Jain Stories 01

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

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AMVADA
that you have been brought here to save the king It is from the Deva again that we came to know of your arrival at the Devabrahma park at this time
"The Tidyadhara now brought Amvada to Laksmipur, and, needless to add, the king was cured of his leprosy This became an occasion of great rejoicing in the city The hero was duly honoured by the king and the queen Therefrom Amvada returned to the city of Soparaka, where he had yet to fulfil huis mission It was spring scason, and he saw Princess Surasundari in the park He sat down dressed like a monk and applied his hypnotic powers to attract the princess towards him When she came and sat down, the monk started narrating his experience in diverse lands, Banga, Kalinga and many others, and at one moment, as the princess was wholly absorbed, he gave her a pinch of enchanted ashes, which the lady affixed on her forehead
"When the king received the report of the princess' meeting an unknown monk in the park and talking with him for a long time, he felt perturbed He asked his men to arrest the fellow at once As they came near him, they were all hypnotised and could do nothing They sat down with their heads bent low Even the same thing happened to the police chief And then came the king, but he too fell a victim of the spell and sat down helpless Amvada made full use of this chance and took out the velvet from the king's crown Later, at the earnest request of the princess, he withdrew the spell, which he had no reason to continue after his mission had been fulfilled The princess now married him With. the velvet in his possession, Amvada once more stood before Gorakh Yogini and placed it at her feet
"Thus Amvada, the man of ambition, blessed by his auspicious karma, fulfilled all the orders of the great.