Nandishen Diwakar Chitrakatha 048

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

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NANDISHEN
The jungles around Rajagriha were full of elephant herds. One bull male elephant was going through a Banana plantation with his herd. He came upon a young male playing around with cows female elephants. !! ??
Suddenly he remembered an incident from his previous birth — some elephant from another area has attacked,
trampled, and goaded him with tusks. He is groaning and is about to die
This fear, made him angry and he attacked the young elephant.
This scene made him worried
DIMMATVIN
When this young one matures he will kill me
the same way.
He trampled and goaded the young one to death and threw him in fa lake.
After this, mad with rage, he sought and killed every male.
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