Jain Stories 01

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

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JAINA STORIES
company of his consot, Parvati, and that if we so desired she ciuld arrange to take us there We agreed and soon we. were on the top of the Kailasa mountain, and then in the presence of the Lord and the Lady But we had our own doubts if it was a magic or reality, which was soon dispelled by our guide The Lady then formally introduced us to the Lord and the Lady They were pleased The Lord then placed a necklace on the princess' neck and bestowed a tortoise-headed rod on me. We were told that the necklace was capable of making the wearer to appear in any guise be or she liked, and that the rod was a sure protection againstall enemies and ailments
" 'But, sir, we were not appeased with these gifts, and I prayed for something that would everyday take us to the presence of the Lord This request pleased the Lord immmensely, and he pointed to a herb named tridanda bidding us to take some of it This, we were told, would belp to carry us to the presence of the Lord whenever we would so like We bowed again, and the old lady belped. us to be restored to our eartbly home We planted the herb in our courtyard, and everyday we pulled it out to appear in the presence of the Lord and everyday we planted it back.
“But Amvada's query about the garden was not yet answered So the lady had to start again As we used to go to the Kailas everyday, the sun god observed us One day, he could not check the curiosity and asked who we were and where did we go so regularly When we gave gave him the full account, be was pleased at-our devotion to the Lord It is be, sir, who was gracious enough to bestow on the princess a costly ornament and on me this lovely garden. Tbe ornament is so full of lustre that it wipes out all darkness We worship the Lord everyday and spend our time in great bappiness'