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Padmapurana
These are free from greed, having conquered their senses, enemies. They are great in virtue, having observed fasts for many months. ||96|| They stand in silence, free from fault. They eat for the sake of preserving life, for life is the cause of Dharma. ||97|| They practice Dharma for the sake of liberation, where there is no suffering for any beings. They desire the well-being of all beings. ||98|| Hearing these words, the king pondered for a long time. "Oh, what a great hardship this vow of the Jains is!" ||99|| The sages dwell there, free from desire even in their own bodies. They are steadfast, wearing the form of the sky, compassionate to all beings. ||100|| Now I will feed these who have taken refuge in the vow of the house-holder. I will mark them with a golden thread, with great devotion. ||101|| I will give them other gifts as well, out of devotion. The Dharma that they have embraced is a younger brother of the Dharma of the monks. ||102|| Then he sent his trusted men with great speed to invite all the right-seeing people on earth. ||103|| A great commotion arose throughout the land. People said, "Oh, people! King Bharata is eager to make a great gift." ||104|| "Therefore, rise up, let us go, bring clothes, jewels, and other wealth. See, these servants have been sent by him with respect." ||105|| Hearing this, some of them said, "This Bharata only honors his own right-seeing people, so it is useless for us to go there." ||106|| Hearing this, the right-seeing people, filled with great joy, went to Bharata with their wives and children, and stood with humility. ||107|| The wrong-seeing people also came, driven by greed for wealth, pretending to be right-seeing, to the palace of King Bharata, which resembled the palace of Indra. ||108|| King Bharata had the courtyard of his palace decorated with sprouts of rice, green gram, black gram, etc., and honored all the right-seeing people with these decorations. ||109||