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in the story as I desire, I would give you whatever you wish At the beginning-Let God Śiva protect-be in the benedictory verse, let 'Dhară Nagari' be introduced in the place of “Ayodhyâ,' let 'sakrāva'ar temple' be changed into the temple of Mahākāla' let the word 'Sankara,' be used in the place of the word 'Rûsabhadeva' and have my name at the place where Indra' is written” Heari,g the demand of the king, Dhanapala said, “Just as the vessel containing milk and held in the hand of a Brahmin is impurified if a drop of wine fa'ls into the milk, in the same way, the good things would turn into evil ones of the changes as proposed by you are made in the book I he anger of the king knew no bounds at this word, and hence, he threw this work (book) into the fire that was kept close to the king to warm himself The disappointment of Dhanapala was boundless, and he felt as if a palace constructed with great labour was blown off by a cyclone. On account of anxiety ard dejection, he forgot his meals and baths. Seeing this his ten year old daughter asked him the reason of his sorrow. Knowing the circumstances she pacified her father saying, 'It matters very little if the book has been thrown away by the king into the fire. It is intact in my brains Finish up your bath etc and then I will tell you the whole story' After finishing his bath etc, the king sat to listen to the story in the words of his own daughter. The girl cculd not repeat the part of the story that was forgotten by her with the result that 3000 verses were lost With the help of the former and the latter context, the book was then finished by him
Being thus insulted, Dhanapăla left Dhāra Nagari and went to Satyapúr where he resided. There he composed a prayer in Prākrit language to pay his respects to and worship Mahavira Swami. The prayer is called 'Déva-nimmala
After some days, the king Bhoja sent his servant to the house of Dhanapāla but being informed that the latter had left the place, the foriner felt sorrow In the meanwhile, a person named Dharına, celebrated for lus deep knowledge of arguing and rhetoric, came to Dhară Nagar He lad defeated the learned
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