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Evidential Story - 45
The progress of works is really surprising; these works sometimes make us cry, and sometimes they make us laugh. King of Nagpur Narish Mangari went for a walk with his officials. On the way he saw a weak and sick young man lying down under a tree. The king asked him, "Brother who are you?" What is your name? The young man answered "I am the prince Hansraj. I am the son of Nirpshekher. King of Ujjain". The king enquired, "How did you come here?" The young fellow answered those who face misfortune and wander anywhere, oh! King, Man is subjected to Karmas. The wind of Karma carries him anywhere" The king said, "Son, you seem to be a prince, but what makes you lie here under a tree like a forlorn orphan groaning. Are you sick?" The young man said yes Sir I am very sick and I am suffering from multiple problem Rhumatasm, jaundice three times Rajvadiya has diagnosed dropsy, but he couldn't cure me but I have pain in my knee joint and suffering from cough and cold. You can see the markes of leprosy on my body. I am counting my days of death, but even it seems to be far away from me".
The young man was overwhelmed with emotions and began to cry. Raja Mangari was a hard hearted person, but he heard of the prince sad story and saw his misery his heart was moved but then a hidden sign of happiness in his eyes. There was strong determination behind his smile as if he has found something he had host. Next day King Hangari's daughter Princess Kalawati decked up as a bride was standing in the wedding hall and Prince Hansraj too was there as a groom ready for the marriage. Anyway he was suffering from Karma. The priest, ministers and those who were present in the palace tried to stop the king, "Oh King! Why do you want to marry your only daughter to a lean, haggard, diseased youth. You are spoiling her life you will not even find a place in hell even. But the king was so proud and lost his temper he was not ready to listen to anyone, "He said this girl is my slave she eats from my table, still she speaks of Karma, I am eating because of my Karma she is ungrateful of my favours. Let's see how does her Karmas help her in life. The Prince suffering from his Karmas is the right groom for her. "The couple was married. The marriage ceremony was performed in the pale hour of death. Her mother's heart wrenched with sorrow and grief. But what about kalavati she could not speak against her husband and just kept quiet suddenly her progress of karmas took a new turn. The day prince Hansraj and Kalawati were married, every day turned into a golden day and every night changed into a silver night.
It so happened that the couple found the 45th Mahaprabhavak Bhaktamar Shloka written by Param Digambar Saint. For seven days he repeated the Shlokas continuously which turned his body into a real beauty. After that the couple again visited the Muniraj, bowed before him and sat down. Then the Muniraj told that the young man was brought to this condition because his step mother gave him poisonous food to eat. It is good that the prince has left the palace and now he has received new life. These good and bad works have not even excluded the pilgrims. Due to these Karmas we are again and again made to wander into this world. These Karmas take men deep to the bottom of sorrows in their lives and sometimes they take them up on the highest summit of happiness. When the Karmas are destroyed by our penance, that is the end of our wandering in this world. Destruction of all the eight Karmas brings about Moksha.
