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to steal away wealth and females from Rājagriha, and he was enjoying them with much delight He had a son named Rohiņéya by his wife Rohiņi. Rohiņéya was equally as bad as his father Lohakhura in doing wicked actions. On his death-bed, Lohakhura told his son Rohinéya: "You remember this my final advice. Do not go even near the road where ascetics or saints are preaching religious sermons. Rohiņéya respectfully accepted his father's final advice. Then, Rohinéya began to harass the public of Rājagriha by his heinous acts, which were more cruel than those of his father.
One day, when Rohinéya was going to Rajagriha Nagara, he saw on his way, a very large crowd of people, hearing a religious sermon of Śramana Bhagavāna Mahāvîra. Remembering the final advice of his father, Rohinéya plugged both his ears with his fingers so that, the sound of the speech of Śramaņa Bhagavana Mahavira may not enter his ears But it so happened that Rohinéya had a thorn-prick in his foot, and to extract the thorn, he was obliged to remove his fingers from his that time, the sound of the following words of Śramaņa Bhagavāna Mahāvîra, entered his ears, viz:-"The feet of gods do not touch the ground; their eyes are steady without a wink; flowergarlands on their bodies do not wither; and they do not have perspiration or dirt on their bodies."
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The citizens of Rajagriha Nagara were terrified by the ho rrors of the wicked actions of Rohinaya. They appealed before King Śréņika. On hearing the people's complaint, King Śrėņika took the watch-guards of the town to task but they showed their help-lessness in the matter. At last, Abhaya Kumāra volunteered to captivate the robber. Abhaya Kumāra ordered a strict military cordon around the town, and he instructed his men to take into custody any person who comes out of the town after he orders them to do so. The military cordon round the town was so secretly arranged that Rohinèya could not have the slightest scent of it Ry this device, one night as soon as Rohi
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