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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After subduing the Temple dweller c ryas in the scriptural discourse, Varddham na S ri together with his disciples, the king and citizens, entered the house allotted for them. Thus in Vikram 1080, Varddham na S ri made the then King Durlabhar ja annul the black ordinance 278 years after it had been decreed that was once issued by King Vanar ja C vad of A ahillapura Pa a a in Vikram 802. On the advice of holy teacher (R jaguru) lagu a S ri, barring the entry of Jain ascetics belonging to other Jain congregations into the territory of Pa a a, in this way, he re-established Vasativ s tradition in Gujarat.
The Temple dwellers, who connived to defeat the Vasativ s ascetics in a scriptural debate and to get rid of them, were themselves defeated miserably. Thus they faced a dismal failure in their attempt to flee the Vasativ s s out of Pa a a. Prior to this, the Temple dwellers spread a rumour against the Vasativ s s denouncing them as the spies of a rival king. But that strategy also did not work out. The third attempt by the royal officer devotees of Temple dwellers, to defame the Vasativ s s, instead favoured the latter: the Temple dwellers presumed that they logically argued their way that as the Vasativ s s do not have any devotees or followers in entire Pa a a, they do not have any right to stay in their city. This in turn, only encouraged the righteous King Durlabhar ja to become the devotee of Vasativ s s.
Though they met with failure in all their attempts, the Temple dwellers did not yield. They, in consultation with each member, follower, schemed out a plan to throw Vasativ s s out of Pa a a. The 84 Temple dweller c ryas told their followers to appease the Queen Consort with precious gifts and convince her to get the Vasativ s s evicted from the territories of Pa a a, as the king never refutes her. As per the orders of their respective gurus, they went to the Queen taking with them a variety of precious gifts such as jewellery, clothes, cosmetics, fruits, flowers, large vessels, and boxes and baskets full of different kinds of sweetmeats. The queen was immensely delighted with the gifts. Prompted by her happiness, they started pouring out their hearts to her and expressed their desire to expel the Vasativ s s from the territories of the kingdom. Exactly at the same time Durlabhar ja sent his attendant to the queen to carry out a pressing errand. It so happened that the attendant was originally a native of Delhi. Looking at all the precious gifts placed in front of the queen he figured out that it was a plot to expel the
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