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Worried, Sarvadeva returned to his home. Seeing his father worried, his elder son asked Sarvadeva the cause of his worry? Sarvadeva then said, 'I had made a promise to Mahendra S ri about this paternal wealth that I shall give half of my good thing which he wants. Now he is asking me to give one of his sons to be his disciple. So fulfil my promise, please accept to be his disciple.'
On hearing this, Dhanap la became very angry and said to his father in clear terms, 'I have no use for this promise and activity. I then left that place and went away elsewhere.'
Sarvadeva became very disappointed and started thinking of ways to circumvent this dilemma of religious promise. Seeing his father worried, his younger son obhana asked him the cause for his worry? On hearing the entire episode from Sarvadeva, the joy of obhana was overjoyed with happiness and said to his father, ‘There is no other religion bigger than to obey one's father. On hearing his younger son's words, both eyes of Sarvadeva were filled with tears of happiness. After this he took his younger son to Mahendra S ri and made him sit in close vicinity of his feet and with folded hands said, 'O the great Venerable seer! Please make this son of mine as you wish. He is totally at your service.'
Finding an auspicious time, Mahendra S ri initiated obhana in rama a monkhood and gave him the vow to practice the five major vows. The next day Mahendra S ri left Dh r nagar for his routine wandering trip. During his wandering he reached Anahillapura P a a after some days.
In Dh r nagar , however Dhanap la started criticising his father. He said that his father had sold his son for the greed of wealth. In deep anger he requested King Bhoja to expel these hypocrite monks from his empire. On hearing this, King Bhoja issued a royal decree banning the entry and wandering of rama a Jain monks in M lawa Prade a. In this way by the orders of King Bhoja, even the sight of Jain monks became difficult in M law Prade a for twelve years.
Jain congregation of Dh r nagar gave details of the royal decree issued by King Bhoja banning the entry and wandering of rama a Jain monks in M law Prade a to Mahendra S ri.
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