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PRASANNACHANDRA
nce when Lord Mahavir was putting up in the U Gunashil temple, King Shrenik went to offer his salutations with a royal retinue.
On the way, the king saw King Prasannachandra of Potanpur, meditating under a tree outside the town. King Shrenik was full of devotion when he saw Prasannachandra's benign countenance full of bliss and beatitude. He wondered at that king's deep penance and meditation.
After bowing down to Lord Mahavir, King Shrenik took his seat and asked, “Lord, I saw Prasannachandra in deep meditation on the way. I have hardly seen such deep meditation. Hence, I would like to know something about him." Finding Lord Mahavir listening to him, the king then asked, “Where would he have gone if he had died at the time, I saw him meditating?”
The Lord said, “To the seventh hell." All the persons that were sitting there were aghast at this reply. They wondered how that was possible in case of such a great seeker after truth. But the forecast of the Lord could not be wrong, they thought.
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