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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
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also a dutiful son. He wanted anyhow to relieve his father of this new trouble and therefore he hatched a plan according to which he ordered his confidential servants to bring fresh flesh, blood and bladder from a slaughter-house, which, according to previous undetstanding with his father, he placed on his father's belly and began operation while the queen was kept behind the curtain to see the operation with her own eyes and get assurance for herself. In this way the queen's desire to taste her husband's flesh was satisfied while really speaking the flesh was of some animal. This is how Abhaya tided over a difficulty. अष्पकन्पियं करेइ, the commentator श्री चंद्रसूरी takes अप्पकप्पिथ to mean आत्म. It means he puts it in his vicinity.
सेणियं रायं रहहिसमयं सयणिज्जंसि उत्ताणयं निवज्जावेद, he asks the king to lie down on his back on a secret bed. He then spread the flesh and the blood on the belly and covered them by a bladder. And after that he wrapped all those by a cloth, agu देवीं उपिं पासाए अवलोयणवरगयं ठवावेs, he got queen चेल्लणा to be seated on a palace so as to have a good look at the operation. राया अलियमुच्छियं करेs, the king shows a pretended swoon.
Page 13. पुव्वरत्तावरतकालसमयसि ( पूर्वरात्रापररात्रकालसमये) exactly at midnight. † etc. Queen eur
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