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He has come here to take back your kingdom. Kési Kumăra replied:- He has given me the kingdom. I shall hand it over to him if he asks for it." The wicked ministers of Kesî Kumāra administered some deadly poison to Udāyana Rājarşi in the curds food through the help of a cow-herdess, and as a result, Udāyana Rajarşi died.
It is said that as a punishment for such a heinous act, the protecting deity of the town showered heaps of sand over the town, and the entire town became submerged in them. The potter at whose Udayana Rājarși was living, was saved Others perished.
After the dîkşă of King Udāyana at Vita-bhaya Nagara, Śramaņa Bhagavān Mahāvīra went in the direction of Vidèha-déśa and lived at Vānijya-grâma during the raing season of the fifth year of life as a Kévalin. Having finished his living during the rainy season at Vānijya-grâma, Sramaņa Bhagavân Mahāvira went in the direction of Banaras,
From Vitabhaya Pattana, śramaņa Bhagavân Mahāvira went in the direction of Vidéha-désa.
The journey from Vitabhaya Pattana was a very long and tedious one, and during the summer, the disciples of Sramaņa Bhagavana Mahāvira practising different vows, found it to be a very heart-rending one. There was not a single huinan habita. tion for several koshas in the dusty land of the desert of Márwar (Rajputäna) A large majority of disciples of śramana Bhagavāna Mahāvíra were of noble birth, and they were not accustomed to long walks and they were exposed to pangs of hunger and thirst. In the desert, Sramaņa Bhagavâna Malāvira and his congregation of Sâdhus (monks) met with some bullock-carts full of dry sessamum seeds crossing the desert. The carts-men on seeing the Worshipful Lord and his numerous disciples, said:Venerable Saints, Please take as many sessamum seeds load as you like, and you can, for the time being, satisfy your hunger." Although the mass of sessamum seeds was acita (free from liv
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