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own cities. Ninty three lakh soldiers died on that one day. Seeing no way out king Ce aka returned to Vai 1 with his remaining few soldiers. K ika surrounded Vail on all sides.
We find out from Jain gamas and texts that K ika surrounded Vai 1 for a long time. Halla and Vihalla for their part would come out at night on their elephant and killing K ika's soldiers, return. This went on for long resulting in heavy loss and K ika became worried.
K ika thought of many ways to break through the domes but did not succeed. Ultimately, through an unseen power he found out that a
rama a mendicant named K lav laka can enter Vail and help him pass through. K ika took the help of the famous courtesan of Vai 1, M gadhik , who seduced K lav laka and made him accept to help in breaking through into Vail.
He also found a trick to stop the destruction by Halla and Vihalla at night. In their path a deep pit was dug; filled with burning splinters the pit was covered. Halla and Vihalla came out at night but through its knowledge, the elephant sensed danger ahead and stopped short of the pit. Thinking the elephant to be timid Halla and Vihalla forced it to move ahead. Seeing no other way Secanaka put the brothers down and he jumped into the pit and burnt to ashes. The brothers understood everything, were repentant, and became disgusted with life. The Jina sana goddess Rak ik took them to Lord Mah v ra, and they took initiation into mendicancy.
K lav laka took the disguise of a soothsayer and entered Vai 1 easily. He found out that because of a grand st pa for Lord Munisuvratan tha, Vai 1 was impregnable. When K lav laka was thus roaming around like a soothsayer some subjects asked him with inquisitiveness – "Lord, when will we be free from this barricade?" Seeing the apt moment K lav laka said – “Until this st pa stands here this will continue. This st pa is the reason for this inauspiciousness.” People started to break the st pa and within minutes, the st pa disappeared. K lav laka indicated to K ika, and in the night, K ika attacked Vai 1 breaking through the fortress. Hearing this king Ce aka gave up his life observing a fast and became a god in heaven. K ika got the land of Vai 1 tilled by donkeys and fulfilling his oath returned to Camp.
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