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Sanatkum ra happily started with his family to meet his parents. Hearing of his arrival king A vasena was overjoyed. He welcomed the prince with great pomp and ceremony and at an appropriate time crowned him king. Mahendrasimha was appointed the Commander-in-Chief of the army and the king himself took initiation from an elderly monk.
Sanatkum ra ruled the kingdom justly and dutifully. After the emergence of a cakra jewel in his armoury he set out on an expedition to conquer the six khaņdas and became a cakravart emperor. Sanatkum ra's beauty began to be discussed even in the heavens. As a result, two gods came to see him in the guise of Brahmins. At that moment, Sanatkum ra was seated naked on the bathing platform, and seeing his charming form the gods were awestruck. Sanatkum ra said to them, "what are you seeing now? After the bath when I sit on the royal throne adorned with fine robes and jewellery, see me then." The Brahmins did just that; but by then there was a change in the form of Sanatkum ra and the Brahmins began to lament in their minds. When the king asked them the reason for their disappointment they said – “king, worms infest your beautiful body now.”
Seeing the transient nature of the body and its destructibility Sanatkum ra immediately became disenchanted and, giving up all the glorious possessions, became a monk. After initiation he started observing many fasts as a result of which he got a lot of powers. Once again his praises were heard in the heaven and one god came to test him. The god disguised as a physician came to the monk. The monk said – “Oh physician! If you can cure disease of the mind (spiritual) then it is fine, else even I can cure the disease of the body.” Saying thus, the monk spat on his blood-oozing fingers which at once started to shine like gold. Ashamed, the god apologised to the monk and went back to his place. This way, the great monk Sanatkum ra spent 1 lakh years observing austerities and in the end became enlightened and liberated.
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