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[21] KING SHRENIK’S SON NANDISHEN
(Love for Monk ship)

(1) In his previous birth, Prince Nandishen, was a worker
where food was cooked for the Brahmins and would then
take whatever was left. (2) He served that food to the
Monks. (3) After becoming a Jain Monk, he did not want to
fall victim to passions, lust emotions and to break the vows
of Monkshood. He tried to commit suicide where the
Sashan Devi (A Lady Deity) saved him. (4) He went to the
house of a prostitute for food. There he plucked a blade of
glass and brought rainfall of gold. The prostitute captured
him and kept him for 12 years. (5) He vowed to give
sermons and convince 10 persons every day to renounce
this world. (6) One day, 9 persons were ready to renounce
world but the tenth wouldn’t, therefore, Nandishen kept
giving his sermons. When called for food by the lady, he
said that, the 10th is not getting ready to renounce the
world, the lady jokingly said Nandishen that why does not
he become the 10th person himself. Therefore, he
renounced the world and became a Jain Monk again at the
feet of God Mahavir and went to heaven.