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The Great Purana, the Uttara Purana: You, O learned one, are a proponent of the six pramanas, not a Charvaka, nor do you oppose me. Your statement that the use of inference is not accepted by me is not valid. || 514 || The relation between the object to be proved and the means of proof is called the hetu, which is the object of direct perception. How can there not be a valid inference from the means of proof itself? || 515 || Is it that there is perhaps some error in inference, but not in direct perception? No, error occurs in direct perception as well. Therefore, O learned one, abandon this insistence that inference is not a valid means of proof. || 516 || If it is said that direct perception is free from contradiction and therefore a valid means of proof, then why is inference not also a valid means of proof, since it is also free from contradiction? If this is your position, then what is the need for kings? Or, even if there is a lack of validity in the Samkhya and other schools of thought, because they are seen to be contradictory, there cannot be a lack of validity in the teachings of the Arhat, because they are seen to be consistent with direct perception. Thus, having heard all these truths spoken by the Jain follower, the Brahmin said, "The Dharma that you have embraced, that same Dharma shall be mine from this day forward." || 517-518 || Following the instructions of the Jain follower, the Brahmin embraced the pure Dharma spoken by the Jina. Just as medicine benefits a sick person, so too do the words of the virtuous ultimately benefit. || 520 ||
Then, as they were walking together, they lost their way in the dense forest, misled by the rise of evil. || 521 || The Jain follower thought, "Since this forest is devoid of humans, there is no one to show us the way. In this situation, there is no other recourse but to follow the teachings of the Jina. In such a situation, it is the wisdom of a warrior to renounce food and body." With this thought, he renounced the world and sat down for deep meditation. Seeing the Jain follower sitting, the Brahmin, whose mind had been purified by his teachings, also sat down in the same way, following the rules of meditation. At the end of his life, the Brahmin,