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section of the people who openly revolted against the non observance of the Mahavratas by the sadhus who were supposed to do so even at the cost of their lives As a challange to this they abandoned revering the sadhus To meet this challange and to bring those people to the exact state of affairs existed at that time, Swamy Rughnathjee, the then religious head of the Sthanakwası sect which was in prominence at that time, thought of his desciple Sant Bhickhanjee, the only one, being capable of handling the situation tactfully Sant Bhickhanjee was not merely a scholar by himself but was equally well versed in Jain Scriptures. Swamy Rughnathjee deputed Sant Bhickhanjee with a carte blanche to mollify those people and put an end to that sort of agitation and cleavage
Sant Bhickhanjee after having heard the views and reasons of those people, and by sheer strength of his logic, tried to pursuade them and met with success in driving out certain doubts that were entertained by those people Although he succeeded in his mission, he in his heart of hearts did appreciate certain points raised by those people regarding the non observance of the fundamental principles At that time, it so happened that he fell seriously ill which brought home the truth. If he were to pass away in that state, his fate would be nothing short of 'Bal Maran' that is death in an ignorant state. After that he took a firm decision. If he were to survive that ordeal, the thing prima
