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took these two handsome females to Rajagriha-the capital town of King Śrénika. She declared that they were Jains and they were on a pilgrimage to various sacred places of the Jains. One day, they went to the Jaina temple daily frequented by Abhaya Kumāra and they sang adoratory hymns in praise of Tirthankaras with excellent dancing and music in appropriate tunes. Abhaya Kumāra who had come there for worship was greatly pleased with their devotion and he politely inquired about their whereabouts. The prostitute replied:-'I am a widow of a weaIthy merchant of Ujjain and these two girls are the wives of my sons. They are, also, widows. Before accepting Diksâ, we are all on a pilgrimage to various sacred places.
Abhaya Kumāra out of courtesy, invited them for dinner. The next day, the prostitute invited Abhaya Kumāra for dinner at her lodgings. He could not refuse the invitation so politely given. Abhaya Kumara innocently went to the prostitute's lodgings for dinner. But he was made senseless by giving some intoxicating drug in his drink by the prostitute, and when Abhaya Kumāra came under the full toxic influence of the drug, he was bodily removed into a chariot kept ready for him and he was driven speedily to Ujjainî Nagari and handed over to King Canda Pradyota. He was imprisoned in a wooden prison.
An intelligent wise person is invariably consulted by numerous persons. King Canda Pradyota was obliged to solicit advice from Abhaya Kumāra on four different occasions and the advice given on all the four subjects having become eminently successful, Canda Pradyota, on each occasion, instructed Abhaya Kumāra to ask for any boon except that of Mukti (Salvation) from him and he granted him four such boons Abhaya Kumāra had reserved these boons for some suitable opportunity. Abhaya Kumăra now requested King Canda Pradyota to fulfil the conditions of the boon. He said (1) You become an elephant driver your favourite elephant Nalagiri (2) Let me sit in the lap of your chief queen Śiva-dévi in palanguin behind you
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