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age. All the same, he had no other alternative but to obey the Emperor's orders. So he invited the Striji to his court and entreated him to accept his gifts comprising diamonds, gold, gems, and the like. The Suriji, on his part, displayed his usual indiffer ent attitude and expounded the peculiar manners and thoughts of Jaina Sådhus who always tried to avoid gold, as well as, woman. And this was not lost upon the Governer, who humbly begged his pardon for the wrongs done to him in the past,
Thereafter he wrote a long letter to the Emperor applauding the preacher's excellent character and virtues,
From Ahmedabad, he came to Patana. Prom there thirty-five Sadhus led by Upadhyaya Vimalaharsa departed earlier, so that they arrived at Fatehpur Sikri whilst the preceptor reached Sangånera. Their apparant mission was to get acquainted with the King's real attitude towards the Suri. Therefore, they approached Thansingh and Manu Kalyana and sought immediate audience with the Emperor. Then they saw Abul Fazal Khan from whom they could learn Akabar's real motive.
When they went to Akabar, the latter showed great love for the former as disciples of Sri Hîravijaya Sūri. He got up from his throne and came out to receive them. When the Upadhyāya conferred " Dharmalabha " upon him, he at once enquired about the Acarya's advent, and learnt that the Sarijihad already commenced his journey and that he would reach there within a short period of time.
When the Strijireached Abhira năbăd, six miles away from Patehpur Sikri Thånsingh and Manu Kalyana arranged for a royal receprion of the preceptor, and on the twelfth day of the dark-half of the month of Jyéstha in V S 1639, the Súriji's entry into fatehpur was highly celebrated.
And just the next day, Ācārya Śri Hiravijaya Suri had the
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