Risabha Deva

Author(s): Champat Rai Jain
Publisher: Jain Mitra Mandal

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GLIMPSES ALONG LIFE'S JOURNEY
9 long.life, and had no worries or anxieties of any kind to mar their joy.
The bhogabhumijas are all reborn in the heavens on the termination of the life in the " land of joys.” Śrimati's and Bajrangha's Souls, too, at last departed from the material bhogabhumi bodies and became embodied in the ethereal vestments of the heavenly regions once more.
6. Sridhara Deva Bajrajangha is now again in one of the higher heavens. He is this time called Sridhara.
Śrimati his now cast off the female form. She is re-born in the same heaven as Śridhara, not as a devangna, but as a deva.
Once more the two loving souls find themselves in surroundings that are obtained only by the most fortunate among men. The lovers of the past three lives now become intimate friends, and find much joy in each other's company. I heir lives are spent in the usual manner of deva-life. They wurship the Lord Arhant, and spend their time enjoying the heavenly pleasures.
7. Subidhi In the East Videha of Jambu Dvipa, in the province of Susima. there reigned once upon a time a great king who was named Sudrişti. His queen was Sundarananda Devi; who was as accomplished as she was beautiful. Śrid hara's soul was born to Sundrananda Devi, on the termination of his devalife. His parents called him Subidhi. He was a very