Jain Journal 1975 10

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

Page 15

JAIN JOURNAL
Vardhaman :
Sumitra, Don't strike him with your arrow. You are safe even without your arrow. You are needlessly afraid. I will remove the snake from your path. (Steps forward, catches the snake by the tail, and throws him far away behind the screen]
Sumitra :
Tarry, Prince! He will bite you. Has he bitten you ?
Vijaya :
What, has the Prince been bitten ?
Vardhaman :
Why should he bite me? I bear no ill-will towards him. I am neither afraid of him nor am I angry with him.
Sumitra :
Truly Prince, you have lot of courage in your breast.
Vijaya :
This is real bravery. Sumitra, first you called the Prince “Vardhaman, the Brave". And now I call him “Vardhaman, the very Brave".
Sumitra :
Yes, truly, Mahavira Vardhaman.
Both :
Glory unto Mahavira Vardhaman !
[They bow to Vardhaman. Vardhaman stands serene]
[Curtain ]