Book Title: Monk and Monarch
Author(s): Vidyavijay
Publisher: Deepchand Banthia

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________________ 67 hearing the news. For three days he took no food. At last he was pursuaded to go to Una. Vijaysensuri then succeeded Hirvijaysuri, and he too carried on all the activities of Suriji in the proper spirit. We shall now note one miraculous occurence. On the night of the day on which Suriji was burnt, a Nagar Vania, who was sleeping in a farm nearby, heard music and saw dancing going on at the place where Suriji was burnt. He told the people of this in the morning. People went there in large crowds. They did not see the dances, but they saw that all the mango-trees of that garden had fruits on them. It was the month of Bhadrapad then and thus no season for mangoes, and yet they saw mangoes -some raw, some ripe. There were some mango-trees in that garden which had never before borne fruits. They also were laden with mangoes. There was nothing on them only the previous day, and that day all the trees bore fruits. Shravakas took down some mangoes and sent them to various places like Ahamadabad, Patan and Khambhat. Some were sent to Akbar and Abul Fazl, both of whom were struck with wonder at the greatness of Suriji. According to poet Rishabhadas, Akbar uttered the following words on learning of Suriji's death: “ball moj ornalag', sal ova 94917 , મરણ પામે ફન્યા આંબા પામ્યો સુર અવતાર છે. હીર૦ ૫ શેખ અબુલ ફજલ અકબર કરે ખરેખર તામ રે, અસ્યા ફકીર નવિ રહ્યા કાલે, બીજા કશું નર નામ છે. હીર૦ ૬ જેણે કમાઈ કરી સારી, વે કહે ભવપાર રે, ખેર મહિર દિલ પાક નાંહિ, ખેયા આદમી અવતાર છે.” હીર૦ ૭ i. e., fortunate is the life of the world-teacher who laid the world under obligation. Mangoes bore fruit where he died. He became a god. Shaikh Abul Fazl and Akbar grieved after him, saying "If such saints are not spared by Time, who else is to be spared ? He can earn good life after death who has done good deeds. Those whose hearts are not pure have lived in vain." Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com

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