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KING KUMARPAL AND HEM-CHANDRACHARYA On reading the work Hem-chandracharya exclaimed
King, when there is strong devotion and faith in the goal, success is certain.
Gurudev, as I derive pleasure by reading your books, want others also to do so. Therefore I want to
popularize these.
Great! A highly devotional poem !
CARLA Q
ALA UDAL
Brilliant idea, King! But for that,
copies of all this literature will have to be
made.
After getting permission from Acharyashri, the king instructed an officer
CREATING LITERATURE Acharya Shri Hem-chandra Suri commenced his creative writing. On each side of him 9-10 of his disciples would sit down with pen and palm-leaves. Acharyashri would dictate and after writing, the disciples would pass the sheets on to scribes for making copies.
Make arrangements for neat palm-leaves, ink, pen, and other writing material for
transcribing scriptures.
# The first verse of this thirty two verse composition goes like this -- "O Jineshvar! every goddess of wealth
sits at your lotus feet. Beholding you in his vision man certainly attains liberation. I bow every day before the first Lord of this era whose devotion has made me attain success.
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