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when Samgama saw the Lord would not be disturbed in anyway, he apologized in Vrajagr ma and returned to Saudharma abode of gods. There the gods turned against him and expelled him from the realm of gods. With this example of Samgama ordinary people can understand that on account of his misdeeds if a god too had to reap its fruits, where does an ordinary person stand who purposefully causes harm to others?
Moving from Vraja village to lambhiy, vet mbik , S vatth , Kau mb R jag ha, Vras , Mithil , etc, the Lord arrived at Vai 1. Outside the city at the Baladeva temple in the Samara garden, accepting four-months fast, he became meditative and completed the rainy season halt there.
The feeling of Jr a Se ha
A devout votary named Jinadatta used to live in Vai 1. Because of poor economic condition, his house had become old and people started calling him Jr a Se ha. He had the knowledge of oceans. He went to study the footprints of the Lord to the garden and seeing a meditating Lor was very happy. Every day, he would go to the Lord and request him to take food offerings. Despite his continuous effort for four months, he did not succeed in fulfilling his desire. After completion of the c turm sa the Lord left for alms and went to the house of Abhinava re hi (merchant) whose original name was ‘P r a'. Seeing the Lord the re hi ordered his maidservant to give a spoonful of pulse. The Lord broke his four months fast with it. There was a shower of five auspicious things accompanied by divine sounds. There Jr a Se ha was waiting for the Lord to come to break his fast. He was at the pinnacle of his feeling. At that time, he heard the divine sounds. Dieing with that right feeling, Jr a Se ha went to the 12th heaven. Had he not heard the divine sounds for a moment, or two, he would have attained omniscience due to his firm resolve and penance.
The 12th Year of mendicancy
Completing the rainy season halt, the Lord reached 'Sunsum rapura'. Here Bh t namda came and enquired after the Lord's well-being and said -“In some time you will attain pure intuition and pure knowledge." Hearing Bh t namda's words, the Lord remained silent. The Bhagavat S tra describes in detail the calamities of Camarendra in
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