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& Vimal joined the army. Both of them quickly began to rise in the ranks and became known for their outstanding capabilities. Since Vimal in particular was handsome and brave, he impressed multimillionaire of Patan who had beautiful daughter named Shridevi. He thought Vimal would be a perfect husband for his daughter. Vimal agreed and Shridevi and Vimal got married.
Luck continued to favour both the brothers. During the reign of King Bhimdey who came to the throne in 1021 A.D., Nedh became the chancellor and Vimal secured position of commander. Vimal was thus fortunate to get a beautiful, loving wife and a high ranking military position at a relatively young age. Moreover, because of his amicable nature, he soon, won the hearts of everyone and came to be known as Vimalsha.
Some people at the court could not bear the good fortune of Vimalsha. They were jealous and began to look for his drawbacks. They noticed that Vimalsha would not bow to anyone, not even the king, before offering obeisance to the omniscient Jain Tirthankars. Thereupon, they started telling King Bhimdev that Vimalsha was
arrogant due to his
position and was not
even willing to
bow to the king. They said his ambition knew no bounds and he might even try to acquire the throne. Unfortunately, Bhimdev started to believe those courtiers and began to look at Vimalsha with suspicion.
When Vimalsha learned of the disaffection of King Bhimdev, he decided to leave Patan. Accordingly, he went to mount Abu (which was known as Chandravati at that time) with his followers. There he learned that Dhandhuk, the chief of Chandravati, was aspiring to become independent from the sovereign King Bhimdev. Vimalsha attacked him with the force at his command. Dhandhuk could not fight him and fled. Vimalsha thus occupied Chandravati. He had no ambition to become the king and took possession of Chandravati in the name of King Bhimdev and considered himself the governor of the place.
Vimalsha was now happily passing his days at Chandravati with his wife. Shridevi was a very affectionate lady and made him happy in every respect. They had no children. Being religious minded, however, the couple considered it as the consequence of their unwholesome Karma. Once they happened to meet Dharmaghoshsuri, who was the welt known Jain
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