Book Title: Jain Legend Vol 4
Author(s): Hastimal Maharaj, Shuganchand Jain, P S Surana
Publisher: Hastimal Maharaj Shugan C Jain P S Surana

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________________ The king said in a decisive tone, “Yes! It is definitely an appropriate and logical fact." All the officers realised that their preceptor became defenceless. So to help their guru, all the royal officers including r kara a started saying, "The c ryas of this place are the preceptors of each and every courtier present here. The king honours us deeply and as such he naturally honours our Gurus too." They implied that they were the followers (up saka) of Temple dweller c ryas whereas the vasativ ss do not have any. Subsequently they hoped that the king being an unprejudiced judge would concede to their logic and would not allow the Vasativ ss to dwell there. When the royal officers put forth their opinion, Jine vara Sri explained, “Each and every Temple dweller c rya is associated with one or the other member present here, like the Guru for example is associated with r kara a, another with the minister and some c rya with Pa awa and so on. But who is associated with us who are strangers to this place?" Durlabhar ja declared firmly, “You are associated with me.” Jine vara continued, “O King! Since each c rya is associated with someone, every c rya is the guru of someone. But we have neither any sort of association or connection with anyone from among these people nor can we claim that we are gurus of a certain person." Extremely convinced by Jine vara Sri's logic the king at once proclaimed the vasativ ss as his gurus and then questioned, “Why should our Gurus sit on the floor? Don't we have thrones? Let the thrones studded with gems be brought for each one of my gurus.” Taking the cue from the king, when the royal attendants were ju to leave the place to fetch the thrones, then Jine vara S ri stated, “O King! It is inconceivable to envisage an ascetic to sit on the throne as is clear from the following in Jain doctrine: Bhavati niyatamev samyamah sy dvibh N patikakuda etallokah sa cabhik oh Sfu atara eha samgah s talatvamuccai Riti na khalu mumuk oh samgatam gavdik di 33

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