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whatever is written in his or her destiny due to his or her Karma. You yourself cannot give or take away anything."
Everything that she had received had been the result of her Karma. She must have earned good Karma in the past that resulted in the happy situations that she was undergoing. If she did not have that Karma to her credit, no one could bestow happiness on her. The king was exasperated to hear the unexpected reply. He repeatedly asked her to consider how she could have obtained anything but for his generosity. Mayana replied that everything right from her being born as his daughter up to her present situation could occur solely as a consequence of her good or bad Karmas. and no one or nothing could have made any difference.
King karma grew angry from her unexpected persistence. He could not believe that the girl could have received anything but for his favour. He could not believe that everything happens according to one's own Karma. He therefore decided to teach her a lesson -the hard way. He asked
his men to
find the
ugly
man in Ujjayini. The men spotted Umbar Rana and brought him to the court. In utter disdain, the King instantly got Mayana married to Umbar and asked Mayana to undergo the result of her Karma. Rupsundari, the mother queen, was very unhappy at the sudden turn of events in her daughter's life, but she could not speak against her husband's will. On the other hand, the King looked for a suitable match for Sursundari in appreciation of her replies and got her married to prince Aridaman of Shankhapuri.
STORIES PRECEDING BHAGWAN MAHAVIR ►
Mayana was deeply religious. She accepted Shripal in the guise of Umbar as her husband and took care of him. She went to temples and heard the sermons of monks (Sadhus) along with him. One day Mayanasundari and her husband went to see Jain Acharya Munichandra and talked about their problems and his leprosy disease. The Acharya was a well-known scholar of the time. He advised them to go through the penance of Ayambil Oli, known as Navapad (nine pious entities) penance, which can cure all types of diseases. They had to do this for four and 105
