Book Title: Jailer Author(s): Abhayshekharsuri, Sujata P Kapadia Publisher: Harshadray Private LimitedPage 72
________________ Bharat Kshetra in Dhatakikhand. He established a war camp admeasuring 12 yojans with 'charmaratna' and 'chhatraratna'. He sat himself down in the war camp along with his army of 96 crore soldiers and ordered 16,000 demi-gods to lift the entire camp and fly it over Lavana Samudra admeasuring two lakh yojans to reach Dhatakikhand. However, as the demi-gods got working and the camp passed over Lavana Samudra, the court of Karmasatta passed an order. One demi-god thought, "The other 15,999 demi-gods are lifting the war camp. It is not going to matter if I alone move aside". He moved away. He wasn't the only one who had this thought. The rest of the 15,999 demi-gods also moved away because they all had the same thought at the same time. As a result, Subhoomchakravarti with his entire war camp fell into Lavana Samudra and drowned. The demi-gods are said to be very loyal and are never unfaithful. If any one of them had imagined that by his moving away, the whole army would drown, they would not have done so. No demi-god wished Subhoom to drown and die and yet each of them had the same thought which became the reason for this occurance. Who made them think like this? It can be assumed that Charmaratna-chhatraratna = miraculous substances which are normally a span long. When touched by a Chakravarti, they both expand and become 12 yojans long. The Chakravarti's army can then position itself over charmaratna while the equally long chhatraratna becomes a canopy over it. Thus an entire camp is readied. Lavana-Samudra = an ocean surrounding Jambu Dweep (island) which is twice as wide as Jambu and which has salty water 58Page Navigation
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