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When Ārya Mahāgiri Mahārāja accidentally went to Vasubhūti's house the next day for alms, his family-members under instructions from Vasubhūti, tried to give him fraudulently discarded articles of food and drink-materials as alms, but knowing by his superior knowledge that the food and drink-inaterials were unacceptable, the Yuga-pradhāna Mahārāja returned' to the upāśraya without accepting anything. After coming to the upāśraya, Arya Mahāgiri Mahārāja told Su-hasti Sūri-"By your advice, the family-members of Vasubhūti fraudulentiy tried to deceive me while offering me alms. Such a thing should not occur in future. On hearing this, the obedient Su-hasti Sūri at once bowed down at his feet, and asked his pardon.
Both the eminent ācāryas went to Avanti Nagari (Mālwā) for the Ratha-Yā rā Fes'ival of Jivanta Swami. ( Śramana ) Bhagavān Alahävira ). Samprati Mahārāja was the Paramont King. The procession carrying the idol of Vardhamāna Swāmi in a silver chariot went through various parts of the town. When the procession was passing near the Royal palace, the king, who was sitting in a window of his palace, immediately on seeing Arya Su-hasti Sūri from a distance, had an idea "I have some-where seen this magnanimous extremely tranquil personage". On deep thinking, the king fainted. He was brought to his senses by cold applications. Samprati Mahārāja now had jāti-smarana (a remembrance of an event of his pervicus life ), and he immediately came down from his palace and fell at the feet of the worshipful ācārya, who had rendered him excellent service during his previous life.
During friendly conversation Sampraii Mahārāja asked Ārya Su-hasti Sūri - worshipful Lord ! Do you know me ? The Guru Mahārāja, knowing all the events through the mediu:n of superior knowledge, said~"O Fortunate Man ! While moving about from one place to another we came to Kausambi Nagarī. There was a very severe famine at the time It was very difficult for an ordinary man to get food However, on account of faith and devotion towards us, people became more eager in giving us food and drink-materials. Some sādhūs went
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