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THE WAY OF LIFE
not an imaginary story intended to glorify Madanrekha's powers. Even wild animals and violent people grow mild and non-violent when they come near a person whose heart abounds in the lofty feelings of amity etc., and in whose heart there is not even a trace of enmity or hatred ? The attitude of cruelty or ferocity disappears in such animals and people as they come near such a person. The great sage, Pathanjali has said this in his Yogasutra. “The attitude of hostility or violence disappears from the heart of a person who comes near one in whose heart the attitude of non-violence is firmly established". That is why at the Samavasaran, tigers and sheep sat together to listen to the Tirthankar Paramatma. In his presence the lion became mild and the lamb became fearless.
In the recent past there lived some great men or yogis. They say that even wild animals behaved in their presence like tame animals discarding their ferocity. The principle of nonviolence had been firmly established in the heart of Madanrekha. Her heart abounded in amity for all living beings.
AF HEICH (Mitthi Me Savvabuyesu). I have amity for all living beings. Madanrekha had assimilated this aphorism and she acted according to it in reality. Madanrekha, who was sleeping on a bed of leaves in the shadow and shelter of trees, gave birth to a male child at midnight. She experienced no throes and no agitation. In the morning, she put Yugabahu's ring on the child's finger and wrapping the child in her woollen blanket, lulled him to sleep. Madanrekha went to the lake nearby to take a bath and to wash her clothes. The water in the lake was cool and pellucid.
THE ABDUCTION OF MADANREKHA
Madanrekha was taking a bath on the margin of the lake.. Meanwhile, there came a magical airship flying through the sky. From that magical airship, a prince who had a radiant face alighted; took Madanrekha into the airship and began flying through the sky. All this took place within a few seconds. For sometime, Madanrekha could not even imagine what was happening. She was stupefied.
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