Tale of Shree Nabhakraj

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

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course, there was hunger for food too. His body was burning constantly by great heat and sunstroke from upside as also from bottom by constantly increasing heat on the road of sand. However, his mind-soul-thought was not at all shaken or tired. Whether he was thinking - something like this? :
• एकेकुं डगलुं भरे, शत्रुंजय समुं जेह;
रुषभ कहे भव क्रोडना, कर्म खपावे तेह...
Every step towards Shatrunjaya nullifies the sinful karmas of crore births... says God Rushabhdev
कांटा आवे कंकर आवे, धोम धखंती रेती आवे; अंतरना अजवाले वीरा! पंथ तारो काप्ये जा...
'Let there be any number of hinderances on the way; with the light of your soul! O Brave ! proceed ahead on the way towards the destination!
After the noon-time, an unknown woman appeared before him. She presented a plate of beautiful fruits and pure drinking water to the King. Religious-meriful King neither ate the fruit nor drank water. Along with the lady, with his astonished heart and clean and pure thoughts, he reached the palace having a great height.
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FIRMNESS IN RELIGION
There, he saw thousands of women, whoS were beautiful and were behaving like prostitutes in different aspects. They were strange in appearance and with best jeweleries on their body and with attractive eyes like that of the she-deer. From among them, a woman who was their leader came before him in beautiful motion like that of a she swan, and with folded hands stood up and said, 'O ocean of good qualities and virtues ! wel-come to you ! Please wel-come! your goodself has arrived here only as a result of our good fortune. This is our Queendom of the ladies. Whosoever male comes here is our husband, so you please note this.
CHARACTERFUL NÃBĀK
The King Nãbhak heard this. He thought in his mind-this a