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faith. But later on he went to his mentor Shri
Hemchandrasuriji Maharaj and narrating the incident asked
him, “What was the secret behind this? Was this true or
false?”

How his mentor was thinking, “Kumarpala is a faithful devotee
but still a query rose in his mind. This means that the drama

demonstrated by Devabodhi had left a certain impression in
his mind. Now directly explaining the mere truth orally will
not convince him nor will it erase the impact of the drama.
Instead I should show him a greater drama and eventually
convince him. “Thinking thus, he summoned King Kamarpala
the next day and took him in the inner room. The sight left
him awestruck. What did he see?

He sees the 24 Tirthankara Bhagwants seated on the Sinhasan

and his entire progeny of forefathers worshipping them. The
Lord himself addresses Kumarpala, “See Kumarpala ! How
happy your forefathers are by rightfully following Jainism?
Ask them to describe the glory of Jainism. Kumarpal was still
in stock. He realized that there was no comparison between
what he was presently seeing and the drama that was made
up by Devabodhi. How foolish was I to get carried away by
it!

What to think seeing the amusement?

His mentor then replies, “O King! Even the previous one was
a fake drama and so is this. Only the words of Tirthankara
Lords are real and trustworthy. I realized that you were a

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