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## Chapter 2: Collection of Examples
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Some time was spent in the arrival of Madan, which should be known to be due to his being engrossed in the work of the newly born god. ||157||
To enlighten you, whose minds have been corrupted by restraint, I have enacted this play, which is unseen by the venerable ones in this world! ||158||
Six children, called the Six Bodies, were refined by me for the purpose of testing you, along with their female companion. ||159||
Then, understanding your nature, quickly overcome by delusion and madness, I presented the fear of the army, the medicine for its destruction. ||160||
Abandoning this doubt and fear, filled with delusion, turn your mind, which has gone astray, towards the true path. ||161||
Furthermore, "Those who are attached to the world, who are engrossed in worldly pleasures, who are not free from the smallest particle of karma, do not attain liberation, even if they are born as humans. ||162||
Four hundred and fifty Joanas (a unit of time) are the lifespan of a human being. He who lives for that long, the gods do not come to him. ||163||
"These and other Agamic scriptures, even the wise ones know, what kind of action was undertaken by Madan in his arrival? ||164||
And also, due to curiosity to see the divine play, even though much time has passed, the ignorant ones do not know! ||165||
Even you, whose minds are captivated by that divine play, have spent six months, as if it were a moment, in the upper realms! ||166||
Thus ends the chapter. This delusion is not fit for you to do. Even at the end of the kalpa, does the ocean of milk overflow its limits? ||167||
When even those like you do such things, who else in the world will be steadfast in their dharma? ||168||
Considering all this evil conduct, O great ones! Practice good conduct, the fire that burns the cage of karma. ||169||
Having heard the words of Girvan (the name of the Jain scriptures), the noble one was awakened. That sage condemned his own evil conduct again and again. ||170||
Again and again, the god Aryashada said to him, "Well done, well done, my son! I am enlightened by your great wisdom! ||171||
I, through my own actions, was destined for the path of hell, but you, my friend in the path of liberation, have led me to the path of liberation. ||172||
I am no longer indebted to you, the giver of dharma, who has made me bold in dharma. What more can I say? ||173||
Saluting the god, the sage went to his own place. He reflected upon his past actions and engaged in intense austerities. ||174||
The god, bowing to the sage, filled with joy, forgave his own offense and returned to the heaven. ||175||
The sage Nashad, as seen before, endured this suffering, but it was not appropriate. That sage endured it, and so it should be endured by all the virtuous ones forever. ||176||
**3. The Example of the Shraavak from Saurashtra in the Commentary on the Shree Samyaktv Shataati**
In the land of Shree Saurashtra, the ornament of all nations, there lived a Shraavak, a knower of the truth, from the knowledge of right faith. ||1||
When a famine, difficult to obtain food,