khandhaksoori prepared to take revenge. He avowed to punish the minister, the King who encouraged the minister and all the citizens who helped in abetment of injustice by not opposing it, thereby becoming an instrument of their destruction. This vow became a “niyanu'. What was the outcome? Did nature reward him or punish him? This fact is quite well known
Sangamdev inflicted 20 types of grievous physical sufferings on Lord Mahavir in just one night and harassed the Lord for six months. The Lord did not deem it as injustice. Was the Lord any worse for it? Just as Karmasatta is extremely cruel in dispensing punishment, inversely, it is extremely merciful in forgiving and mitigating the punishment. If we bear punishment for one crime calmly, Karmasatta forgives our abundant other trespasses.
Everyday, the jailer makes the prisoner labour strenuously, beats him with a whip. The prisoner does all the work assigned to him like an obedient servant. He even takes the beating quietly. This routine goes on everyday. Whosoever witnesses these occurances within the jail, will feel that the jailer is being unjust. The person who will take his perception outside the walls of the jail and takes an overall view of the prisoner's crime and punishment allotted to him, will only see justice. The same applies here. Whosoever is complaining that a grave injustice is
niyanu = expectation of a material/wordly substance as a reward for any religious performance