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There was no time for giving a long sermon. Intelligent men also do not require long exhortations in such a serious and tragic situation. Long sermons should not be given. His son, Chandrayash brought doctors with him. They tried to heal the wounds by bandaging them but a lot of blood had flown out. Yugabahu's body was becoming cold. In a sweet, tender and intensely emotional and devotional tone Madanrekha was reciting the Namaskar Mahamantra. She was impelling him to seek the four kinds of refuge.
"I seek the refuge of Arihanthas I seek the refuge of Siddhas I seek the refuge of Sadhus I seek the refuge of the dharma expounded by Kevalin,
(the omniscient).”
THE DEATH OF YUGABAHU
All of a sudden, there appeared on the face of Yugabahu, the sublime quality of equanimity. His passions had been assuaged. He became absorbed in the Namaskar Mahamantra and in that state of mind, he breathed his last quietly. The eternal traveller having left one choultry had flown towards his abode. Madanrekha, when she realised that her husband had died, lost her mental peace and began to sob and weep. The son, Chandrayash also began to weep in a piteous manner.
After all, Madanrekha was a woman caught in the bondage of attachments. The separation from her husband who was a man of virtues, handsome appearance and great strength made her weep and in this there is no wonder. Those who experience happiness in union weep over separation. We are all Sadhus, you know? Even we weep over the separation from someone if we think that his company was giving us happiness. It may very well be that our attachments are of an elevated kind. Even lofty attachments make us weep. What happened to Gautama Swami ? Do you know that Gautam Swami was a man of great enlightenment. He was the Gurudev of thousands of Sadhus, yet when he was separated from Mahavir he began to weep bitterly. He did so because from the company of Mahavir,
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