Jain Legend Vol 1

Author(s): Hastimal Maharaj, Shuganchand Jain, P S Surana
Publisher: Hastimal Maharaj Shugan C Jain P S Surana

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same prosperous splendour as he had entered the Vint city after his victory campaign over the six regions. There is great, valuable coronation ceremony was conducted. After his coronation, the king again entered his palace and after his bath, etc, started to observe a fast. The subjects celebrated his coronation ceremony for 12 years.
The subjects in king Bharata's kingdom were happy and prosperous in everyway. People did their duty and lived happy lives. He was the sovereign over the entire Bharata. His army was invincible and indestructible. He took care of his people in the form of a cakravart ruler for thousand less than 6 lakh p rvas. In his time both the king and the people tasted incomparable progress.
Bharata's Indisposition
Bharata's mind was not peaceful in spite of attaining sovereign rule over the empire. He regretted the dilemma in the minds of his brothers for a destructible kingdom, losing his 99 brothers. Consequently, he was least interested even though he ruled over the entire Bharata.
Once, Lord V abhan tha, along with his disciples, was seated in the garden of Vint city. He was giving his divine sermon. A listener asked – “O Lord! How will cakravart Bharata die?” The Lord replied – "attaining salvation!” The questioner said softly - "Ha! Even the Lord is biased towards his son."
When Bharata heard of this he was sad that the Lord was being accused on his account. To clear the doubts of that man towards the Lord's speech, he called that man and said – "take this vessel filled with oil and take a tour around the markets of Vint city but remember, if even a drop of oil falls, you shall be hanged."
The man went around Vint city as instructed by Bharata. There were many kinds of interesting events happening in that time across the city, but due to the fear of death he could not even take his eyes off for a moment. Thus when the king asked him about the theatre events happening in the city, the man replied - "when the fear of death is hovering over a person, how he can he watch plays and all that?” Hearing this Bharata said – “In the same way as you cannot watch plays,
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