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How dangerous indeed is the Mohaniya karma? The Acyutapati treats woes and joys, friends and foes equally. Sita, with her virtue, was reborn as Acyutendra and yet, spared no efforts to disturb Ramarşi's penance. The unabashed declaration of Sitendra's love and the provocative music did not stir Ramarsi a bit.
Rämarşi attains kevalagyana
Finally, on the twelth night of the waxing moon of the month Magha, Ramarși achieved the kevalagyāna. Sitendra and the other celestial beings celebrated the festival of kevalagyāna. Two dieties stood at the left and right side of Rāma with flywhisks. Ramarsi was made to sit on a golden throne. A parasol made of gold was held above his head. He began to preach his first sermon. At the end of the sermon, Sitendra asked him about the future lives of Laksmana, herself of and Rāvana. Rāmarşi then revealed their future vividly.
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The future births of Lakşmana, Sita and Rāvana
Ravana and Laksmana felt intense hatred for each other. They both would, in one life, endure the fruits of their evil actions and earn virtue. Rävana went to the fourth hell and Laksmana became a vaikriyasariri.
Then, they would be reborn at the Vijayāvati nagari situated in the eastern Mahavideha. Sunanda and Rohini would be their parents; and Ravana would be reborn as Jindasa and Laksmana would be reborn as Sudarsana. They both would be ardent followers of Jainism. This is the strange irony of karma. Two of the bitterest foes in one life would share the same womb.
When they would die, they would be dieties in the first celestial world. This would be their third birth.
During their fourth life, they would be reborn as human beings at the Vijayanagari and lead the life of a sravaka.
From there, they would be born as two different individuals, not related to one another, in the Harivarsa land as yugalika persons,
In the sixth life, they would be dieties. Then, they would be the offsprings of King Kumaravarta and Queen Lakşmi at Vijayapuri. Their names would respectively be Jayakanta and Jayaprabha. They would follow the religion preached by the Jineśvara.
After their deaths, they would be dieties in the Jain E sixth celestial world.
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