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JAIN RAMAYAN
“Dear sons! This is your sister Kanakaprabha. She was born after you went away to your teacher's house. Therefore, you do not know her."
On hearing this from our mother we felt greatly unhappy. We were filled with repentance. “Oh! What a sin did we commit? We became infatuated with our own sister. Fie upon our lives !” That very moment the spirit of renunciation arose in us and it began to bloom in our hearts like a flower and we later received initiation into the Sadhudharma at the feet of a great muni,
Shri Ram was greatly astonished when he heard about the way in which the kevaljnanis had been inspired to pursue the path of spiritual elevation. He saluted the munis. The muni continued his narration;
“Unable to bear with the separation from us our father fasted unto death and after his death he became a heavenly being by name Mahalochan. His throne in heaven began to shake when our spiritual endeavours were impeded. He saw us and our condition by means of his Avadhijnan (extrasensory perception) and out of his affection for us he appeared before us. In the same manner by chance Analaprabhadev also came to know of our presence here.
Once, along with other heavenly beings Analaprabha approached the Kevali Anantavirya not on account of devotion but on account of curiosity. After the discourse ended a muni said :
"Oh lord! After you, who will attain Kevaljnan in the tradition of Bhagwan Munisuvrat ?”
"After my Nirvan, in the tradition of the Bhagwan, two brothers by name Kulabhushan and Deshabhushan will attain Kevaljnan”, the Mahamuni said.
Analaprabha felt dazed and lost his lustre when he heard the words of Kevali Bhagwan Anantavirya. He returned agitated. He decided to falsify the prophecy of the Kevaljnani. Then by means of his supernatural power Vibhangjnan he found out where we were. He also found out that we
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