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and youngest, to Cullanīpita's presence, and began to beat them. Then, he threw them into a deep vessel full of boilır:g oil, and he threw the flesh and blood of his three sons on Cullanipitā. Still however, Cullanīpitā became more steady in his meditation. The god repeatedly told him :--O Śrävaka! If yon do not leave off your religious meditation, I will immediately bring your mother Bhadrā Mātā and having beaten her severely and having thrown her into a deep vessel full of boiling oil, I shall throw her flesh and blood on you, and you will meet with an untimely death after suffering terribte pains. Although Cullanipitā was repeatedly intimidated by the god, he remained perfectly steady. At this moment, an idea occurred in Cullanipitās mind :--This man seems to be cruei. He has killed my three sons, and he will kill my mother. I shall, therefore, try to catch him by every possible effort. When, with this idea in his mind, Cullanipitā extended his arm to catch him, the god at once flew away into the skies, and Cullanipitā taking hold of a pillar, created a very loud noise of alarm. On hearing his voice, Bhadră Matã-Cullanipitā's mother hurriedly went into the Pausadhaśāla-and asked Cullanipitä the reason of his making such a loud noise. When Cullan ipitā narrated the whole account to his mother, she saidO child ! Nothing of the sort has at all happened. It seems to me that some wicked god having created forms resembling those of your sons and also mine, must have done all this by his super-human powers, with the object of testing your firm determination. O dear son ! Śramaņa Bhagavāna Mahāyira has ord. ained that transgressions in accepted vows should be rectified by penance. There is a transgression in your Pausadha vrata and you should practise penance for it. Cullanipitā very gladly did it.
The daily routine of Cullanipitans life resembled Ananda Śrāvaka after this accident.
that of
Cullanipitā had practised the Eleven Stages Development for a house-holder. Having died
of Spiritual with perfect
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