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Chapter 2: Collection of Examples
Those who are devoted to knowledge, vision, conduct, and worship are peaceful in mind. They are free from the prescribed fasts, are righteous in their conduct, and are liberated themselves. ||9||
Those who have accepted my words and those who have died, who are dear to me, how can they not come to me? [Pair. ||10||
Whatever he did today, the action was useless and painful. Giving up enjoyable pleasures, my soul has been cheated in vain! ||11||
Having enjoyed pleasures, I will make this life fruitful. For in the afterlife, who is troubled in vain by a skilled person? ||12||
Reflecting on this, he relied on his own sign, which is false. Desiring to renounce the world, he left his home and went away. ||13||
In the meantime, from the knowledge of the omniscient, he learned the nature of his teacher. Knowing this, the disciple went to heaven, and being distressed, he meditated. ||14||
Oh! My teachers, even though they are endowed with the eyes of Jain scriptures, they abandon the path of liberation, being overwhelmed by the darkness of delusion! ||15||
Oh! The greatness of delusion, conquering the world, is flourishing. Like the blind, all people act, even though they see! ||16||
Even though he is of a good family, even though he is courageous, even though he is profound, even though he is wise, delusion destroys his limits, like the ocean at the end of a kalpa. ||17||
As long as people are driven by delusion and commit evil deeds, I will continue to enlighten them, making them follow the righteous path! ||18||
Meditating, he came to the place where his teacher had gone. He performed a divine play in a village on the bank of a river. ||19||
Then that sage, seeing that beautiful play, was filled with joy for six months. ||20||
He saw that play, enduring the cold, heat, wind, thirst, and the fatigue of six months. ||21||
In that dance, the god, being united, stood still in front of him. For a moment, he thought, "I have seen a good play, a good fortune." ||22||
Then that god, wanting to test those who were not yet enlightened, created six children in the forest, each representing one of the six types of living beings. ||23||
Seeing the first of them, adorned with many ornaments, the sage thought, "I will cut off the ornaments of this child and use them for my own enjoyment." ||24||
"With the wealth of these ornaments, my desire for enjoyment will be fulfilled for a long time. Without wealth, the desire for water in a mirage is like a thirst for water in a mirage." ||25||
Reflecting on this, he said to the child with a milk-white throat, "Hey! Give up your ornaments!" But the child did not give them up. ||26||
Then, angry, he grabbed the child by the neck. The child, frightened, stammered, "In this terrible forest, I am afraid of thieves and other dangers. I am a 'prithvi-kaya' (earth-bodied being), and I have taken refuge in you." ||27||
"These lives are impermanent, but fame is eternal. Even at the cost of life, one should protect those who have taken refuge. ||29||
"Protect me, protect me, Lord! I am a helpless child." Then, those who were adorned with ornaments protected the one who had taken refuge. ||30||
For, "He who supports the fallen, he who rescues