Jain Stories 03

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

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JAINA STORIES
in love with a young man named Lalitaoga, son of a merchant This earned her an ill reputation as a bad girl. One day, Kamala disappeared from her home without telling anyone Now on the same day, even the monk had gone out of the city. This was a nice chance for the brahmin to circulate the story that the girl had eloped with the monk People were almost convinced about the truth of the report, as both the girl and the monk were not to be found in the city"
"After a few days, the monk came back, but Kamala was not there Kandarpa was now afraid that people would come to know tbat his report was false and fabricated Before any such impression could be made, the brahmin excited the people against the monk The infuriated mob beat and insulted the monk but he bore everything without protest
"Truth has tongue, and evil deeds bring forth evil consequences In about a week's time, the brahmin bad a virulent abscess on his tongue, of which he died He was born as a dog, but the dog too did not live long and died of a similar abscess, to be born as a prostitute By chance, this fallen woman came in touch with a follower of the Jaina faith who saved her and gave her shelter within the fold of his religion The woman gave up her profession. One day, she went to a tank where she saw a pair of swaas at play. She sprayed vermilion on the male swan so that it looked all red and his female partner would not come near him out of fear. All the time, she continued a frantic scarch for the male partner and was very much grieved at ils sudden disappearance The lady then washed the vermilion from the body of the male swan and the two were united again after 21 hours of separation "
Concluding the account, he said,