Jain Legend Vol 2

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

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The ascetic got enraged with the logic of Rohagupta and tried to subdue him by his supernatural powers. One after the other he used V cik (scorpion), Sarpik (snake), M ik (mouse), K k (crow) and Mg (deer) powers against Rohagupta. Rohagupta made them ineffective by using May r (peacock), Nakul (mongoose), M rj r (cat), Ul k (owl) and Vy ghr (tiger) powers respectively.
Defeated even with the use of his supernatural powers, the ascetic unable to tolerate his trouncing became aggressive and finally used the power of “Surak ita Gardabh” against Rohagupta, who did not have any power to counter it. So he took out the whiskbroom given by his Guru and with that made the Gardabh Vidy ineffective and defeated him. The king announced Rohagupta as the victor. After defeating the ascetic, Rohagupta went back to his Guru and narrated the entire incident.
When the topic of three groups was told, crya r gupta said, "Son! Achieving victory by falsifying the scriptures is not advisable. As soon as the argument was over you should have informed the king that as per our doctrines there are only two groups - J va and Aj va, and not three; and that you just wanted to rout the ascetic's intellect, because of which you put forth and proved your statement to be true with logical explanation and nothing else. In reality there are only two groups in the world. It is not too late. Go to the king at once and following the vow of truthfulness, confess the reality honestly."
Rohagupta did not heed the advice of his Guru. He kept silent and did not budge from his place. When time and again the teacher advised him to go to the Royal court, Rohagupta started arguing with him, and tried to prove his argument.
The teacher unable to accept the falsehood of his disciple right away went to the king's court and said, “O King! Whatever my disciple Rohagupta proved about three groups in your court is nothing but against the principles. As a matter of fact, there are only two groups. Kindly arrange for a discourse between my disciple and me, so as to establish the truth.”
The king granted permission and the debate between the teacher and the disciple started and continued for six months, because of which the activities of the State got disturbed. So the king requested c rya r to
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