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vomitted food is unacceptable and inedible, and hence avoided, desiring another's woman is condemnable and shameful. It is something that binds you to a life in hell. It is a sin to even bring this thought in your mind.' Listening to Rj mat's tactful words Rathanemi felt ashamed. After sometime Rathanemi became a renouncer and taking initiation, went to Revat cala to serve Lord Nemin tha.
There, Ri mat used to be lost in the thoughts of Nemin tha everyday. forgetting her own self. After a year's long wait, when she heard of the initiation of Ari anemi, all her enthusiasm was quelled. She thought in this situation it is best to follow his path. Deciding thus, she took permission from her parents and with a firm mind, accepted mendicancy. Once, after attaining omniscience Lord Nemin tha was seated at the RevataMountain. The female-monk R j mat went there with other female-monks to pay obeisance to him. On the way, suddenly a heavy downpour occurred. To protect themselves from the rain the femalemonks got scattered looking for shelter. Rj mat too went into cave nearby and removed all her wet clothes and set them to dry. Rathanemi was already seated in that same cave meditating, which Rj mat was unaware of because of the intense darkness. In the glow of a lightning, seeing R j mat 's naked form, Rathanemi's mind became agitated. When Rj mat saw Rathanemi, she suddenly got frightened. Seeing her scared, Rathanemi said, “Oh beautiful one! Accept me now. Come; let us enjoy sensual pleasures for a while. After enjoying pleasures we shall again follow the path of the Jina.”
Seeing Rathanemi with a demoralised conduct, Rj mat fearlessly dressed herself up and said, “Rathanemi! You are an ordinary man; if a vai rama a god or even Indra comes in front of me, I wouldn't like them. There are snakes of the agandhana clan among the serpents who prefer falling into the fire, but do not even take back poison which has been vomited once. You are a man of a good clan. Would you again accept things renounced? Shame on you Rathanemi,!" Rj mat 's words worked like a rein on Rathanemi; his mind became steady on the spiritual path. He purified his soul at the feet of Lord Ari anemi and immersing himself in severe penance, turning to ashes all his accumulated karmas, became pure, emancipated and liberated. R j mat, too, reached the Lord's feet and observing austerities and restraint, obtained omniscience and in the end attained liberation.
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