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O Lord! You exist in different forms, at different times, with different names, yet if you are free from all types of sins and bad karmas then you are all-venerable god indeed. I salute thee.
This incident clearly proves that crya Hemacandra showed respect towards all other religions and their gods and goddesses and was staunch supporter of religious harmony.
After worshipping Lord Some wara and after donating generously, King Siddhar ja along with c rya travelled to Ko i Nagara and there they visited Ambik temple. There Jayasimha worshipped Ambik for many days to beget a son. Hemacandr c rya also performed austerities continuously for 3 days, invoking Goddess Ambik . On the third night Ambik appeared before him and said addressing him, “O Monk! King Jayasimha and his cousin Kum rap la are not destined to beget children. After Jayasimha, Kum rap la will succeed to the throne and will earn name and fame with his meritorious deeds." Saying this, the Goddess disappeared.
When Jayasimha came to know about the incident through c rya he was deeply agonised. With a heavy heart he returned to A ahillapura Pa a a. There he summoned all the proficient astrologers and questioned them. After calculations all of them arrived at the same conclusion and conveyed it to the king, that he was not destined to have children, and that his cousin Kum rap la, (his paternal uncle Harip la’s grandson, Tribhuvanap la's son) will succeed to the throne. He will become a great warrior king and with his death the C lukya dynasty will come to an
end."
Listening to the prediction of the great astrologers the king was thoroughly depressed. Though fully aware that ‘Ava yambhvino Bh v Bhavanti Mahat mapi' (what has to happen will definitely happen, even for the great persons too, i.e. even the great persons cannot escape fate). Siddhar ja out of contempt wanted to kill Kum rap la. Before he could work out on his plot, Kum rap la some how came to know about it and fled from A ahillapura Pa a a quietly in the garb of an ascetic, with matted hair rolled up over the head, masquerading as the devotee of Lord
iva. Siddhar ja sent his loyal spies in all directions to look for Kum rap la. After sometime one of his spies informed him that a group
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