Tale of Shree Nabhakraj

Author(s): Merutungacharya, Gunsundarvijay
Publisher: Divya Darshan Trust

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'save us - save us!' They were released from the bond. The King surprisingly asked those Kings themselves :- "what happened ?' They replied : 'we do not know anything else, but that while fighting with wicked thoughts, we ourselves got tied up; and there is no doubt that we are made free of the bond only by your mercy. Therefore, please accept us in your service for our lifetime.' It was proved that the religion which is protected (practised) does protect. With those Kings in his service, the King entered the town with great pomp. After narrating the incident to his officers looking after the work of the Kingdom, the King respectfully gave farewell to those Kings in his service. The anger of gentlemen remains only upto bowing down.
Thereafter, he went to the Royal Temple and worshipped the Gods there. Thereafter, he saw a vyanterdev (a deity of low category) standing before him. The King asked him, 'Who are you?' upon this the vyanterdev said, :- 'O king! My previous birth, I was by name Naag of Tãmlipti town. My ancestors had built a beautiful temple of the God. I was managing its' affairs. But out of greed and wicked thoughts, I used to nourish and take care of my family members out of the Devdravya. This resulted in the destruction of my entire family.'
Once, I heard from naimittik (a kind of astrologer or fortuneteller) that misappropriation of the dev-dravya results in destruction of the family. Upon this, I got scared. I immediately abandoned the tremendous wicked act of theft of the dev-dravya At that time, the remaining wealth of devdravya which I had in balance - i.e. 24,000/- dinar (i.e. 24,000 gold coins) - that asset | burried in the ground along with a metal plate with the writing thereupon 'This wealth is concerning the Dev (i.e. Jain God.)'
UTILISATION OF DEVDRAVYA IN DEVPOOJA
Thereafter, I was living by doing proper work as per my ability. At last, when I was tortured by disease, I heard in the night the glory of Shatrunjaya which was uttered in very fine tone by my neighbour who was an old lady. I completed my life, while ! was keen in listening to that glory with deep concentration. After my death, I got birth as a Vyanterdev on this holy mountain of Shree Shatrunjaya because of that deep concentration. |
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