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diamond is precious and hence is never embedded in an aluminium ring. Gourmet dishes are never served in broken plates. An immoral and weak person generally never finds a seat on the throne of a kingdom. In the same manner, noble people are always born in righteous families.
Chakravartis, Vasudevas and Baldevas occupy the highest position amongst kings. They are the kings of kings. Tirthankaras occupy the highest position amongst the spiritual leaders. They come with special punya, merit attained due to unprecedented austerities performed in their past lives. Therefore, they will always take birth in a worthy family. Hence we can safely conclude that :
A family in which are ingrained the virtues of restraint and honour.
A family which respects good virtues, values and ethics.
A child who takes birth in such a family can never be extremely poor.
We can easily comprehend that the status of a person who can buy a flat of one crore, furniture and interiors worth twenty-five lakhs and a car worth fifteen lakhs, can never be low. The intellectual level of a student who gets admission in a medical college on merit can never be low. Hence we can safely conclude that a person who is born in a virtuous family has to be extremely meritorious.
He has encashed the check of great merit accumulated in the past and taken birth in such a family. Before encashing so much merit, he would have earned the same in his past lives, by doing countless good deeds and accumulated a string of good virtues. Somewhere in his past life, his breath stopped while pursuing these noble acts. You should not forget that
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