Tale of Shree Nabhakraj

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

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DONATION BY KING NÃBHAK Upon getting such a saviour in terms of this pilgrimage place, the enthusiasm of the King got multiplied for many a times. His joy knew no bounds. Then the King Nábhák went to the place of inn. There, he donated his wealth to a very great extent and thereby made the world povertyless by declaring - 'Take away as per your requirements to all the poor and needy persons to such a great extent as if even Kalpadrum will shy (Kalpadrum = A divine tree which bestows worldly things which are desired.) Thereafter, the King who had become sacred and holy by the auspicious religious merits and who had won over or removed all attachments from all the physical objects (or who has cleaned out all the negatives - bitterness - undesirables - dirt and dustful motives and intentions) headed along with his preceptors towards his Kingdom. His humbleness at that time was also highly praise-worthy. He did not wear anything like shoe etc. in his foot. He walked on the left side of his gurus i.e. he kept the preceptors on his right side (i.e. auspicious side) and used to give them the idea about the up&down levels of the ground-earth. In this manner as if, he became the leader amongst the followers of the gurus.
The deity Chandrãditya too, was sincere and eager to serve the Guru. It was for this reason that he had arranged a covering like a big umbrella of the size of the army and he had kept it above the army as a shelter, and he was moving chãmer( a hand fan).) on both the sides of both - the King and the Guru. He was also dancing on both the sides of Guru and the King, he was removing away the thorn etc. from the path of the King and that of the Guru by the wind of Samvartak Kâl, got removed the dust and dirt from the road by shower of fragranceful water, spreaded over 5 types of flowers with divine-fragrance on the path, remained in the front of all, went on moving the one yojan (8 miles) long flag. 'One who will neglect these two, will get destroyed and those who will bow down to lotus like feet of these two shall progress with great laxmi (wealth) and luxury.' In such a manner he made declaration like the divine commandment from the sky.
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