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Abhayakum ra in the precincts of R jag ha
The king of R jag ha, re ika and his family were the best devotees of Lord Mah v ra. This minister Abhayakum ra contributed towards bringing them this credit. Abhayakum ra was also re ika's son, born to his queen Nanda. Abhayakum ra saved re ika many times from political troubles.
Once Ujjayin 's king Ca dapradhyot attacked R jag ha along with many other kings. Abhayakum ra showed such intelligence that Ca dapradhyot went back in fear. Where the enemy camp was about to be housed, Abhayakum ra got gold coins to be placed there in pits. When Ca dapradhyota surrounded R jag ha, Abhayakum ra sent word to him saying the kings who have come with him have actually joined hands with king re ika and that they plan to make him prisoner of
re ika. In return for this re ika has given them lots of money, which has been placed in pits under your camp. The moment he heard this Ca dapradhyota got the place dug up and found the gold coins. Out of fear, he at once returned to Ujjayin .
A woodcutter of Rajgrhi, Drumaka, took initiation from rya Sudharm. When Drumaka used to go seeking alms, people would make fun of him and say – “Here comes the great renouncer, See what a great wealth he has sacrificed." Drumaka was very unhappy with this behaviour of people and told this to rya Sudharm . To cure Drumaka's disgust, rya Sudharm decided to leave from that place the next day. When Abhayakum ra learnt of this he requested rya Sudharm to change his decision and placed a crore each of gold coins in a heap in the city, and announced that whosoever leaves his wife, fire and water for life may take these three crore gold coins. When nobody was prepared Abhayakum ra said – “See this Drumaka is such a great renouncer. For a lifetime he has sacrificed woman, fire and fresh water." Because of this cleverness of Abhayakum ra, people's taunts at Drumaka ended.
When Lord Mah v ra arrived at R jag ha, Abhayakum ra too came there to listen to his sermon. At the end of the sermon, Abhayakum ra asked the Lord - "Lord, who will be the last king to attain mok a in your
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