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dation, with his face exposed to the rays of the mid-day Sun sod with his arms raised up. King Srèņika, thinking all the while on the way, about the greatness of the wonderful austerities of the Muni, went to Sramaņa Bhagavāna Mahāvira. Bowing down before the Worshipful Lord with the five parts of his body (viz two arms, two legs, and the head) touching the ground, the king took his seat at a suitable place. At a suitable opportunity, after paying respects to the Jinésvara, King Sréņika, keeping the closed tist of the palms of his hands in the form of an anjali in front of his forehead, asked :-0 Venerable Bhagavan ! What will be the future life of Prasanna Candra Rājarși, if he died at the time when I saw him in religious meditation. Sramaņa Bhagavāna Mahāvîra replied :--Prasanna Candra Rājarsi will certainly go to the the most terrible Seventh Hell, if he died at the time you saw him. On hearing this, highly devout and perfectly straight -forward King Srénika thought :--'Hal How can such a terrible Hell be possible for a Muni practising such severe austerities ?' Thinking so, the king again asked ---Worshipful Lord! What will be his future life, if the great Muni dies at this very moment? The Venerable Lord replied :-O great king i Now, that excelleni Muni is fit to be born as a god in Sarvārtha Siddha Vimåna The king said i--O Venerable Bhagavan ! What is the reason of a difference in your speech on the same subject? The speech of a Jineśvara is never false. I am ignorant, please explain me in its true light. The Jinéšvara, then, said :-"O king 1 When you bowed down before the Rājarşi, he was in raudra dhyāna (evil contemplation) and being under the influence of wicked thoughts, he was fit to be a hellish being in the Seventh Hell if he had died at that moment. But now, he is in sukla dhyâna (bright religious meditation ) and being now deeply absorbed in excellent Sukla dhyāna, he is fit to become an affluent god in Sarvārtha Vimāna". King Śréņika, then, asked Sramaņa Bhagavāna Mahivira-Illuminator of the Three Worlds, by brilliant light of Kévala Jnana :--“Bhagavan! How did Prasanna Candra Rājarşi have raudradhyāna, and how did he get sukla dhyāna ? The Worshipful
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