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to him. Tears came out of the eyes of Sarvadéva on this occa. sion. There was a great conflict of ideas in his heart. The demand of the Guru was on one side, and the loss of his son was on the other Besides his enthusiasm had abated by the refusal of Dhanapāla In the meantime, the second son Shobhana came, Shobhana was not as proud and vain as Dhanapāla He by nature, was highly cultured He after inquiring of his father the reason of his anxiety, came to know the whole thing, and pacified his father Then he agreed to accept · Dikṣā' of the Jain religion
Hearing the favourable words of the Gürü, the father shed the tears of ecstasy, instead of those of anxiety. The son was handed over to the Gürū. The Gürü gave him Diksâ and started from thence to Anahillapūra Pätan. The abovementioned incident had enraged Dhanapala towards the Jain ascetics. He had contracted friendship with Bhoja, the King of Mālva, therefore, the former requested the latter to prohibit the travelling of the Swetāmbari ascetics in the country. Mahendra sūri came to know of this. More over, the Jain society of Dhārā nagari also informed Mahendra sūri of the matter and requested him to do his best for getting the ban removed
Shobhana Mūni said to the great Gürü "I myself will go to Dhârā nagarı to enlighten my brother.” Receiving the permission of the Guru, Shobhana, glorified in company of other as cetics went to Dhärā nagari.
The poetic geniuus of Dhanapāla had steadily developed, and now, he had been a favourite and trustworthy friend of the King Bhoja Tlie anger and enmity of Dhanapāla to the Jain ascetics that owed its existence to that incident concerning his brother, was still fresh in his memory. Shobhana Müni sent at the proper time iwo of his shrewd ascetics to the house of Dhana
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