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Camp city and addressed the samava ara a at P r abhadra caitya. At that time, there was a war going on in Vai 1. Queens of the royal family and ordinary people came to offer worship. At the end of his sermon, the 10 queens, including K 1, Suk 1, etc, asked the Lord about the wellbeing of their sons gone to war. Hearing about the death of their sons from the Lord, Kl and other queens developed detachment, taking permission of Kau ika, they accepted initiation. All the queens studied the 11 Amgas under the ryik Candan and observed many austerities and in the end, observing a fast, meditating, ended all pain and attained nirva.
15th Year as Keval
Through Vai 1, the Lord moved to r vast. There, Halla and Vihalla, Kau ika's brothers, accepted initiation into monkhood and practiced severe penance for self-purification. Reaching r vast , the Lord stayed at Ko haka caitya. Mamkhaliputra Go laka too, was in r vast at that time. He was propagating the ' j vaka' sect and he called himself a T rthamkara. The word had spead in r vast that two T rthamkara were present there. Gautama wanted to know the truth from the Lord. The Lord gave a complete account of Go laka and said Go laka was not a 'Jina' but a psuedo Jina. When Go laka hea He was speaking angrily with his fellow i vakas when the Lord's disciple namda was pasing by. When Golaka saw him, he called him and said -“ namda, my spiritual teacher rama a Mah v ra has attained an excellent status and he is honoured by gods and men, but if he says anything about me it will not be good; I shall turn him into ashes with my power.”
On hearing this, innocent namda became sad and got worried. He told everything to the Lord and asked him – “Lord, does Go laka have so much power that he can turn a T rthamkara into ashes?” The Lord said – "Go laka certainly has that much power that he can reduce an ordinary to ashes but he cannot burn an Arihanta; but yes, he can produce difficulties and pain. Hence, please alert Gautama and other detached persons (nirgranthas). Go laka can come here any moment. He is angry due to hatred; hence do not respond to anything he says. There is no need to indulge in religious debate with him or to give him religious inspiration."
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