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you will therefore be pleased request.”
to fayour us by accepting our
Ga nadhara Mahārāja Indrabhūti Gautama said “May the omniscient Lord Šramaņa Bhagavān Mahāvīra-deva be your Guru Te Preceptor."
The hermits persistently insisted upon him to give them aler Dikśā, Initiation into his Order of Monks tbere and then, and to make all of them his own disciples. On account of their excessive eagerness Gañadhara Mahārāja Indrabhūti Gautama gave them Diksā there on the spot. The gods supplied them all the materials suitable for an ascetic life and all of them started, accompanied by Ganadhara Mahārāja, to meet Śrama na Bhagavān Mahāvīra.
Feeding of Fifteen Hundred Hermits. : On their way-when at noon-meal time they arrived at a small village, Gañadhara Mahārāja asked all the Munis“ What desirable food shall I bring for you?" They said “Let us have give Payasanna, Rice boiled in milk."
Gañadhara Mahārāja Indrabhūti Gautama, then, brought from the village It Kshira, Rice boiled in milk, just sufficient for his own use, ordered all the hermits to arrange themselves for dinner and said " You do your break-fast with this que Pāyasānna, Rice-boiled in milk."
All the hermits thought simultaneously-How will such a small quantity of Bir Kshira, Rice-boiled in milk, be sufficient for all of us?” But with the prudent judgment of strictly obeying the commands of the Guru, all the hermitdisciples arranged themselves to take their break-fast-meal on their own seats without entertaining any doubt or without asking about any thing.
Gañadhara Mahārāja Indrabhūti Gautama, first fed all the hermit disciples to satisfaction from the quantity of Mitt Kshira
