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Help of an Oldman
Maxim 31:
Passing that night and at the dawn of second day Kṛṣṇa Vasudeva bathed and adorned by clothes and ornaments rode on an elephant. He was wearing the garland of Koranta flowers and canopy was on his head, white and best camaras were fanned on his both sides. Surrounded by numerous strong warriors, moving on the royal road started from Dwarakā to go where Bhagawāna Aristanemi was.
While going through the middle part of Dwarakā Kṛṣṇa Vasudeva saw a man, who ws too old, with body bathered by old age, weak, wearied and tired. Out of his house, on the royal road a huge heap of bricks was accumulated. That oldman was carrying bricks from that heap one by one and keeping in the inner part of his house.
Kṛṣṇa Vasudeva seeing that grieved old man, filled with compassion. Sitting on elephant he took up one brick from that heap and put in the inner part of his house. When the numerous followers saw Śrīkṛṣṇa Vāsudeva putting a brick from that heap then all of them put one brick in the house of that old man. Consequently heap was finished. In this way only taking one brick by Śrīkṛṣṇa, the turmoil of carrying brick of that old bathered bodied man came to an end.
सूत्र ३२ :
तए णं से कहे वासुदेवे बारवईए णयरीए मज्झं मज्झेणं निग्गच्छइ, निग्गच्छित्ता जेणेव अरहा अरिट्ठणेमी तेणेव उवागए, उवागच्छित्ता जाव
वंदइ णमंसइ ।
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