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rable to the Lord He had no other course open to him except to redeem Gautam's self rather than his ego
The philosophy of Mahavira begins with awakening and culminates into awakening That which links the two phases is again awakening An iota of indolence would devastate this everconsciousness The two are absolutely incompatible
Mahashataka was engaged in meditation at his place of worship His wife Rewati was utterly cruel She tried to distract him but failed Rewati repeated her mischief a few days later. It so happened that Mahashataka got annoved at it He reprimanded and cursed her, 'Rewati You will die of cholera this very week Inferno awaits you after your death'
Rewatı was scared of the impending ailment, death and hell The threefold curse worked along her bonemarrow, as of The end of the week saw her end
Lord Mahavira came to Rajgrihal Said he to Gautam,' Devotee Mahashataka has cursed his wife You may go and adomonish him for having indulged such acrimony, being an aspirant He may expiate'
Gautam did accordingly and conveyed the chastisement to Mahashataka who duly realised his guilt The flame of wakefulness was rekindled 2
The moments of spiritual oblivion are the moments of great mishaps These are the occasions of ill-occurence
Once the inner apartments (seraglio) of king Shrenik suffered great suspense The king was tormented with a suspicion on queen Chellana's virtue in fury he commanded Abhayakumar to set the female apartments on fire Issuring this commandment he retired to where Lord Mahavira was
The Lord could know his lapse He propounded in his congregation
'Suspicion is a maelstrom No vessel can escape out of it Such is the case with Shrenik's vessel today He suspects
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1 Tenth year of tirthankarhood 2 'Uvasgadsao', 8/41-50
