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and asked śramaņa Bhagavān Mahavira "Olord! will this Besamum-plant grow up or not? As an inevitable necessity, Bhagavān replid :-'O good man ! that plant will grow up, and the souls of the seven blossoms will be produced as seven sesamum fruits in one pod of the tila-plant" Disregarding the Jinésvara's words, the evil-minded man uprooted the entire plant from the ground, and threw it away into one corner. With the object of fulfilling the Jineśvara's solemn words, the vyantara gods of the neighbouring locality created a series of clouds, and from the shower of rains, the tila-plant received nourishment. By the hoof of a swiftly walking cow, the root-portion of the shrub got imbeided into wet ground and becoming firmly implanted, its roots spread in various directions underneath the ground The re-generated plant had sprouts, and flowers, also, made their appeara:ce.
Sramaņa Bhagavan Mahāvira now reached Kummāragám Nagara. Outside the town, an ordinary tāpasa ( herinit practising penance ) named Valdyāyana, was exposing himself to Sun-shine, with his eyes fixed towards the disc of the Sun, with his arms up-raised, and with his long braid of hair hanging loose. He was modest calm, compassionate, polite, and epgrosseri in religione meditation. The fallowing is an account of Vaisyávania
An Account of Valsyāyana.
A house-bolder Eamed Go-sankhi-chief of the Abhira Coyherds- lived at Gobara-gåm, which was a village prosperous wilde abundant wealth, and corn. He had a wife named Bandhumati. She was barren. Both nf them passed their days in worldly pleasures, with steady mutual affection.
One day, a number of barbacous hooligans equipped with strong armourg and sharp weapons raided a small sannivesa fdwelling-place with few houses ) named Kadaka in the vici. nity of this village They overpowered the guards of the sanni. vesa, killed warriors armed with weapons and plundered wealth, corn, and other property. Besides, taking soune persone as prisoners, they commenced their journey home At that time, a
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