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In the Mahapurana, the Uttara Purana, it is said that people believe in a person who observes vows, while they are always suspicious of a person who does not. A person who observes vows is like a fruitful tree, while a person who does not is like a barren tree.
A person who observes vows attains desired fruits in the next birth. Therefore, it is said that there is no brother greater than a person who observes vows, and no enemy greater than a person who does not.
Everyone accepts the words of a person who observes vows, but no one listens to a person who does not. Even great deities cannot disrespect a person who observes vows.
Even if a person who observes vows is young, elders greet him, but if an elder does not observe vows, people consider him as insignificant as a blade of grass.
Vows are acquired through practice and destroyed through renunciation. In reality, renunciation is called a vow. Therefore, a virtuous person must observe vows.
Observing vows leads to wealth, while not observing them never brings wealth. Therefore, a person who desires wealth should become a virtuous person with a detached mind.
Even a small vow is the cause of heaven and liberation for this being. For those who want an example, the example of Pritikara can be given well.
Those who have observed vows well in their previous births enjoy the fruits according to their desires in this birth. It is right because does any work happen without a cause?
One who believes in the origin of work from a cause should consider dharma and papa as the cause of work in the form of happiness and sorrow. That is, one should believe that happiness comes from dharma and sorrow from papa. Those who believe the opposite are seen to get the opposite results.
If he is not foolish, addicted, deserving of punishment, or an atheist, then who will say that there is something else besides dharma and papa as the cause of happiness and sorrow?
Even a person who sees only the benefit and harm of this birth is called wise. Then, why should those who consider the benefit and harm of the future birth not be called very wise? That is, they should definitely be called wise.
Considering this, a person with pure intellect should take the vow spoken by the Jinadeva and, showing effort, strive to attain the happiness of heaven and liberation.
After that, Pritikara, who had a detached intellect, dedicated all his possessions to his son Priyangkara, the son of his wife Vasundhara, with a coronation ceremony, and with many servants and brothers, he went to the city of Rajagriha to see the Bhagavan.