Treasure Of Qualities Introduction to Inspiring Life of Acharya Vijaydharmsuri Maharaj

Author(s): Prashamratnavijay
Publisher: Dharmkrupa Trust

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He addressed that woman and asked her to direct the way to Sanosara. She pointed out towards one of them, on which Dharmavijayji continued. But after travelling approx, 5.5 Kms. the road started disappearing and there arrived the series of mountains and grasslands. Dharmavijayji now understood that he was on the wrong way. At that very moment, a farmer from the nearby field arrived and informed that it was the wrong way, and to reach Sanosara, it was compulsory for them to return back the whole distance and then re-continue their vibar on the 2nd way they had observed. OMG! What an irritating news it was! If it would have been a vehicle-journey, it wasn't a big issue as such. But he had to return back and reach Sanosara with his own feet when he had already walked a long distance that morning and had to continue the same next day. It's genuinely impossible for a person to maintain his tolerance in such a situation. At once, confidently, one would get annoyed on that miscreant lady for needlessly misguiding them on the wrong way. But oh! I forgot, was Dharmasuri Maharaj a regular human like us? His patience was matchless and it wasn't an easy job for anyone to break it. Without losing even an inch of hope, he re-commenced his journey with an increased his speed than.
Today
Today, for the very first time, Pujyapad Pratapsuri Maharaj had reached on the opposite side before Dharmavijayji. When he came to know that his disciple hadn't arrived still, he became worried and sent some Shravak from Sanosara to investigate about the problem. They took their horses and went off for Mothara, but they met Dharmavijayji on the way itself. In the early sunset evenings of winter, Panyas Dharmavijayji reached Sanosara at 7.30 pm. That evening he had to perform the vibar of 19 Kms! Carrying out such long vihar regularly, I know how much tired we feel after walking 19 kms. in the morning. Opine, how much lassitude, he might have experienced after doing the same thing in the evening and knowing that 55% (11kms) of his vihar was in fact useless! But, during the vihar and even after, not for a single second, he uttered even a single word for the criticism of the troubling misdemeanor of that woman. Instead, he said, “Maybe, today was the day for shedding extreme karma from my soul". And he smiled.
I think this incident is self-sufficient to interpret how great he was. Scripting words over it would prove my activity foolish... The one and only thing which is better for me is to speak those two words, that are always instrumental in hiding my lack of smartness of truly extoling this legend...