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severe austerities. After death, all of them were born as dévas (gods) in déva-lokas.
3. Dikṣa of Jina Palita
Jina Palita son of Makandi took Dikṣa at the pious hands of Śramana Bhagavāna Mahāvira. The account narrated in the Jain Agamas about some of his life-incidents is as follows:
Makandi had two sons named Jina Palita and Jîna-rakṣita by his wife Bhadra. Both were adventurous mariners. During eleven voyages they had acquired much wealth.
One day, both the brothers went on a voyage to a distant country against the wish of their parents. After voyaging a long distance off in the sea, a sudden tempest over-took them, and their boat collided with a big rock and was wrecked. Both the brothers-each of them-fortunately took hold of a big wooden board to ride on and they were able to reach an unknown island. A female deity was residing there in her magnificent palace. She came to the two brothers and took them to her palace against their will. There, she was enjoying sensual pleasures with them. She used to bring highly delicious fruits for them to eat and she was living as their wife with them.
One day, the deity, under orders from Sakréndra, went on a duty of going round the Lavana Samudra (the Salt Sea) twenty-one tirnes, and of cleaning the sea of all rubbish, while departing, she told both the brothers to remain in her palace till he returned and advised them to go wherever they liked and to amuse themselves if they became disturbed by separation from her. But she strongly refused them to go in the Southern Direction as there was a poisonous serpent emitting virulent poison through his eyes, causing instantaneous death.
After the departure of the deity, both the brothers began to amuse them in various parts of the forest but they became very eager to go in the Southern Direction as they were strictly forbidden by the deity.
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