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3:448. ) Nyāya-Kusumānjali up according to thy preachings with full faith, when even the thief Rohineya became free from the calamity of death pronounced upon him by King »'renika and obtained as it were a new life in this world because he accidentally drank, even with disrespect, a particle of thy nectar-like speech by means of his ear-cups. ( 43 )
Notes:- In a cave of the Vaibhava mountain, in the vicinity of the city of Rajagriha, there lived a thief named Lohakhara who used to rob the wealth of and abduct the wives of the people of that city. When he was on death-bed, he called his son Rohineya, named after his wife Rohini and advised him ; never to listen to the words of Mahavira. After his death, Rohineya too began to lead the life of a thief. Once he intended to go to Rajagriha for stealth but as it was not possible to go there without passing by the place where Lord Mahavira was preaching, he went closing bis ears with his fingers so that his father's advice might not be disregarded. On one : occasion, it so happened that as he was passing by this place, a thorn pricked his leg and it was now impossible for him to moia a step forward without taking it out, and in so doing he had to take out his tinger from his car. Thereupon accidentally and against his will he heard Lord Mauira saying that the legs of gods do not touch the ground, their eyes do not wink, their garlınds of flowers do not wither and their bodies are free from perspiration and dirt, He began to repent that he was obliged to hear these
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