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Seventh Study: Sakdalputra
[165] Sakdalputra bowed and prostrated before the Venerable Lord Mahavira and said, "O Bhagavan! I wish to hear the Dharma from you."
[203] Then the Venerable Lord Mahavira preached the Dharma to Sakdalputra, the seeker of livelihood, and the assembly present. Sakdalputra and Agnimitra accept the vows.
[204] Then, after hearing the Dharma from the Venerable Lord Mahavira, Sakdalputra, the seeker of livelihood, became extremely happy and satisfied. His heart was filled with joy, and he accepted the lay-Dharma. The only difference between his joy and that of others was that Sakdalputra had one crore gold coins in his treasury as secure wealth, one crore gold coins invested in business, and one crore gold coins invested in the splendor, resources, and materials of his home. He had a cattle farm with ten thousand cows.
Sakdalputra bowed and prostrated before the Venerable Lord Mahavira. After bowing and prostrating, he left from there, passed through the middle of the city of Polaspur, and went to his home to his wife Agnimitra. He said to her, "O Devanupriya! The Venerable Lord Mahavira has arrived. You go and pay your respects to him, perform paryupaasana,