Sahajanandaghana Gurugatha

Author(s): Pratap J Tolia
Publisher: Vardhaman Bharati International Foundation

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thorns. Unable to bear this internal pain, I ran down unto Mahashramana (Mahaveer). At that time Mahaveer was camping in Champa. He was solacing and convalescing the inmate women whose husbands had died in the war. I bowed in repentance and fell down at his feet and requested - "Oh God! Kindly protect me." He told me in his sweet voice -"Rise up, dear! How can I protect you? You will have to certainly bear the fruits of the deeds which you have performed, but can contemplate and repent so that can bear these fruits of that Karma without having anger".
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Ganadhara Gowtama was standing beside only. He asked Lord Mahaveer- "Oh God! How many people have died in this war by Sheelakantaka and Rathamoosala?" Mahashramana Mahaveer replied- "Gowtama! 84,000 warriors have died by Mahasheelakantaka and 96,000 by Rathamoosala in this war."
Gowtama again asked, "Oh God! What will be the future state of affairs of the person who manufactured Mahasheelakantaka and Rathamoosala?"
Mahashramana looked at me, (the Cobra continued) and said, “This will have to bear the tremendous tortures of getting his body cut gradually for 84,000 and 96,000 times."
Listening to this, my conscious was greatly thrilled. I again fell down at his feet.
He lifted me up. Said, "Oh Cobra! The resulting destiny of Karma is uncrossable. Keep on repenting till the end of your life. Maybe because of this, your burden might get lightened." Disappointed I came back. But I could not stay in my home: I went back to the cemetery and went on moving here and there like a mad person. I don't know because of my regret or my repentence? But those pathetic screams began to tear my ears. You were telling that my name will be written in Golden letters on the pages of History, but what more paradox would have been there than this? It is good that History has forgotten me."
One day in that area of cemetery a perplexed young man came in front of me. On seeing me he laughed loudly. He spoke, "Oh Cobra! I have been searching for you since a long time. I could find you out today and I will definitely kill you now."
"I don't know who he was, I had never fought in the battle field, and neither had I killed anybody. Perhaps some of his beloved persons might have been killed by Sheelakantaka or Rathamoosala. Even I was also not
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