Jain Stories 01

Author(s): Mahendramuni, K C Lalwani
Publisher: A B Jain Shwetambar Terapanth Samaj

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ORDER THREE *Fetch me the gem necklace
"Gorakh, Yogini now ordered Amvada to fetch her a gem necklace from the iron safe of King Somachandra of the Isle -of Sioghala.
“Equipped with prowess, goodluck and ambition, Amvada started for the Isle of Singbala He reached a park there and started devising plans to enter into the palace. Suddenly bis eyes fell on a lady who carried a fully blossomed garden - on her head Seeing an exceptional lady, Amvada took her
to be Princess Chandrayasa berself so he addressed her by the name. The lady turned at once and said, 'Sir, I am not the princess, but her playmate Rajaldevi. My father Birochan is the chief minister here But you seem to be a stranger' In any case, Amvada wanted to put the lady to bis use. Said be, 'Fair lady ! If you excuse my inquisitiveness, what's that garden-lıke umbrella on your head ? At this, tbe lady gave the following account:
“ 'Sır, once I had come to the park in the company of the princess, when both of us got frightened at the sight of an old lady But the lady moved to us and enquired where we were going I offered myself to be at her service. At this, the old lady was highly pleased and suggested that if we so desired, she could arrange for us an interview with Maha. deva, the great god of destruction. I told the lady that the Lord must be far off and that it would be no easy matter for us to appear in his presence At this, the lady informed us that she was the Lord's maid, that the Lord was at that moment at the headquarters, the Kailasa mountain, in the