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This deceit of the king could not go unnoticed from the sharp eyes of Src rya. He immediately in a deep rooted meaning composed a verse and recited the same which means “Your majesty! You have pierced this rock. But from now please abstain from such deceitful and sinful act of piercing the rock. If piercing only causes you excitement, then please aim the Aburdagiri, the holy place of Param ra lineage so that along with Dh r nagar everyone including you goes to hell.'
King Bhoja felt contented with this capability of unique description of words of Src rya. The jewel poet of King Bhoja Jain poet Dhanap la present there also realized the unconquerable wisdom of Src rya.
The lines appearing on King Bhoja's face projected the hidden thinking of him as to how to defeat this Jain poet S r с rya endowed with the knowledge of deep rooted meanings of words.
After bidding most honoured farewell to Src rya, he assembled all the scholars in his conference room and said, 'This Jain c rya from Gurjara land has come here. Is anyone of you ready to hold scriptural debates with him?
All the five hundred scholars (Pa dita) there bowed their heads in shame. The king felt deeply hurt.
One of the scholars said, 'To achieve your objective, we must find a young man with high and sharp intellect and 16 years of age. Through some high scholar we should have him learn all the epistemological texts.'
The king agreed with this suggestion. Immediately a search was launched to find a young scholar. He was imparted education in epistemology. He attained deep knowledge and skill of logic in a very short time. The king found an auspicious time and invited brave Src rya to have scriptural debate with this new and young scholar.
On seeing that young student, S r с rya said, 'O King! According to the rules of debates, it is necessary that the competitors should have equality in age, experience etc. It is not fit from all angles to hold debate with a new young and immature debater. Please consider this.'
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