Jainism For Beginners Level 02

Author(s): Sayampurnashreeji
Publisher: Sayampurnashreeji

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servants told him that Moola was at her parent's house, but they did not tell him where Chandanbala was because they were scared of Moola. He asked the servants in a worried tone, "Where is my daughter Chandanbala? Please speak up and tell the truth." Still nobody said a word. He was
very upset and did not know what to do. After
a few minutes an older servant thought, "I am an old woman and will soon die anyway. What is the worst thing Moola can do to me?"So out of compassion for Chandanbala and sympathy for the merchant she told him everything that Moola had done to Chandanbala'.
fatherly love he had given her. While she was busy washing the merchant's feet. her hair slipped out of the hairpin. The merchant saw this and felt that her beautiful long hair might get dirty, so he lifted her hair and clipped it back. Moola saw this and was outraged. She felt that her doubts about Chandanbala were true. Moola decided to get rid of Chandanbala as soon as possible.
When Dhanavah went on a threeday business trip, his wife used this opportunity to get rid of Chandanbala. She called a barber right away to shave off Chandanbala's beautiful hair. Then she tied Chandanbala's legs with heavy shackles and locked her in a room away from the main area of the house. She told the other servants not to tell Dhanavah where Chandanbala was or she would do the same to them. Then Moola left and went to her parents house.
She took the merchant to the room where Chandanbala was locked up. Dhanavah unlocked the door & saw Chandanbala. He was shocked when he saw her. He told Chandanbala, "My dear daughter, I will get you out of here. You must be hungry. Let me find some food for you."He went to the kitchen to find food for her. He found that there was no food left except for some boiled lentils in a pan. The merchant took the pan of lentils to Chandanbala. He told her that he was going to get a blacksmith to cut the heavy shackles & left.
LIFE OF BHAGWAN MAHAVIR
When Dhanavah returned from his trip he did not see Moola or Chandanbala. He asked the servants about them. The
Chandanbala was thinking about how her life had changed. She started wondering how fate can change a person's life from riches to almost helplessness. Chandanbala decided that she would like
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