Trishasti Shalaka Purusa Caritra Part 6

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

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STORIES OF RAUHIŅĒYA AND OTHERS 293 a monkey. Then, abused by these fictitious ascetics running up angrily, the king fled like a thief; but his mind was not confused.
As he fled, he saw sādhus standing ahead, who gave him protection, saying, “Do not be afraid.' Comforted by them and recovered, the king thought, “ Alas from birth I have been deceived by these cruel ascetics.' The sādhus instructed him to this effect: 'Truly, dharma is a protection in worldly existence. A wise man, seeking dharma, should consider god, dharma, and a guru. A god free from the eighteen faults,226 a religion endowed with compassion, a teacher really chaste who has no enterprises nor possessions. The king was enlightened by instruction such as this and the religion of the Jina became fixed in his heart as if engraved there. The god became visible and, having established the king in the religion of the Arhat, went away. Then the king found himself in the midst of the assembly. From that time King Udāyana was completely possessed by the principles of god, guru, and religion.
The story of Gāndhāra (445–451) Now there was a man named Gāndhāra, a native of the country Gāndhāra. Desiring to worship the images of the eternal Arhats, he went to Vaitādhya. He stopped at the foot of Vaitādhya and the messenger-deity, pleased with his fasts and his desire to see, granted his wish. The goddess set him, satisfied, down at the foot of Vaitādhya and gave him one hundred and eight wishing-pills. He put one pill in his mouth and thought, ‘I wish that I may worship the image of the god of gods in the town Sri Vitabhaya.' With
226 441. Obstacles to giving, to receiving, to strength, to enjoyment of objects used once, to enjoyment of objects used repeatedly, laughter, liking (for objects), dislike (of objects), fear, disgust, sorrow, sexual love, wrong-belief, ignorance, sleep, lack of self-control, love, hatred. Abhi, 1. 72-73 and com., IV, n. 12.