Risabha Deva

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

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CHAPTER 11
THE FIRST WORLD TEACHER
When six months of the long life of the A hamindra remaired to him in the super-heaven Sarvarthasiddhi, the Indra (ruler) of the first heaven, who always takes the lead in such matters, gave orders to his subordinate devas to get ready for the glortification of the coming WORLD TEACHER. Kuber the lord of the celestial treasury then began to rain down choice gems in the Palace of Nabhi Raja at Ajudhya to announce the coming of the Master.
In the Sarvarthasiddhi, Bajranäbhi's great Scul perceived that his end was near.
He devoted the rest of his days, as an ahamindra, in the ho y dharma-dhyana (religious meditation), and the worship of the God of gods, the Arhant, in the Temples appertaining to his region. At last at the end of the six months, the ethereal deva body was 'dispersed' in all directions, as rapidly as it was formed; the A hamindra was dead! At that same moment the lovely queen of Sri Nabhi Raja dreamt sixteen wond rful dreams She saw first of all a white celestial elephant, making deep sounds. She next saw a great white bull of beautiful form Her t ird dream con-isted in her seeing a white lion with red shoulders. The Goddess Lakshmi was seen next, with two large elephants who were performing her abhiseka (bathing) with golden pitchers