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not bow him openly; but just to know his prowess he made a mental salute. Siddhaséna could read his mind, looked at him and loudly said, “ Dharma Lābha !" When the king asked him the reason of utterring so, he said, “ This is the fruit of your mental salute." The king was highly astonished and ordered to offer him one crore (ten million ) golden coins. Sūriji said:“We-saints-need no money! Free those persons who are in debt." The king carried out his orders, and started, on his own name, an era which is up to this time prevalent.
While travelling, Sūriji came to Crirakūta (Citor) where he saw a pillar and was wonder-struck. It was prepared from from different medicinal herbs I He recognized them one by one from their smells, and then prepared from different medicinal plants, a paste which was then besmeared upon the top of the pillar. And at once opened an entrance-door, from which Surij brought out a took. He opened and read the first page of it from which he could know two secret Vidyås. By one iron could be turned into gold! It was called SuvarnaSidhi. By the other, when the magical mustard-seeds were thrown into water, there could be created a horse-man, accountered with arms I 'But as soon as Sūriji began to turn the page and read the second one, a warning from the blue was heard : “Stop, please !" So, he replaced the book, and atonce the door was closed !
Some time passed away He, once, came to Karmāpur whose king Devapāla was also attracted to him and pleased with him. About the same time Vijayavarmă, a neigh-bouring king, attacked Karmāpur with a big army, Devapāla was not in a position to win him over. He approached Sūriji and asked his advice. Suriji, using those two Vidyās, created a great army of mounted soldiers, and an inexhaustible quantity of money. As soon as Vijayavarmā came to know about this, he ran away, From that day, Devapāla became a staunch follower of Sūriji, and he accepted Jaina Dharına; also the king gathered the assembly of the people and conferred upon him the title of
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