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तर सचित्र उत्तराध्ययन सूत्र
त्रयोदश अध्ययन [१४८
then do noble and auspicious deeds, so you can become the god with great fortune in your next birth.
But Brahmadutta remained uneffected. In the end he declared-my condition is like that elephant which evolved in a swamp, who can only see the dry land-the shore of swamp but cannot come out of that swamp and reach the dry land.
At last monk Citra went away, saying-Monarch! I have wasted my tme in vain, because you could not understand the benefit of your soul.
Monk Citra obtained salvation by practising monk-order excellently. Contrary to this, indulged in worldly pleasures monarch Brahmadutta bom in the seventh hell.
This episode, we also get in Bauddha literature, with a slight change of names etc.
The salient feature of this chapter is the compulsion of volition-the extreme lust of empirical and sensual desires, pleasures, amusements and rejoicings. Worldly pleasures are the greatest bondage for soul. Due to the indulgence in these pleasures, soul suffers torments, taking birth in ill-existences.
Contrary to this, the person disinclined to the desires of pleasure-experiences remains happy, may he be destitute by the worldly view-point; and the sages, having nothing their own, attain the supreme spiritual bliss. Eternal, never-ending happiness they obtain.
Slavery of desires begets misery and subjugation of them is the cause of happiness-this fact is influensively elaborated in this chapter.
There are 35 couplets in this chapter.
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