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The followers of Mimänsā believe in six proofs :-Pratyaksa, Anū
māna, Āgama, Upamāna, Arthâpatti and Abhiya.
I desire (am a match for) those who believe in those six types of proofs When I lose my temper, the gods Visnû, Brahma and Sūrya remain silent, then what to talk of others ? When Déva Sūri explained, within a moment that difficult verse, Dévabodhi accepted his defeat and went away.
Preaching to the minister Bāhada he got a large and beautiful temple of Vardhamāna-Swâmı built and performed himself the installation ceremony. Then, in the course of his journey the Gūrû came to Någpūr (Nâgor) The Ruler of the place Ahlâdan delightfully arranged for the Guru to enter ceremonionsly, Dévabodhi also came and offered his praises to the great teacher. In the meanwhile, Siddharâj besiged the town, but being informed of the presence of Déva Sûri there, he went back. Then he invited the Guru to go to Păţana and keepiug him for four months there, he invaded again and defeated Ahladan. Then be cause of the entreaties and of the jaina society of Karnavatî he came there Tu ytog predt-Great souls are jealous of great souls. According to this, Kumadac'andra who was a Digambarı of the country of Karnataka 'and who resided in Southern India became jealous of Déva Sûri's reputation. With a view to excite him to prepare for a debate, he instructed his bards and sent them to Déva Sūri. Coming there, they began to criticise the Śwetambars and praise Kumadc'andra, the Digambari and the winner of 84 debates Manikyavijaya a pupil of Déva Sari, opposed the bards, but Déva Sūri stopped him from doing so. In the meanwhile, Kumudac'andra also reached Pāțaga. When a peson's brain is overwhelmed with vanity, he loses the power of discriminating good from bad. Because of winning 84 debates, Kumadc'andra was under its intoxication and by defeating Déva Suri he wanted to crown his victories, but the Guru knew it full well that thundering clouds seldom or never rain. He observed
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