Jain Journal 1974 07

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

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undesirable,...till continues to live above my head enjoying all divine pleasures ?
JAIN JOURNAL
On hearing these words of Camara, the Indra of the Asuras, their king, (the Samanika gods) became delighted and pleased, folded their hands, moved them round their head, and then placed the folded palms with ten fingers on their head, hailed him by incessant shouts of victory, and made submission as follows:
Oh beloved of the gods! This is Sakra, the Indra of the gods, their king,...till continues to live enjoying divine pleasures.
On hearing and understanding the reply given by the gods born in the Samanika Hall, Camara, the Indra of the Asuras, their king, became angry and enraged; he lost his temper and looked dreadful, with his teeth clattering with rage, and to these gods born in the Samanika Hall, he said as follows:
Oh beloved of the gods! (The former) Sakra, the Indra of the gods, their king, was a different person, and (the former) Camara, the Indra of the Asuras, their king, was a different person; (the former) Sakra, the Indra of the gods, their king, had a great fortune, and (the former) Camara, the Indra of the Asuras, their king, had a small fortune. (But this is not so between present Sakra and me, and I am in no way inferior.) So I want to dislodge Sakra, the Indra of the gods, their king, from his grandeur.
So saying he became excited, and by becoming excited, he became enraged. After this, Camara, the Indra of the Asuras, their king, applied his avadhi knowledge, and by dint of that avadhi knowledge, he observed me, ...till made the following prayer :
There is Sramana Bhagavan Mahavira practising mahāpratimā for a night, after a fast missing six meals, seated on a slab of stone, under an excellent Asoka tree, in a forest strip named Asoka, of the city of Sumsumarapura, in Bharatavarsa, in this very isle of Jambu-dvipa. With the support of Sramana Bhagavan Mahavira, I aspire to dislodge Sakra, the Indra of the gods, their king, from his great grandeur.
Having said thus, Camara, the Indra of the Asuras, their king, got up from his bed and put on his divine robes, and then went to the east of the Hall of Genesis, and reached Coppala, the armoury of Saudharmakalpa, and therefrom, picked up a weapon named Parigha-ratna, and all