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Bhagavān Mahavira, the farmer-ascetic asked Indrabhūti Gautama “ Where are you taking me now?” Indrabbūti Gautama said “To my preceptor." The farmer-ascetic said "Have you a preceptor also ? You appear to be so glorious, what must, then, your preceptor be like? Now let go on and let us go quickly to him.” So saying, he went on with the Gañadhara Mahārāja. As the farmer-ascetic approached the Samavasaraṇa where Sramaņa Bhagavān Mahāvīra was preaching, he was wonder-struck with the beauty of the Samavasara na and with the grandeur of the prosperity of the Venerable Ascetic who was respectfully attended upon by millions of gods and demi-gods, and he thought within himself “How great must be the preceptor of my Guru who has been enjoying such divine happiness? I am very fortunate that I got this opportunity of seeing Him."
With these noble ideas uppermost in his mind, the farmerascetic entered the Samavasaraṇa, came to its central portion where Sramaņa Bhagavān Mahāvira was preaching, and as soon as he saw tbe Venerable Saint, a feeling of animosity of previous life towards Śramaņa Bhagavān Mahāvīra reigned supreme and he asked Gañadhara Mahārāja Indrabhūti Gautama." Where is your Guru ?" He replied “The Venerable Saint sitting in tbe centre is my Guru and also your's,"
The farmer-ascetic, then, said “If he is your Guru, I have nothing to do with this Diksa. I d'ont want your Diksā. My art of cnltivation and my family, is good for me." So saying, he left the ascetic's costume there, went away, and resumed his work at the plough.
Ganadhara Indrabhūti Gautama, then, asked “My worthy lord I I am really astonished to see that he had malice towards your Venerable Self who is the gladdener of the three worlds. O lord ! why did he leave off the TY VÀ Căritra Dharmathe duties of an ascetic, accepted by him, as soon as he saw
you?
