Trishasti Shalaka Purusa Caritra Part 1

Author(s): Hemchandracharya, Helen M Johnson
Publisher: Oriental Research Institute Vadodra

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from those possessing it, you must teach it to me." With great devotion, Subuddhi did so constantly. For an agreeable command is the cause of eagerness in the good. Daily Hariscandra, afraid of sin, warmly welcomed dharma taught by him, just as a man afraid of disease welcomes medicine.
One day, the gods came to a garden outside the city to honor Muni Silandhara who had acquired omniscience. The King was informed about this by Subuddhi and, his mind engraved with faith, went on horseback to the best of munis. After the King had saluted him and had seated himself, the Muni delivered a sermon that was moonlight to the darkness of wrong doctrine. At the end of the sermon, the King with folded hands asked him, “Master, to what condition of existence 65 did my father go after death ?' The Blessed One said, 'O King, your father went to the seventh hell. There is no other abode for such people. When he heard that, the King felt disgust with the world. He saluted the Muni, arose, and went to his own palace. He handed over the kingdom to his son, and said to Subuddhi, 'I intend to become a mendicant. Always advise my son in regard to dharma, as you did me.' He replied, 'I shall become a mendicant with you, O King. My son will teach dharma to your son, as I did to you. The King and the minister took the vow, the thunderbolt for splitting the mountain of karma, and, after observing it for a long time, attained emancipation.
In your family there was another king, named Dandaka, whose rule was cruel, like Yama in person to his enemies. He had a son, known as Maạimālin, filling the sky with splendor like the sun. Dandaka became infatuated with his sons, friends, and wife, jewels, gold, and
85 426. Gati. There are four of these, divine (deva), human (manusya), animal (tiryañc), and hell-being (nāraka). They belong to nāmakarma.