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Alwar. Bhairav came to know of this, and he was filled with pity. In the morning, while Humayun was cleansing his teeth and mouth, he gave his signet-ring to Bhairav. Bhairav secretly took an imprint of the ring on a blank paper and later wrote out an order to entrust all the captives to Bhairav. Action was accordingly taken; and Bhairav released them all at night, giving five hundred horses to the leaders and one golden mohur to each one of them.
Then he went to Humayun ni a very queer dress. Humayun could not recognise him at first. But Bhairav told him that he was Bhairav and that he had gone there to be punished because he had released all the captives. Humayun became very angry at first. But Bhairav told him that it was an act of piety which he had done, and he had lessened his burden, for as a king he was bound to make them happy, etc, Humayun was appeased and forgave him.
There is a poem called "Bherushahno chhand" published by Mr. M. B. Vyas, which also refers to this act of piety by Bherushah.
33. Thansingh of Agra had got a Jina image installed at the hands of Suriji at Fatehpur. He had also got installed an image in the temple of Ghintamani Parshvanath at Agra. This temple exists even now in the Roshan locality.
In V. S. 1651 a poet named Krishnadas composed a 'bavni' of Durjanshal. We know from it that Durjanshal was of Jadia Gotra of the caste of Oshval. He was a descendent of Jagushah. Verses 53 and 54 of the 'bavni' refer to the fact that Durjanshal had Hirvijaysuri as his Guru, and he had built a temple at Lahore. This Durjanshal had an uncle named Hiranand, who had built a temple of Simandhaswami at Agra. This temple exists even now. This Hiranand had once been the host of Jehangir and offered profuse hospitality to the Emperor. A poem called 'Shrimalina jnatibhed' says
“ સબત સોલહ સતસડે સાકા અતિ કીયા મિહમાની પતિસાહક કરિકે જસ લીયા.”
In V. S. 1667 he offerd good hospitality to the Emperor Jehangir and thus earned fame. A story about this Hiranand Jhaveri is given by William Hawkins in his "Early Travels in India, " P. 111.
Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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