Jain Stories 01

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

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ORDER FOUR "Fetch me tbe Goddess of Wealth and the monkey
"Now, Gorakh Yogini ordered Amvada to fetch her the Goddess of Wealth and the monkey from the house of a seafaring merchant in the city of Navalaksa
"Amvada started In the way, he saw a beautiful park named Sugandha there spring reigned throughout the year. The king stood enjoying its everlasting beauty. Suddenly, he saw a beautiful maiden emerging out of a bakula tree He at once started pursuing her, but before he could reach • near her, at the pace of a lightning, she walked through a. tank and soon disappeared. Amvada could find no trace of her.
"The truly ambitious do not sit at rest till the realisation of their ambition Amrada didn't move away from the bakula tree. A few days passad One day, a stranger came to him with the offer of a frut, and invited him to meet a. lady. The stranger then gave the following account about the lady's back ground
'In the cry of Agnikuadapura, there reigned a king named Deraditya. He had several queens and many children One day, one of the queens invited the king to dinner The lady had very evil designs, and, dinner over, she uttered a a fer enchanted sords and changed the king into a parrot The ness of the king's misfortune soon spread all over the torn, and crezybody felt very unhappy, since Devaditya happened to be a popular ruler. But what could be done