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order was executed there came a great roar from the harem! The female ushers ran down to the king, and cried out, "A havos is created. My Lord ! Some invisible person is torturing severely cur queens with staves and stones!" The king realised that the Ācārya must be an accomplished man with supernatural facultics. The king was really terrified by his miracles, and succumbed to him. He bowed down to the ACā. rya, begged his pardon repeatedly, and prayed to be calm and merciful on him.
The Ācārya, then, ordered the demi-god (Yakşa) to accompany him. And, to the wonder of the people there, even other goads also followed him! Moreover, even two gigentic stone-rollers, which would require ateast a thousand men to move them, also began to roll behind them! The king and the people who were amazed by such miraculous powers became more attatched to Jainism. Atlast, as the king requested, the Yaksa was allowed to go back to his place, and the stone-rollers also were placed back on their proper places.
Meanwhile, there came from Brosch two sages (munies ) and reported, " Bhuvan has violantiy broken of the skull, read the paper inside it, and has acquired the powerful Akruśți Mahāvidyā. He is puffed up with vanity, and delights in eating all the preparations fit for a house-holder. When the sthavirs advised him not to behave in that way, he ran away to the Bauddha Monks From there, he sends, through the air, vessels filled with sweet-meats to the places of wealthy Jains, who are, thus, attracted by his powers. Hence, O Godl stop all this mockery or our Jain-rule!” The Ācārya heard them pati. ently. Then he started from Gudaşastra Nagar for Broach While on his way, he loosened and threw in the air some invisible huge stones with which were dashed those vessels, gomg thro ugh air, and were turned to pieces. Bhuvan saw the sight, and could conjecture that his teacher was approaching. He filed away and concealed himself in a Bauddha Temple. Ācārya,
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