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Parmarhat (The Great Shravak - Follower of Janism)
King Kumarpal (Kind to all creatures)
[23] PARMARHAT (THE GREAT SHRAVAK- FOLLOWER OF
JAINISM) King Kumarpal (Kind to all creatures)
(1) Kumarpal in his previous birth as Jaytak- a brave who troubled the subjects was exiled from the kingdom by the king on being told by his father. (2) In the forest, he scolded a Jain Monk. But after hearing the sermons of the Monk, he vowed to leave the 7 deadly sins. (3) With flowers bought of 5 pence (Kodi), he worshipped the God. (4) In the birth as Kumarpal, he accepts 12 different rules of conduct of Shravak (Jain follower) from Guru Hemchandracharya. (5) In kingdom of Kumarpal even the water given to the horses was filtered using a cotton cloth. (6) King Kumarpal would clean the saddle with his dupatta (a scarf) so that he does not kill any living organisms when he sits. (7) During his Samayik (vow to live as a Jain Monk for 48 minutes), he saw a big black ant on his lap; with the fear that it may die he would not pick it & throw it but would scoop a bit of his flesh and gently lay the ant!!! (8) In his 18 provinces, he proclaimed non-violence. (9) When a Deity asked for a sacrifice of an animal, Kumarpal refused, which angered the Deity and made him a leper. But with the grace of Guru Hemchandracharya, the disease was cured. (10) Once he ordered his brother-in-law, who killed lice, to build a Jain temple as a price for his sins. (11) Palm leaves were used to write Agams. Once there was shortage of leaves. Therefore King Kumarpal worshipped Palm trees and they turned into Tad trees miraculously. (12) Ajaypal poisons Kumarpal and threatened the treasurer and took away the keys so that Kumarpal could not even get a precious stone that can cure poisoned Kumarpal. (13) After Kumarpal's death, Ajaypal became the king and destroyed many Jain temples. Due to this sin he went to hell along with traitor Monk Balchandra.
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