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religious meditation, Mahāšatakaji acquired Avadhi Jnāna (Visual Knowledge) He was able to see and know all the events happ ening within an extent of one thousand yojanâs in Lavana Samudra, in the East, in the West, in the South and in the North.
After the acquisition of Mahāśatak's Avadhi Jnāna, Révati once again entered the Pausadha śālā and she began to entreat Mahāśatakaji for the satisfaction of her carnal desires as before but Mahāśatakji angrily told her :-"Ah! Révati ! On the seventh day from now, you will die in great misery suffering from severe colicky diarrhoea and after death, you will suffer intense agonies in the Loluyaccuya hell of the Ratna Prabhā Earth (first hell) tor eighty four thousand (84000) years". On hearing these words of Mahāśatakji, the disappointed Réyati, thought that her husband had become very angry with her, that he had no regard for her and that he may someday have her killed by an untimely death With this idea in her mind and afflicated with fear and terror of approaching death, she went home. During the seventh night after this, Révati died, as was fore-told by Mahāśatakaji and she was born as a hellish being in Loluyaccuya hell of the Ratna Prabhā Earth.
The body of Mahāśatakaji had become greatly enfeebled and emaciated; now, he abandoned all food and drink-material and remained in religious meditation During this time, Sraniana Bhagavāna Mahāvira, happened to come to Rājagriha Negara The Worshipful Lord narratted to Ganadhara Mahārāja Indrabhūti Gautama the complete account of the cause of Maliāśatasajis anger towards Révatî, and of the angry words that he had used for her, and said :-'0 Gautama ! Mahāśatakaji is in religious meditation at Pausadha-śālā; he has abandoned all food and drink materials till death. His body has become greatly enfeebled and ernaciated It is not desirable that such a pious śrāvaka as Maljāsâtakaji should use angry words even though those words may be perfectly true You, therefore, go to Mahāśatalajı and tell hun that the words used by him for Révati were
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