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ting the paths and roads at night, went away to solitary places. Srainaņa Bhagavā! Mabāvīrs became free front Käyutsarga, und he went in the direction of Vāluks-gāma, with a fixed gaze dire. cted in front for a distance of about six feet keeping it keen watch on ail his mov* :s on road to avoid tre ting snil animalcules. On the way with the object of troubling: śramaņa Bhagavău Mahavires, the mischievous yod craied five hundredi robbers and a inass of fine saod resembling an Ocean of cand. The five hundred robbers came to Sramana Bhagavāni Mahāvi:a aud loudly calling him, maternal uncle they began to embrace him tightly. All the five hundred robbers embraced himn with such a furce thai even a mountain will break down under its strain. But the mind of śramaņa Bhagavān Mahāvira was not, in the least, disturbed and, he went to Vāluka-grānia walking with his legs kove.ecpiis said la this way, the cruel-hi arted Sami maka god harassed śramața Bhagavān Mabăvira in various ways for six months whenever he was in forest or whenever he went to a town or a village for alms by making the food unaccepiable to him. The troubles caused by the wicked god to the Vone. rable Bhagavan when he weat lo Văluka, Subhūma Suksetra, Malaya, Hastiğirsa, Osali, Mosali, Tosali, and other villages were extremely unbearable and indescribable. They are pot described In this work, but information about them can be had from other scriptural works. Having repained perfectly undisturbed although he was wiihout food and drink. during the troubles caused by Samgamaka-deva, and having lived outside the villages; und towns for a long time, Sramapa Bhagavān Mahavira went into a cowpen outside a village named Vajra with the object of break ing his fast ar the end of a continuous fasting of six months On that day, there was a festival, in the village and mailk-rice was being prepared everywhere. Sramapa.Bhagavāp Mahšyiral hought:Samgarnaka déva has beerti Ciostantly causing me troubles for the last six-months. Now: he will not harses me asymore BeComing greatly exhaust-d; her pust have, by this time, gone
way co his abode in heavens." With this conjecture; śramana Bhaga vău). Mahãyira went into the village for: alen?8. Sumgameka
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