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The queen asked, “Today you are late for the dinner, your highness. What is the matter? Was there some complex problem?”
The queen said with a smile, “Your Highness, let a woman solve the problems of women. Send the case to me and allow me
to resolve the issue”.
Next morning the queen herself came to the king’s court. Both the women and their son were produced before the queen.
There was no apparent indication in the behavior and disposition of the two women that could give any indication of the
genuineness of one. All of a sudden, the queen got an inspiration and she said, “This enigma has no simple solution. There
is one object and two claimants. The object, being a live person, cannot be split into two. Under the circumstances the only
solution I can thing of is to keep the matter pending. I carry a pious soul in my womb. Let us wait till it is born and is ready to
resolve this issue. During this period of waiting, let the son and the property of the deceased is taken into the custody of the
state. Till then the claimants may wait”.
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Hearing all this one of the claimants readily accepted the arrangement but the other started weeping. In choked voice she
said, “No! Please don’t separate me from my son. I will not be able to survive without my son for such a long period, I
withdraw my claim. Let the other woman take the child as well as all the property of my husband. My only submission is that
I may be allowed to at least meet the child. I will be contended with that only”.
The queen recognized the pain and concern of a mother’s heart. She gave her judgement, “The woman who immediately
agreed to my proposal is the imposter. Her attachment is not to the child but to the wealth. She may be imprisoned. The one
who wants to surrender her claim is the real mother. The child and the wealth may be given to her with all honor”.
Everyone present in the assembly was dumbstruck by this witty method of judgement. The imposter pleaded guilty and
submitted to be pardoned. (G/a)
On the eighth day of the bright half of the month of Vaishakh, the queen gave birth to a son. A wave of peace and goodwill
swept the whole world. Appreciating the fact that the marked improvement in wisdom and sense of judgement during the
pregnancy was the influence of the presence of the illustrations and pious soul, king Megh named the new born as-Sumati
(wisdom or right thinking).
When he became a young man, Sumati Kumar was married, and in due course inherited the kingdom. King Megh became
an ascetic. After a long and peaceful reign Sumatinath, too, became an ascetic. He attained omniscience under a Priyangu
tree on the eleventh day of the bright half of the month of Chaitra. He established the four pronged religious ford and became
a Tirthankar. On the ninth day of the bright half of the month of Charitra he got Nirvana at Sammetshikhar.
6. BHAGAVAN PADMAPRABH
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Maharaj Aparajita ruled over Susima town in the Purvavideh area. He was a simple and religious person. He got detached
after listening to the discourse of an Arhat and took Diksha from Acharya Pihitashrava. As a result of long spiritual practices
he earned Tirthankar-nam-and-gotra-karma. Completing his age, he reincarnated as a god in the Graiveyaka dimension.
From the dimension of gods, the being that was Aparajit descended into the womb of queen Susima, wife of the king of
Kaushambi. One-day queen Susima had a desire to sleep on a bed made up of lotus flowers. As this was a desire of a
pregnant mother, the gods made arrangements for its fulfilment. On the Twelfth Day of the dark half of the month of Kartik the
queen gave birth to a son. The newborn had a soft pink glow like lotus flowers. The king named him as Padmaprabh (G/b).
In due course the prince became young and was married. When his father left for spiritual practices, Padmaprabh ascended
the throne. After a long and successful reign, when through his three-fold knowledge he knew that the right moment has
come, he became an ascetic. After six months of deep spiritual practices, on the full moon day of the month of Chaitra he
attained omniscience under a banyan tree. Propagating right religion for a long time, Bhagavan Padmaprabh wandered
around and at last arrived at Sammetshikhar. He got Nirvana on the eleventh day of the dark half of the month of Margshirsh.
7. BHAGAVAN SUPARSHVANATH
The being that was to be Suparshvanath had done harsh penance and deep spiritual practices in his earlier birth as king
Nandisen of Kshetrapuri. He then reincarnated as a god in the sixth Graiveyak dimension.
From the dimension of gods this soul descended into the womb of Queen Prithvi Devi, wife of king Pratishthasen of Varanasi.
During her pregnancy the queen did not loose her normal shapely figure, as generally happens. As her flanks still remained
attractive, the child, when born, was named Suparshva.
When Suparshva became young he was married and later ascended the throne. He ably conducted the affairs of the state
and looked after the well being of his people. One day while he was enjoying the nature sitting at the rooftop, he observed the
Amar Muni - Tirthankar Charitra - Surana # 15
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