Jaina Method Of Curing

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

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Om namah shrimanibhadra jaya-vijaya aparăjité sarva saubhagyam sarva saukhyam kuru kuru swähā
Riddhi (le pouvoir surnaturel)
Om hrim arham namo pannasamanānam
(Jhraum jhraum namah swāhā)
Evidential Story - 21
This is a story of the great middle ages when the country was divided into small kingdoms. There was an expert thief named Sudutt who was so smart that he could never be caught inspite of all the efforts of the State Administration.
The king was much worried and disturbed. On a fine day, to his bad luck, Suddutt was caught red handed at the king's palace. He was presented to the king. The king felt quite proud and happy. The king asked Sudutt "at last you are caugh. After all your tricks I see you in rags, but what about all the stolren property"? He was not an only expert at robbery but also quite charming with his lies and magics. He replied saying Maharaj, all the stolen goods are kept with merchant Hemdutt. At this reply both the king and the merchant. Hemdutt were taken aback Hemdutt. The merchant quickly stated that he had never seen the fellow. "We Jains are very much against all sorts of violence and the
5 sins, and take a lot of care of every step we take. How am I connected to this man who is only telling us lies to excape. Hearing the truth of the Setth, Raja seemed pleased. So the thief started a new drama. Weeping he asked the seth "are you not afraid of righteousness? If you want to be drowned you may do so, why do you want this poor man to be drowned? I have handed all the stolen goods to you, I did only what ever you had told me, Is this the reward for that, you save yourself and ruin me ? My family will be starved to death. Doing such injustice you are not afraid of God, even?" Before even the thief could finish his story the king ordered his soldiers saying that the merchant is a traitor and the chief of thieves. To his feet hands and throw him into the dark well in the dense forest. The soldiers executed the orders. With out food & drink, hungry & thirsty the merchant lay in the well as he was bound hands and feet for 3 days. He understood that this was the fruit of his inauspicious deeds, with this realisation he lost all the body pains and began to get deeper into himself. Ist Tirthankar Bhagwan Adinath began to become visible to him. With excruciating pain he began to chant the yugal shloka from Bhaktamar Stotre. With the divine light his eyes were opened, all his bindings removed he found a bejewelled throne & there he found a Devi, she spoke saying "I am the administration Devi Vijaya. Your yugal sloka & mantra have brought me here. Saying this she disappeared. After some time his guards saw the light and the feth quite well, comfortable. This miracle was reported to the king. King understood that the merchant was innocent and the king came himself and with much honor took the seth to the palace, sought his forgiveness and punished the thief. Inspired by the yugal sloka of Bhaktamar stotra created by muni Thunkacharya, the king and his subjects accepted Jainism.
With the power of Bhaktamar Stotra the falsehood was defeated and truth triumphed Practising the virtue of justice the king, punished the thief severely.
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