Jain Satyaprakash 1936 11 12 SrNo 16 17

Author(s): Jaindharm Satyaprakash Samiti - Ahmedabad
Publisher: Jaindharm Satyaprakash Samiti Ahmedabad

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૧૯૯૩ Lord Mahavira
R16 At that time, some maid-servants of queen Priyangu went to the garden for bringing flowers for their queen, but on seeing Vishya-buūti inside and Vishākha-nandi outside the garden, they went away without taking any flowers and narrated the whole account to the queen. The queen was greatly enraged, and she informed the king. King Vishva-nandi with the object of pacifying the queen, and calling back Vishva-bhuti from the garden found out a plan-had war-buggle sounded and declared cunningly in the state-council, Our feudatory vassal Purushasinha has become very insolent and I am going personally to vanquish him.' On hearing this news, the honest Vishva-bhuti came to the council-hall, and with the permission of the king, went to Purushasinha with a large army. Seeing Purushaginha obedient. Vishya-bhūti returned. On his way back. when he came near the Pushpakarandaka garden, he was informed by the gatekeeper that Kumāra Vishākha-nandi was in the garden. Hearing this, Vishva-bhūti thought that he was fraudulently driven away from the pleasure-garden. Contemplating for some time, he was greatly enraged, and burning with wrath, he dealt such a severe blow with his fist to a tree of wood-apple standing near by, that all the fruits on it, fell down on the ground. Addressing the door-keeper of Vishākhā-nandi angrily and showing him the incident, Vishya-bhūti said Were it not for my devotion towards my worthy father, I would have felled down the heads of all of you here, but my devotion towards him prevents me from doing any such act; still however, I do not want such deceitful pleasures.'
On account of this accident, Vishya-bhūti did not think it expedient to continue staying in this Sangāra full of political intrigues. He congequently went to an ascetic named Sambbūti wandering from village to village in the neighbouring country, and was initiated into the Order of Monks by him.
On hearing that Vishva-bhūti had renounced the world, King Vishva. nandi accompanied by his younger brother Vishākhā-bhuti went to him and bowing respectfully and asking his pardon requested him to acoept bis kingdom. But Vishya-bhūti was not deluded by such a request and remained unshaken in his vows. The King bowing down again, and requesting Vishya-bhūti imploringly to persevere in carefully maintaining the vows taken by him, went back to his capital city. Vishva-bhūti went with his Guru to another village. He studied the scriptures under his Guru and observing two day's and three days' fasts he advanced in ever-increasing fasting and penancos. His body became greatly emaciated by the ever-increasing fasting. With the permission of his Guru, he thought of moving about alone, and assuming the figure of an ascetic moving about alone, he wandered from place to place.