Book Title: Shraman Bhagvana Mahavira Part 1
Author(s): Ratnaprabhvijay, D P Thaker
Publisher: Parimal Publication

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________________ 54 kings, chiefs and princes ?" They replied “O lord! who else can be more powerful than your majesty that we can name him? Can stars appear shining so long as the Sun is in existence on the earth? The king said, “There are numerous jewels on the earth. What is impossible in it ?" The councillors replied :-"O king! We do not know with certainty. But by hearsay, we know that the princes of King Prajāpati are able to surpass the pride of valour of other persons with the greatest ease and they are exceedingly powerful. The king then told the messenger Caņdavéga, "O good man ! You go to King Prajāpati and tell him that I want him for some urgent business." With the words “ Just as your majesty orders" the messenger went to Potanapur with a retinue of numerous persons King Prajāpati, wearing costly garments and precious ornaments, was sitting in his harem, surrounded by a retinue of his princes, domestic servants etc. There was, at that time, A dramatic r presentation performed, which was beautiful with the moving to and fro of the body in various directions and with strange actings, attended with charming sound of anklets producing a jingling rattle; in which the strings of pearls of necklaces were breaking loose by a springing motion of the body while turning it suddenly; in which various amorous pastimes caused by the play of eye-brows were readily visible; in which singing in strict accordance with the tune of wellarranged musical instruments was going on by competent songsters possessing voice as sweet as that of a Cuckoo; in which tabors were being played on with a melodious ringing sound mixed with the beating of the big kettle drum. While the dramatic performance by young females was in full swing, and the whole atmosphere was filled with remarkable merriment, the whole assembly with unwinking eyes appeared as if in sleep or painted in a picture or prepared with a plaster, or bound to one place by a long piece of cord, or as if the whole assembly was devoid of the feeling of other sense-organs stunned as it were by the intoxicating influence of wine. Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org P

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