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## 386
## Dasha-Shruta-Skandha-Sutra
## Tenth Dasha
**Original Meaning:** When a servant is called, four or five others appear on their own, without being called, and say, "O Dev-priya! Tell us, what shall we do? What food shall we offer you? What object shall we bring? Tell us quickly, what shall we do? What is the desire of your heart? What object pleases your mouth, seeing which the Nirgrantha performs Nidana Karma?"
**Commentary:** This Sutra reveals that even the Bhikshu performs Nidana Karma upon seeing such enjoyments and sons of enjoyment. These fierce sons of enjoyment have such wealth and influence that when they call only one servant for a necessary task, four or five others appear out of curiosity, without being called, and say, "It is our good fortune to have the opportunity to serve you, therefore, O Dev-priya! Command us, what shall we do for you? What food shall we offer you? What object shall we bring for your service? What is the desire of your heart? What substance pleases your holy mouth?" Seeing such wealth, the Nirgrantha performs Nidana Karma. The word Nidana means the resolve, etc., caused by the attraction of worldly enjoyments.
Now the Sutrakar speaks about the Nidana Karma of the Nirgrantha:
"If this dwelling of yours, following the rules of the Brahmacharya, is to be maintained, and you are to be supported, then indeed, for the Nirgrantha, Nidana Karma is the cause of his staying in that place. He does not get rid of it for a long time, for a month, for a year. He is reborn as a deity in other Dev-lokas. In the great ones, in the long-lived ones, he becomes a deity there. He remains in the great ones, in the long-lived ones. Then, from the Dev-lokas, by coming, by going, by staying, he is reborn in another birth. And those fierce sons of enjoyment, the great sons of enjoyment, they are reborn as sons in another family."