Jaina Method Of Curing

Author(s): Manju Jain
Publisher: International School for Jain Studies

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Evidential Story- 14
Ketupur Nagarin Bihar
Love and lust are two different things. Love is a blessing, a fragrance in marital life, where as lust is a curse, it is the cause of all downfall.
The king of Ketupur Nagar in Bihar also fell for lust. His physician prepared a medicine called Kaltol Kamini for him. It had such a bad effect on the king that he fell for his maid servant. She too lost her balance and was allured by lust. If the beginning any addiction seems small and controllable but slowly it becomes your master and does not let you free from its clutches. Now the king was controlled by the servant-champa. Lust destroys the accumulated virtues in a man. Shame and discrimination also leave such a fallen man.
The queen came to know about the illicit relations between the king and the servant champa. She was very much shocked. She was worried that the king was setting a very bad example for his subjects. Moreover how could a fallen king punish others ? She tried to make him reason. But the fallen king would see no reason.
The queen vowed that she would keep no physical or any other contact with the king. The king was infuriated. He got her thrown into a well in a nearby forest. Queen Kalyani became devoted to God. She was an ardent and faithful follower of Bhaktamar stotra. She started reciting the powerful Bhaktamar Stotra. She chanted the 14th and 15th shloka with riddhi and mantra.
Next day at midnight the king opened his eyes from sleep surprisingly, to find Jrumbh devi in a very angry mood standing before him. He fell at her feet and asked for pardon. He promised her that he would keep away from other women. By the grace of the devi the queen safely reached home. As a result of the powerful Bhaktamar stotra the king was reformed and lived his life with his queen in pure love and devotion.
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