Book Title: Samraiccha Kaha
Author(s): Madhusudan Modi
Publisher: Gurjar Granth Ratna Karyalay

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________________ [ 33. 9. he was the mine of the jewels of merits; he was as it were the full result of an excellent action; he was born of a great royal family. He accepted the abode and stayed in the garden of As'okavana beautified with the temple of Jinas built by merchant As'okadatta. There were the mango-trees in which it would be difficult to find holes, like kings strong in politics, in whom it is difficult to find weak points; the trees on the brink of the well which were bent down appeared like good persons who stand with their faces downwards, fearing the sight of the wives of others. The Atimukta creepers, without branches and sub-branches resembled the anxieties of good peasons fallen (in poverty ) with shame brought forcibly; the bowers crowded all round resembled again the hearts of poverty-stricken amorous persons; the nimb-trees, grown at particular places do not appear proper like heretics, attached to the objects of senses; the red A'soka trees appeared like bridegrooms with saffron-red clothing;-why describe more ?the garden-trees of varied descriptions were like the thoughts of the world of living beings. And also the temples of Jinas tall and white resembled the peaks of the Hiinalayas. [33] And there on a very clean part of the earth, the revered teacher, engaged in his observances with constraint, stayed there. On this side king Gunasena, who had come to the bower of conversation asked, “Who has seen here any wonderful thing today?” Then Kalyanaka, who knew about Vijayasenācírya, said with a bow to the king, "Sir, I have seen a wonderful thing." The king said “Tell me. Wnat is that ?" Kalyanaka said “Here in

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