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of the wife of the Brähmana, rolling violently on the ground, he had great abhorence towards the life he was then leading. He thought :- Ah ! What a heinous act have I done ? Fie on me who is doing such wicked deeds even after attaining manusyabhava (existence as a human being). Having done such wicked deeds, which can only be ewarded by innumerable miseries of Hell, where should I now go ? With this idea prominent in his mind, Dradha-prahari went to Rajagriha Nagara, and respectfully approaching Srarnana Bhagavâna Mahăvîra, he himself removed the hair of his head and beard with his own hands, and took Bhāgavati Diks from the Worshipful Bhagavana. Dra. dha-prahārî, also took a vow :--"I will not take food and drink-materials as long as I have a remembrance of my wicked deeds' Having taken this difficult vow and having sincerely repented for having ruthlessly killed. I A Brābmana 2. His wife 3. Her Child, and 4. A cow, he went to his own town and very steadily remained in Kayotsarga (religious meditation) for one month without food and drink. Some silly persons insulted him with abusive language and beat him with their fists, sticks etc. but the great Muni was not in the least angry with them, but, on the contrary, he was moreover, censuring his own Soul saying that he was a very wicked man. Having calmly suffered severe molestations from various sources and having destroyed all his previous Karmans, the excellent Muni Dradhaprahari acquired Kévala Jnana within six months and he attained Mokşa (Final Emancipatinn It was in this way, that cruel-hearted Dradhaprahări the slaver of a. 1. Brāhmana 2. His wife. 3. Her child, and 4. A cow, renounced the worid on seeing & foetus painfully rolling on the ground, and attained Moksa (Pinal Emancipation) within six months.
Skanda Katyayana did Anasana Vrata on Vipula Giri during this year.
Śramaqa Bhagavana Mahavira lived at Rajagriha Nagara, during the rainy season of the Thirty-third year of his Ascetic Life.
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