Jain Journal 1975 10

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

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touches. Flocks of birds rise in a musical chore from one direction to another. In the wave of happiness, there are bound to be bubbles of laughter.
Vardhaman :
But bubbles burst soon.
Yashoda :
My Lord, each bursting bubble is replaced by another. The process of replacement is eternal.
Vardhaman :
Don't you think that this laughter and this happiness keeps us in an illusion.
Yashoda :
Pleasure will remain pleasure ; and Jaughter will remain laughter. Oh, I can never forget the day when your father's consent for our marriage reached our place. A round of festivals started in our capital from that very day. Oh, what joy, what pleasure, what grandeur was there. There were celebrations in every house. Roads got carpeted with saffron and vermilion. We had lost all hope due to delay from your side. Personally I thought that there were beauties galore in Jambu Divpa and I had ghost of a chance. But it was ordained otherwise. It was written in the book of divine decrees that the stream of pleasure and happiness should flow in our city-in my heart. And that same stream has brought me unto your feet.
Vardhaman :
Yashoda, your happiness is my happiness. But sometimes I feel I have done grave injustice to you by marrying you.
Yashoda :
What injustice there can be, my Lord ! On the contrary, you have made me the most fortunate lady in the realm. By giving your consent to our marriage, you have fulfilled the most cherished desire of my life and lives to come. How many floral wreaths I laid at the feet of Lord Adinath with constant prayer that I should get the opportunity to serve you ; and Lord Adinath has been pleased to accept my prayers. Now I belong to you, and you belong to me. This thought makes me dance with rapture as does this peacock in this hall. By the grace of Lord Adinath, I have achieved the ambition of my life.