________________
A. CHAKRAVARTI :
12. Ilakkanaiyār - ilambakam -- After assuming the kingship over Hēmāngada-nāļu he had the celebration of the marriage with his uncle's daughter Ilakkaņai who was won in the last svayamvara, by his successful hitting at the boar-mark, and rewarded all his friends in a fitting manner. His foster-father was elevated to royal honour. His friends were given several presents. He gave away all the wealth of Kattiyangāras to his uncle Govindarāja. He built a temple in honour of his friend Sudañjanadēva. Thus during his reign all were satisfied and the country enjoyed plenty and prosperity.
13. Mutti-ilambakam-While they were all living in happiness, one day his old mother Vijayā expressed her desire to renounce all these worldly pleasures and wanted to live the life of an ascetic. Thus, with the permission of her son and king, she spent her remaining days in a tapasa-äśrama in prayer and spiritual discipline. The king Jivaka, while wandering in the udyāna, one day noticed a curious phenomenon. He observed a monkey with her lover enjoying their happy life. Immediately he saw the male monkey fetching a fine jack fruit to offer to his mate. Just then the gardener, noticing the jack fruit in the hands of the monkey, beat him with his stick and took away the jack fruit which he did eat. When this was noticed by Jivaka, he realised that this was symbolic of all worldly riches, always taken possession of by the mightier at the cost of the weaker. Even royal honour is no exception to this. Everywhere he found the principle ‘might is right triumphant. He saw that
Jain Education International
For Private & Personal Use Only
www.jainelibrary.org
