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Gañadhara Mahārāja Indra bhūti Gautama, a little suspicious about these words of Ananda Śrāvaka said, “O worthy man! a house-holder does acquire Avadhi Gnāna but its range of vision is not so wide, you should therefore, make atonement and despise your sins.
Ananda Śrāvaka said “O Lord! Is there atonement for correct explanation in the Jaina sacred scriptures? Gañadhara Mahārāja Indrabhūti Gautama replied “No”. Ananda Sravaka then respectfully said. "If such is the case, you deserve to perform the atonement.”
With some doubt in his mind about these words of Ananda Śrāvaka, the illustrious Ganadhara Mahārāja Indrabhūti Gautama went to Sramaņa Bhagavān Mahāvīra and bowing down low before him after duly observing penance for occasional sins incurred during T ITAT Gamanāgamana, Going and coming, he narrated the whole account of the Avadhi Gnāna of Ananda Srāvaka and his conversation on the subject with him and asked him “0 Lord! Who should make atone ment? I or Ananda Śrāvaka ?
Śramaņa Bhagavān Mahāvīra replied, “You yourself make atonement and ask pardon from Ananda Śrāvaka.
Having accepted these words, of śramaņa Bhagavān Mabāvīra, with great eagerness, Gañadhara Mahārāja Indrabhūti Gautama immediately went to the place where Ananda Śrāvaka lived and asked his pardon, saying at the same time that his explanation (Ananda Śrāvak'as ) was correct.
In this connection, one must undoubtedly praise the extreme straight-forwardness and courteous obedience to the strict observance of the orders of Sramaņa Bhagavān Mabāvīra on the part of Gañadhara Mahārāja Indrabhūti Gautama. The very fact that an illustrious man occupying the exalted position of a nyt Ganadbara, the chief disciple of śramaņa Bhagavān Mahāvīra and possessing numerous Labdhis and extensive
