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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miraculous. To find a scholar, all elders, chiefs etc started searching in monasteries and temples of different religions, maths on cross roads, three way roads and the windows of the temples.
One day the principal men of King Bh ma arrived in the temple of Govinda S ri. By chance on that day as a celebration of some festival, performances by expert dancers and musicians were going on there. Src rya was also present there. Completely tired by her performance, a dancer embraced a pillar of marble located in the direction of wind and stood still to dry her sweat.
Seeing S r с rya, Govind c rya requested him to describe this unique sight. S r с rya using his extraordinary poetic skill composed and recited a verse which astonished everyone.
Principals of King Bh ma were also present there. Those principals became very happy. They immediately went to King Bhoja and told him that Govind c rya had such a unique glorious and great poet who is fully capable to answer the verse of King Bhoja.
The king said. 'Oh! Govind c rya maintains very cordial relations with us. Please go and pay respects to the poet and have him with his guru come here.'
The king became very happy when he saw S r с rya with Govind c rya and said, 'Oh! He is the son of my maternal uncle. Hence he is my younger brother. He is fully competent to make impossible possible.'
The scholars of the court then recited to Src rya the verse sent by King Bhoja with his principals. Hearing that verse; S r с rya in deeper and serious tone recited the verse which means 'God had created Bh ma like death for the hundred sons of blind Dh tar ra; who had insulting and disobeying them killed Dh tar ra's hundred sons. You alone do not count in front of him.'
Everyone became very happy on hearing this extremely beautiful verse to destroy the pride of King Bhoja. King Bh ma immediately asked his principals to invite and escort the principals sent by M law R ja Bhoja to his royal court. On their arrival, he placed the verse prepared by
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