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Twentieth Previous Bhava During the twentieth bhava, the soul of Nayasāra was born as a lion on the completion of his existence as a Nāraka for thirty-three sägaropams. The life of a lion is mostly respo nsible for the killing of numerous innocent creatures. Wandering fearleskly and without any obstacle in the forest like the God of Death, the lion used to tear off the temples of huge elephants by his sharp claws and to terrify innocent hordes of deer by his loud roarings. The young lion was always ready in killing num erous animals of various kinds.
Individuals engrossed in a state of intense anger with wicked intentions and intent on killing living beings, usually earn for themselves, the evil Karma of being born as a Nāraka during future lise.
Twenty-first Previous Bhava On the completion of his life as a lion, the soul of Nayasara was born as Nāraka in the Fourth Hell during his twenty -first bhava. Having suffered life-long agonies of being cut into pieces, of being pierced, of being hoisted on gallows of Sémul Tree (Salmalia Malabarica-a tree of torture in hell) and of being put to numerous other tortures-- remembrance of which is • sufficient to cause horripilation to many,-the soul of Nayasāra wandered through several minor human and tiryanca bhavas.
Twenty-second Previous Bhava After wandering in Saṁsāra as a human being and as a tiryanca for several minor lives, the soul of Nayasāra was born as a prince named Vimala-son of the queen Vimaladevî of King Priya-mitra in the town of the Rathapura, during his twenty -second bhava. Prince Vimala studied all the arts and sciences during his young age, Considering him fit for the government of a kingdom, King Priyamitra Installed him on the throne as his successor and entrusted him with the management of his entire klagdom.
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