VIMALNATH
BHAGAVAN -13
King Kritvarma and queen
Shyanan Devi of Kampilpur were both spiritualists and devotees of the Jina. The queen one
day saw fourteen auspicious things in her dream and the augurs announced that she would
give birth to a Tirthankar. It was the pious soul that in its earlier birth was king
Padmasen of Mahapuri town in Dhatkikhand and had descended into the queens womb from
the Mahardhik dimension of gods.
During her pregnancy the
queen radiated a soothing glow. Her temperature also became congenial, kind, and generous.
When the child was born the whole atmosphere was also filled with a soothing glow.
Inspired by this spread of purity, the king named his newborn son as Vimal
(pure/untarnished).
In due course, prince
Vimal Kumar became young, was married, and then ascended the throne. After a long and
successful reign he became a Sharman along with one thousand other kings and princes on
the fourth day of the bright half of the month of Magh. After two years of spiritual
practices he attained omniscience and established the religious ford. Merak Prativasudev,
Svayambhu Vasudeva, and Bhadra Baldev were his contemporaries.
Bhagawan Vimalnath got
Nirvana at Sammetshikhar on the seventh day of the dark half of the month of Ashadh.