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woman crying, Parvati inquired of Siva the reason of her crying. He told her the whole matter and added, " If a particular herb that has gron near a particular her, tree, is given to the ox to eat, he will attain his original form of man." No clear understanding was supplied regarding the herb but that woman cut off all the herbs that had grown near the tree, and gave them to the ox to eat. No sooner did he eat it than he turned into a man
Relating this story, Hémac'andrācârya explained to Siddharâja, “As the unknown herb had the power of removing a disease, in the same way, all the religions of respected can afford Salvation; and in case a person would be at a loss to know which religion gave him Salvation and which religion has the power to do so, the result of each one is decidedly good The king then treated all the religions alike.
In the year 1199 Siddharāja expired and Kūmārpala came to his throne. Vâgabhatta (Bahad) the son of Udayana was appointed as his minister. Kumārapäla invaded Arnorāją who was full of vanity but was compelled to retreat eleven times, because the fort did not give way till summer and in monsoon he had to return. On account of this he was disappointed. Therefore Vägbhatta advised the king to have faith in Jainism and Jinesāvaras and to invade 12th time with the result that Kumarapāla won victory, and he was more pleased. Then, being reminded of Hémac'andrāc ārya, his teacher and helper, the king sent Vāgbhatta to bring him to the royal palace with great honour. On the arrival of the Ac’ārya the king got up with great polite ness and taking his seat the Guru gave a sermon on the love and pity for all living beings. In support to this, he quoted the authoritative verses from 'Manusmriti' and hence the king accepted some definite principles He was truly and assuredly convinced of the Jaina Philosophy and studied some essential rites of the religion. Once, Kumarapāla expressed his feelings of repentance for taking meat in earlier period of his life and made up his mind to get his 32 teeth removed. The Guru, therefore, stopped
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