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Under the affectionate care and judicious treatment of the hermits, the young elephant became intelligent sportive, and strong Along with the hermits, he used to sprinkle water over the trees of the hermitage with the quantity of water taken into his trunk. After he came into rut, the young elephant had a duel fight with the chief elephant of the herd, and he killed him. But later on, the young elephant became un-managable, and he became a source of fear and terror to all in the forest.
The hermits, thinking the young elephant to be fit in every respect to become the chief elephant of King Srèņika, informed the king of the elephant's condition. King Srénika sent a party of his servants to the forest to captivate the elephant, and he had him brought to his presence. But the next day, the elephant broke all his fetters and chains, and he ran away into the forest. Now this time King Sréņika himself accompanied by his princes, went into the forest to captivate the elephant. The king was greatly pleased with the elephant as he possessed many auspicious signs of his body but no one was able to captivate him. At last, Nandis'éņa Kumăra brought um under control and trained him. From that ume, the elephant named Sécanaka was made the chief elephant of King Sréņika.
Dikså of Nandisena Kumāra One day, on hearing the preachings of Sramaņa Bhagavān Mahavira, Nandişeņa Kumāra became ready to renounce all the wordly enjoyments and to take Dikså from the Worshipful Lord, He asked permission from his own mother and from King Śrenika, but all his family members were perfectly familiar with his irritable nature, and they advised him not to be hasty, Nandiséna Kumāra persistently told them that he would keep his evil nature and bad habits under control by the practice of penance, and he went to śramaņa Bhagavān Mahavira and joined his Order of Shādhus.
When Nandişeņa Kumāra was going to śramaņa Bhagavān Mahāvira, an aerial deity from the sky, told him:-O Kumāra !
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