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ing his feelings of gratitude to the Guru, Kumārapāla retired to another country Siddharaja left no stone unturned to harass Kumārapāla, but due to his good luck, Kumārapāla could save his life. On his journey he came to Stambhana Tirtha Hémāc'ārya had his camp there for four months Kumārapāla went to him and again pacifying him, the Guru said, " You will be a king after seven years from this day" Then, he managed to give him some help. Thus Kumārpāla was helped at the critical moments of his life. Without losing the love of Siddharāja, he strained every nerve to help him.
Out of the number of incidents regarding Siddharāja and Hemac'andrâc'arya, it will not be out of place to quote one that is very important As the king was keen on being enlightened on attaining the right Path of Salvation, he had inquired of the priests of all the sects about this. None of them could say anything new except praising their own philosophy, with the result that Siddharaja, was disappointed. At last when he asked Hémac'andrāc'ārya of this, he related a wise story as follows which not only satisfied the king's mind but gave him great delight.
The Quru said, “There was a merchant. Separating from his wife, he had given his whole wealth to a prostitute. Because of this the wife resorted to the efforts to regain the love of her husband; and to fulfil her purpose she tried to find out some medicinal herbs. In the meanwhile, a Caud' met her who, giving her some medicine said, “By eating this, your husband will be tied with a bridle." The wife secretly managed to mix that medicine with the food of her husband and no sooner did he take the food, than he was turned into an ox. Seeing this, the citizens began to rebuke the woman but she had no power to change the unexpected result. She used to carry the ox to a forest to graze him and letting him loose, she used to cry in the meanwhile, Siva and Pārvafi ( the god and the goddess ) chanced to pass by the spot by the aerial route and seeing the
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