Temples of Delwada

Author(s): JAINA Education Committee
Publisher: JAINA Education Committee

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STORIES AFTER BHAGAWAN MAHAVIR
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As the sons grew older, their mother brought them back to the capital city of Pätan so that they could pursue a career of their choice. In line with their interests, Nedh joined the royal court and Vimal joined the army. Both of them quickly began to rise in the ranks and became known for their outstanding capabilities. Since Vimal in particular was handsome and brave, he impressed a multimillionaire of Pätan who had a beautiful daughter named Shridevi. He thought Vimal would be a perfect husband for his daughter. Vimal agreed, and Shridevi and Vimal got married
Luck continued to favor both the brothers. During the reign of King Bhimdev who came to the throne in 1021 AD, Nedh became the chancellor and Vimal secured the position of commander. Vimal was thus fortunate to get a beautiful, loving wife and a high ranking military position at a relatively young age. Moreover, because of his amicable nature, he soon won the hearts of everyone and came to be known as Vimalshä.
king, before offering obeisance to the omniscient Jain Tirthankars. Thereupon, they started telling King Bhimdev that Vimalshä was arrogant due to his position and was not even willing to bow to the king. They said his ambition knew no bounds and he might even try to acquire the throne. Unfortunately, Bhimdev started to believe those courtiers and began to look at Vimalsha with suspicion.
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Some people at the court could not bear the good fortune of Vimalshä. They were jealous and began to look for his drawbacks. They noticed that Vimalshä would not bow to anyone, not even the
When Vimalshä learned of the disaffection of King Bhimdev, he decided to leave Pätan. Accordingly, he went to mount Abu (which was known as Chandraväti at that time) with his followers. There he learned that Dhandhuk, the chief of Chandravati, was aspiring to become independent from the sovereign King Bhimdev. Vimalshä attacked him with the force at his command. Dhandhuk could not fight him and fled. Vimalshä thus occupied Chandraväti. He had no ambition to become the king and took possession of Chandravati in the name of King Bhimdev and considered himself the governor of the place.
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Vimalshä was now happily passing his days at Chandraväti with his wife. Shridevi was a very affectionate lady and made him happy in every respect. They had no children. Being religious minded, however,