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161 323 bliss like a tree whose root is righteous conduct, whose
branches are thickened at the base and firmly attached to the primary qualities, whose trunk is very pure virtue, whose leaves, always green, are the manifold abstentions, whose flower is fame and prosperity, whose fruit is incomparable bliss and whose source of
water is pure faith. 327. Meantime a leper suddenly seated himself at the feet of
the Blessed Lord and after worshipping him let his
body exude pus 325. and besmeared with it the two feet of the Supreme Lord.
When Sreņika saw this his heart turned to anger
and he thought : 'This great sinner 326. who thus sprinkles the Jina Mahāvīra, the great engendrer
of the three worlds, with the pus from his body must : be punished, but here in the samavasarana .327. even enmities that can provoke disastrous incarnations
are assuaged, therefore I will surely have him punished
by my soldiers when he goes out.' 328. Meantime the Jina sneezed. The leper said: 'Die '.
Then Srenika sneezed : and he said : Live' 329. But when Abhaya sneezed he said: 'Either live or die.'
When Kālaśaukarika sneezed he said: 'Neither live
nor die.' 330. Exceedingly angry with him King Sreņika said : How
dare you say 'die' to the great Jina, the beloved of all
living beings of the world ?' 331. Seeing the leper get up the king made a sign to his men
and they went after him with swords in their hands 332. with the intention of killing him, but the leper rose up
into the sky and the men reported to the king every
thing as it happened. 333. Having adored the Blessed Lord the king asked: Who,
my lord, is this leper ?? The Blessed Lord replied : 'He is not a leper but a god.'
