Mahavir Prince Of Peace

Author(s): Ranchor Prime
Publisher: Mandala Publishing

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Acharya Shri Kalassagarsun Gyarmandir
Indra decided he must remedy this disturbing situation. So he disguised himself as a venerable scholar, and personally entered the schoolroom. Using his age and seniority and the respect they commanded, he asked the teacher to make room on his platform for a seat for Mahavira, and made the young boy sit beside him. Then Indra began to ply them both with searching questions, so that everyone would see who could answer them best.
The questions Indra asked were all about the details of correct grammar, which is fundamentalto good education. Some of them were so difficult that no one had ever been able to answer them before. Vardha mana's teacher was too puzzled to be able to say anything, but Vardhamana had no such difficulty One by one he answered all Indra's questions. He answered them so skillfully that all present were astonished, and werd spread among the scholars all over the city that something special was happening. They flocked to the school to hear for themselves Prince Vardhamana's answers. They memorized the answers and recorded them for posterity in a book called Indra Vyakarana
When all his questions had been answered to his full satisfaction, the venerable scholar turned and spoke to everyone there.
"I am not who I seem to be. I am Indra, lord of heaven, and I came here to demonstrate the true wisdom of Prince Vardhamana. Now you have all heard for yourselves that he is a limitless ocean of knowledge. and that he is fit to be the perfect teacher of everyone. I worship the feet of this great teacher, whose name is Mahavira, and I sing his praises, for he will be the greatest teacher the world has ever known. My task is now complete. Farewell."
With these words Indra returned to his celestial kingdom.