Jain Journal 1971 04

Author(s): Jain Bhawan Publication
Publisher: Jain Bhawan Publication

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Krsna's command all the people of Dvaravati brought the wine previously made and abandoned it, like water of the house-streams, in stone pits in the cave Kadambari in a grove of Kadambas on the mountain nearby. ...
And now the wine which the people had thrown in stone pits became sweet from the blossoms of various trees falling in it. At that time in the month of Vaisakha one of Samba's men went there as he was roaming about, saw the wine, and drank it from thirst. Delighted with it, he filled a skin with the wine, went to Samba's house, and gave it (to him) as a present. Seeing the fragrant wine, Hari's son drank it again and again with delight and said : “Where did you get it?" He told about the wine being there and on the next day Samba went with princes hard to control to the cave Kadambari. When he had seen the wine, named Kadambari from its connection with the cave Kadambari, Samba rejoiced, like a thirsty man at the sight of a river. Samba had the wine brought by servants to a grove of blossoming trees and, a drinkingparty being formed, drank with friends, brothers, and nephews.
Drinking the wine with remarks: "It has been found after a long time." "It is old.” “It has been made from good materials", they did not become satiated. Blind from drinking the wine the princes, sportive, saw the sage Dvaipayana engaged in meditation on the mountain in front of them). Samba said to his people : "He will destroy my city and family. Therefore, let him be killed. How can one, who has been killed, kill?” Then they all, angry, beat him again and again with clods, kicks, slaps, and fists. After felling him to the ground almost dead they went to Daravati and entered their respective houses.
Krsna learned about this from spies and, depressed, thought : "Oh this lack of restraint on the part of these princes will be the death of the family.” Then Krsna and Rama went there to Muni Dvaipayana and saw him red-eyed from anger like a serpent poisoning with its look. Janardana began to soothe the excessively terrifying three-staved ascetic, like a mähout calming a rogue elephant.
"Anger, above all, is a great enemy which not only causes pain in this birth, but causes continuous pain to a creature in lacs of births. The crime was committed by my sons, ignorant, blind from drinking wine. So pardon it great sage. Anger is not fitting for you."
Being so addressed by Krsna the three-staved ascetic was not appeased and he said: "Enough of this conciliatory talk of yours Krsna.