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protected innumerable birds and animals. His work extended to the literary field too. Authoring a great number of spiritual books, he glorified the literature of Jain order and spread the name and fame of Jain religion far and wide. In this way he brought everlasting splendor to Jain order with his exemplary contributions in all the fields.
And on the other hand, with the passage of time, the boy who playfully sat on the throne, Prince Siddhar ja Jayasimha, became the ruler of Gurjara kingdom, extended its territories up to distant lands and established a powerful Gurjara kingdom.
Looking at P hin who was saluting him with folded hands, he raised his right hand in a gesture of assurance and told her, "O Meritorious Lady! You might have remembered your dream. Today behold with your own eyes. This boy intimated you of his descent through a dream and now he is commencing the auspicious work of realizing the magnificent and sacred dream. This boy, who is sitting on the seat of the highest rank of Jina order, is informing not only you and me, but the entire world through his gesture that he was born only to hold this high office, this seat or this tradition. O Devotee! The 'Cint ma i' you offered me in your dream is your son only. Please come and give me your Cint ma i and make the dream come true.”
On listening to him, P hin replied, "Please Lord! It is appropriate for you to ask his father. He is not here right now as he is out of town on some errand."
"Even if I request, his father C ciga will not be ready to give away his son", with this apprehension Devacandra S ri remained quiet.
P hin started contemplating the dream, which she saw nearly 6 years ago and said to herself, "According to my dream, I gave away my son to
c rya. The gestural command of invisible is that I should leave my son, who is dearer than my life to me at the lotus feet of c rya for ever. The
c rya is asking the boy just for the benefit of Jina order. Even from spiritual point of view, the benevolent command of religious preceptor should not be violated by true devotees. As such, keeping in mind the dream I have seen, my duty is the welfare of Jina order. I should relinquish all motherly delusion and attachment and should bequeath my
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