Mahasati Madanrekha Diwakar Chitrakatha 12

Author(s): Sumanmuni, Shreechand Surana
Publisher: Mahavir Seva Trust Mumbai

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The meeting of two brothers and
Namiraj's Pravrajya
The god Yugbahu took the sati Madanrekha to sadhvi Sudarshanaji at Mithila.
Sadhviji permitted Madanrekha for the nunhood looking at her non attachment to the worldly things. Then she accepted nunhood from sadhvi Sudarshanaji and absorbed herself into the penance, meditation and self mortification without meeting her sons.
Namikumar was brought up in the royal palace of the king Padmarath of Mithila. He became expert in all the fields when reached his youth. Due to his bravery and smartness in politicsmany kings started following him.
Once Namiraj's beautiful, huge elephant went crazy and ran away to the forest. Namiraj loved him very much due to his good qualities. Namiraj's army tried to catch elephant but didn't succeed. He ran away to the forests of the nearby kingdom, Sudarshanpur. Yugbahu's elder son Chandrayash ruled Sudarshanpur. People complained to the king Chandrayash that a huge elephant is destroying our fields and harassing us. Please protect us.
Chandrayash was also brave and expert in politics. He caught that elephant with his tacts and tied him in his elephant's parlour.
Namiraj's spies found out that their elephant has reached to the elephant-parlour of the king of Sudarshanpur. So they informed the king Nami. Namiraj sent a messanger to Chandrayashto return their elephant.
Chandrayash replied- "we don't know whose elephant is this, but it has harassed our people, has destroyed our fields, thus he is our accused. We can't release our accused.
"When problem couldn't be solved by messages and discussions through the spies, Namiraj attacked on Sudarshanpur. They surrounded the city from all the sides. War continued for many days, blood was shed for many days, but Namiraj's army couldn't break the doors and enter the city. Namiraj was very much apprehensive.
At night Namiraj called the commander-in-chief and ordered - "Tomorrow, anyhow, we must break the door and enter the city.
"In the morning as soon as the bell rang for the war the elephants and the army of soldeirs attacked Sudarshanpur from all the sides. Then suddenly two white clothed sadhvies entered towards the Namiraj's war-camp.
When the door-keepers stopped sadhvies at the door, sadhvi Suvrata told him- “Go and inform your king that two sadhvies want to see him.
"Namiraj was surprised to hear about the arrival of the sadhvies at the war-camp. Still he came to see sadhvies. He bowed down and said- "Aryaji, you know that sadhus-sadhvies don't come to the war-camp, then why did you do this?
"Sadhvi Suvrata said- King! I know that shramans can't enter the war-camp, but sometimes we have to choose exceptional ways to stop the violence. We came here to see you and guide you to think this over at the appropriate time.
Namiraj - "Just now I'm in a hurry for the war, this is neither the time to talk nor to listen to the religious preaching, so please tell me in short and return.
"Sadhvi Suvrata- "King! I've come to ask you just one thing, that this severe human violence is for what?":
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