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to this child after that." On hearing this, the child started crying even louder. She said. "I do not want to hear this crying anymore. I am so sick and tired of him that I do not want him around at all. You can take him forever.”
what alms monk Dhangiri was going to get so he gave permission ahead of time. Although Muni Dhangiri did not understand what his guru meant, he left for alms. On his route to various houses, he arrived at Sunanda's house. He said, “Dharma Labha” (May you follow the proper religion) Sunanda recognized the voice. She welcomed Muni Dhangiri and expressed happiness in seeing him again. She invited him to enter the house for food.
Stories After Bhagwan Mahavir
The young boy also heard Muni Dhangiri's words “Dharma Labha". He thought that this was the best opportunity for his trick so he started crying. This irritated his mother and she told the monk, “You are lucky to be able to uplift your soul but I am tired with the burden of your child. He does nothing but cry. He does not let me rest and I am very unhappy. Please accept him so there will be peace in the house. The child heard these words and became very happy in his mind. He hoped that Muni would accept her proposal. Muni Dhangiri remembered the words of his Guru spoken right before he left for alms. Now he understood what his Guru meant. He said, “Sunanda, if you really want to give this child away, I will accept him, but please think twice. Once you give him away you will not be able to get him back. You will have no right
She picked up the child and put him in the Munisjholi. As soon as the boy was handed over to the Muni, he stopped crying and started smiling. Sunanda was surprised by this and kept looking at the boy. However, she was determined to give him away. Muni left with the child to go to the Upashray (place where monks stay). Acharya Sinhgiri saw that Muni Dhangiri was carrying something heavy. So he asked him, "Why is your jholi so heavy?" When the Muni opened hisjholi, his Guru saw the handsome smiling boy. Since he was so heavy the Acharya named him "Vajrakumar".
Acharya Sinhgiri requested a prominent Jain Shravak (householder) to take care of Vajrakumar and to make sure that he was taught Jain religious
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