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## Chapter 3: Stories
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These are not natural. It is possible that some cunning person has laid this trap for the bondage of people. In addition, ponds always fill up during the rainy season, not in the summer. If someone says that the lake is filled by the flow of the waterfall of the Vindhya mountain and the Nalvana has sprouted, then this is also not logical because there were many waterfalls before, but the lake was never filled with so much water. Those elephants who followed the words of the leader of the herd, they roamed happily in the forest for a long time, but those who did not follow, they became bound and became unhappy.
### 3. Origin: Laddupriyakumar Story
The king of the city named Shristhalak was named Bhanu. His queen's name was Rukmini and his son's name was Surup. The prince was being raised happily by five nurses. Like the gods, the Naga prince brought joy to many relatives and attained the age of childhood. Growing with many arts like the phases of the moon in the bright fortnight, pleasing the minds of beautiful women, the prince attained the age of youth. He was very fond of sweets, hence he was known in the world as 'Modakpriya'.
One day, in the spring, the prince got up from his bedroom and went to the assembly hall. There was a beautiful dance and other programs. When it was time for food, his mother sent him sweets. He ate sweets freely with his family. Due to staying awake at night because of songs and dances, the sweets did not digest. Due to indigestion, his apan vayu became polluted. The stench reached his nose. The prince thought that these sweets are made of ghee, jaggery, and flour. These three substances are pure, but they become impure by contact with the body. Camphor and other fragrant substances also become foul-smelling in a moment by contact with the body. For this body, which is full of such impurities and many defects, those who consume sinful deeds are like unconscious people even though they are conscious due to the sleep of delusion. Scholarship is only commendable when it contemplates the despicable and the desirable, the harmful and the beneficial. Those people are blessed who, being free from the body, immerse themselves in the ocean of nectar of knowledge through the study of the right scriptures, remain equal towards enemies and friends, conquer trials, and strive for the eradication of karma. The prince thought while contemplating that I will also follow the path shown by great people. Thus, with the emergence of detachment in the mind of that Modakpriya prince, knowledge, vision, and character emerged and he attained liberation.
### 4. Counter-Example: The Thief Story
There were many robbers in a village. Once they stole cows from a settlement and brought them to their village.
1. Ga. 54/1, 55 Vr. P. 31, 32. 2. Ga. 57/2-4 Vr. P. 33, 34.