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the two-conceptions of religion ? Both were in Sarvagna. Omniscient, why did they creat this difference in conceptions ?
तो केसिं बुवंतं तु गोअमो इणमब्बवी । qout afatet - rafafuregui ll P4 | पुरिमा उज्जुजडा उ, वकजडा य पच्छिमा । मज्झिमा उज्जपण्णा उ, तेण धम्मे दुहाकए ॥ २६ ॥ पुरिमाणं दुव्विसोज्झो उ, चरिमाणं दुरणुपालओ। कप्पो मज्झिमगाणं तु, सुविसोज्झो सुपालओ ॥ २७ ।।
25. Tao Késim buvantam tu Goamo iņamabbavi; Paņņā samikkhaé Dhammam-tattam tatta viņicchhayam.
26. Purimā nju-jadā 11, vakkajadā ya pacchimā; majjhima ujju - paņņā 11, téņa Dhammé duhā kaé.
27. Purimāņam duvvisojjho u, charimāņam duraņupālao; Kappo majjhimagāņam tu, suvisojjho gupālao..
25. Then, on being thus questioned by Šramaņı Kési Kumāra, Ganadhara Mahārāja Indrabhūti Gautama replied" The essence of Dharma is known by intellect; and intellect alone decides the true nature of Jiva and other principles. The ascetics of the time of Tirthamkara Bhagavān Shree Rishabha-déva, the first Tirthamkara of the present series of twenty-four Tirthamkaras were straight-forward and dull, the ascetics of the time of Tirthamkara Mahārāja Sramaņa Bhagavān Mahāvira Swāmi, the last Tirthamkara ( of the present era ) are crooked and dull, while the ascetics of the time of intermediate twenty-two Tirthamkaras were straightforward and wise. Hence, the Dharına vå, Rules of Conduct (preached for ascetics ) were of two kinds.
27. The ascetics of the time of the first Tirthamkara were afogata Duvvisojjho fa Tiet: Durvisodbyah, were not
| SR No. | 006961 |
| Book Title | Sthaviravali |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Ratnaprabhvijay |
| Publisher | Jain Granth Prakashak Sabha |
| Publication Year | 1941 |
| Total Pages | 232 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 5 MB |