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With the object of meeting Abhaya Kumâra and taking Diksā, Ardra Kumāra respectfully requested his father-King Ardraka-to give him permission to go to Arya-deša. But his father did not allow him to go, and so, he was passing his days in deep anxiety. When King Ardraka came to know about Prinice Ardra Kumara's conditical, he ordered his five hundred feudatory kings not to allow Ārdra Kumāra to go to any foreign land. The feudatory kings acting under orders from King Ardraka, kept a very vigilant watch over the movements of Ardra Kumāra and they did not leave his presence. Having created confidence in the minds of his watchers for some time, Ardra Kumāra at last, secretly came to Bhārata-varsa He returned back to Abhaya Kumāra the diamond-image of Tirthankara Bhagavan Sri Rşabhadéva Swāmi that he had brought with him and having spent for charitable purposes the wealth that he had taken with him, the enlightened Ārdra Kumāra, by himself, put on the apparel of a Sadhu.
When Ardra Kumāra adopted ascetic life for himself, a be nign protective god, remaining in the sky, loudly anounced -" O worthy man! Do not take Diksā now. You have as yet to experience some evil Karmas which will go against your ascetic lite. For the present, you enjoy sensual pleasures as a house-holder in this world, and you can take Dîkşā at a suitable time later on. Even Tirthaikaras have to experience consequences of evil Karmas done in previous life. You therefore, postpone taking Dikşā." Giving no attention to the advice of the god, Ardra Kumāra energetically adopted ascetic life by himself. He became a Pratyèka Buddha (one who gets enlightened by his own self, without the preaching of anyone else) and strictly observing his religious vows, he moved about freely from place to place
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At Vasantapura Nagara there lived a wealthy merchant named Dévadatta and his wife Dhanavati Descending from Dévaluka, the soul of Bandhumati Sadhvî, was born as a daughter
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