Jain Stories 03

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

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JAINA STORIES
Tery unworthy and incompetent disciple, and has imparted to him some magical powers, which have made him powerful. He is abusing them He carries away beautiful ladies from good families and ruins them He has become a terror of the town Sometime ago, a yound man named Sajjankumar came to this park with his beautiful wife As the man had gone away for a while, the yogi suddenly appeared and carried away the lady When Sajjankumar came back and did not see his wife, he asked me about her. I could throw no light, but another man reported that he had seen the yogi carrying away a lady We have no doubt that she has been carried away by this rogue.”
From the identity of game, Mriga had a feeling that this man must be her own husband, meanwhile married to another lady. So she asked her land-lady,
"Whither did you see the man go ?"
"Maybe he has gone to the monastery in search of that rogue to recover his wife.”
Mriga was now on the way to the monastery.' It was located in a dense forest but she was not afraid As she entered the monastery, a yogini came to receive her and took her inside and offered her a comfortable seat and fruits
Mriga—"Sister' Tell me something about you. Hon did you renounce the world at this early age to become a
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The yogini's past at once came up before her eyes sobbed and said,
She
"At a distance of 24 yojanas (72 miles) from here, there Is a big city named Narabara, where reigos King Vir-dhabala , His queen is Virmatı They had a daughter named Karmasundari who now stands in your presence I was