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knowledge, goes to the house of an ordinary house-holder for the purpose of requesting his pardon while duly respecting the orders of his Master, gives ample proof of the natural straightforwardness of Ganadhara Mahārāja Indrabhūti Gautama. Wise men desirous of accomplishing the wel-fare of their Soul, will rise high and higher only when they acquire such-like straightforwardness and respectful obedience in strictly following the orders of their elders. People desirous of their own welfare, should consider the acquision of these noble qualities as one of their principal duties.
Ganadhara Gautama and Mahāśatakaji HTV fá Mahāśatakajı, the eighth principal Śrāvaka of śramaņa Bhagavāni Mahāvira had thirteen wives. Wheu Māhāśatakaji accepted the twleve yaa Anu Vratas,-the Minor Vows of a Śrāvaka,-out of his thirteen wives, his twelve wives did not exhibit any unusual pranks, but taft Révatī, one of his wives, had very evil notions in her mind. All the people in this world do not possess similar and praiseworthy ideas in their minds. Révati had the undermentioned wicked notion in her mind, “I am not able to enjoy the pleasures of the senses exclusively with my husband, owing to the hindrance caused by his other wives, so, if I can kill them by any means, I will be able to enjoy happiness exclusively with my husband, and I will become the owner of their property also.”
With this evil idea upper-most in her mind, the wicked woman killed six of her co-wives with weapons, and the remaining six were treacherously killed by poisoning, and, she became the owner of their property.
Mahāśātakaji spent fourteen years practising the various vows after taking them like Ānanda Śravaka, and like him, he entrusted his family-members to the care of his son, went to the monastery, and remained in meditation on religious subjects. There also, the wicked woman tried to haress him a number of times, but he never lacked in his devotion. Mahāšatakaji
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