History and Doctrines of the Ajivikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c11.s7.5

c11.s7.5

This very definite answer displeased Gosāla, and he determined to prove Mahāvīra a liar; so he quietly dropped behind and pulled up the sesamum bush. But at that moment a shower of rain fell, the plant took root again,² and so the flowers ripened and seven sesamum pods were produced in one cluster, just as Mahāvīra had prophesied.