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पदा सरोवर
Nemi Kumar was filled with despair and a feeling of detachment. He said to the elephant driver, "If I agree to be the cause of the butchering of so many living beings my life and the one to come will be filled with pain and misery. So, I will not marry. Immediately arrange for the release of all these creatures; turn back and head for Dwarka." The driver looked at him in astonishment. Nemi Kumar said, “This is an order."
The driver went and opened the gates of the fenced areas and cages. The animals jumped and ran away into the jungle. They were saved from the torture of death. The driver came back and turned the elephant towards Dwarka. On the way Nemi Kumar took out all valuables and ornaments on his body and handed them over to the elephant driver. (AN-3/b)
The news spread panic in the marriage procession. All the seniors of the Yadav clan tried to change the mind of Nemi Kumar, but in vain. Even Shrikrishna could not dissuade him from his determination. Nemi Kumar said to the elders, “As these animals were prisoners in the cages, we all are prisoners in cages of karma which are much stronger than these fences. See the feeling of joy evident in the animals released from the cages. Know that happiness is in freedom, not in bondage. I want to tred the path of breaking this bondage of Karma and embrace eternal bliss. Please do not stop me."
When Rajimati, dressed as bride, heard of this act of Nemi Kumar she could not tolerate the sting of sorrow. She fainted with shock. When she recovered she started crying and again lost consciousness. (AN-4/a)
After a year long charity, Nemi Kumar sat in a palanquin named Uttarkura, and, passing through the town of Dwarka, arrived in the Raivatak garden. He got down under an Ashoka tree and pulled out five fistful of hair after taking off all ornaments and the royal dress. He became an ascetic alongwith one thousand persons on the sixth day of the bright half of the month of Shravan. Shrikrishna was deeply touched by this incident; he blessed his younger cousin and wished him success in his mission. (AN-4/b)
Arhat Neminath spent fifty four days in deep spiritual practices and then went to Vijayant hill (Girnar). On the fifteenth day of the dark half of the month of Ashvin, in the afternoon, he was observing a two days fast and was meditating under a bamboo tree when he became an omniscient. Establishing the four pronged religious organisation (Tirth) he became the twenty second Tirthankar.
When Rajimati recovered from the melancholy she decided to follow the path taken by Neminath. Prince Rathnemi, the younger brother of Neminath, tried his best to seduce Rajimati. But she could not be distracted from her goal. When Rajimati came to know that Neminath had become an omniscient, she went to the Samavasaran of Neminath alongwith many of her friends and took Diksha. She lost herself in penances and other spiritual practices and in the end got liberated. भगवान अरिष्टनेमि
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