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king who had given an order to stop the playing of music whenever he want to sleep. But the head musician was so involved in his playing that he forgot about the king's order and continued playing until the king awoke from his sleep. Then, the king asked, "what is the meaning of this. You have not followed my order and continued playing while I slept." At that, the king ordered his servants to seize the musician and pour molten lead into his ear. When this was done, the musician died.
Mahavira then thought : "From this act, I collected many bad karmic particles. They have remained in my causal body until this time. I must tolerate the consequences of my past acts very peacefully."
Afterwards, Lord Mahavira watched how a great infection and pain seized his physical body. But, in time, it went as inevitably and peacefully away.
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