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(1684) Or if the soul be non-distinct from the body, the Agnihotra, etc. enjoined by the Veda on one desirous of heaven would be purposeless and the fruit of (acts of) charity, etc. (as known) to the world (would be repudiated).
(1685) You do not know the meaning of the expression of the Veda, viz ‘Mass of consciousness', etc. and so you regard the soul as identical with the body. This is what the words mean.
(1686) When the śramaņa’s doubt was dispelled by the Jina (victor) free from old age and death, he became a monk along with his 500 followers.
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