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 same night some ships loaded with grains arrived at the seaport of Sop rakpura. In the morning plenty of food grains were distributed among all the people. Everyone heaved a sigh of relief with the crisis of the famine being resolved.
war
Even Jinadatta received food grains. Analysing the fatal situation, addressing her husband and four sons said, "Had the monk rya Vajrasena arrived a little late, we would have met with untimely death and would have ruined ourselves. In the transitional period of life and death, the monk manifested like a deity of liberation and salvaged us from being swallowed by the deity of death. Hence I feel that it is most befitting for us to take initiation from c rya Vajrasena and to destroy our Karma in the fire of penance and self-restraint and try to liberate ourselves from this terrible wildfire of misery".
Praising the apt suggestion of war, Jinadatta and others determined to
renounce.
Jinadatta, war and their sons N gendra, Candra, Niv tti and Vidy dhara, renouncing their immense wealth and all worldly pleasures and luxuries, accepted initiation into amgar / monk Dharma with Sarvavirati (absolute restraint) from rya Vajrasena. war learnt a lesson from that calamitous situation and her appropriate analysis converted the bane into a boon for herself and her family members too.
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As a matter of fact, the life of war is a source of great inspiration for all the devotees. It always motivates mankind towards a proper and virtuous direction, "O man, reform yourself; from this very moment, Strive hard towards the direction from where you will never again find any sorrow or grief."
Epilogue
The Jain history from 1 to 1000 V.N. has been dealt with, in this book; wherein sincere effort has been made to present the lives of c ryas, important monks and nuns, significant historical events, royal dynasties and the changes that occurred in them, etc. with substantial evidences. The history of post 1000 V.N. is given in the next volume.
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