Jain Legend Vol 3

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

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unconquerable by them. In a way he made this as the objective of his life. He had to struggle for a long time to achieve his objective. After struggling for almost thirty years, he achieved his objective. During this prolonged struggle, he continued to get active support in one form or the other from lagu a, his successor Devacandra, & the temple dwelling congregation. He never became disappointed even in the toughest situation during this long struggle. He continued to dream of a very strong and potent Gurjara dynasty even during those testing times and kept on looking out for suitable persons to take heavy responsibilities of the posts of being his prime minister, defence minister, advisers etc. His thinking and looking for suitable candidates for such positions resulted in several interesting events which were useful for ambitious people also. With this view, we are listing two or three such events below:
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In the critical moments during his struggle for the proper feeding and upkeep of his soldiers and acquisition /requisition of armaments, he had to use dubious methods also at times.
One day to sell ghee, J mba or C mp by name rm 1 Jain
going towards the city. When he was his cart filled ghee pots, Vanar ja was compelled to use his dubious act at that time. Seeing the cart advance further, Vanar ja alongwith his two soldiers stopped the cart. The intelligent trader immediately guessed that he was being robbed that day itself. He himself was an expert archer. He immediately took out all the five arrows from his belt and broke and threw away two of them and tool the remaining three in his hand while looking at Vanar ja.
Surprised by this act, Vanar ja asked the trader, “O trader! Why have you broken two arrows and threw them away?'
Jmba immediately replied fearlessly, You are three persons. Hence it is enough for me to have three arrows. So why should carry the extra burden of two more arrows? Therefore I have broken and thrown the two arrows.
Mixed with surprise and laughter, Vanar ja asked, “O so you have much confidence on your archery skills. If it so, then at the
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