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MILITA
अपने स्वामी से सब बात बताईं। गृहस्थ संन्यासी के भाव को ताड़ गया और उससे बोला"आप अपनी प्रतिज्ञा भूल गए। अब मैं आपकी सेवा नहीं कर सकता क्योंकि कोई अपेक्षा रखकर सेवा करने का फल बहुत कम होता है। (आ. आत्माराम जी म. दशवै., पृष्ठ २४४)
ELABORATION:
(100) Muhadayee-one who donates without any expectations. To give with expectations is not donation, it is give and take, i.e., a business transaction. An interesting incident explaining this is
A mendicant once approached a householder and said, "I want to spend the monsoon season at your place. I hope you will be able to look after my needs.” The devotee said, “You can certainly spend the monsoon season at my place. But I have a condition; as repayment you will not attend to any work in my household.” The mendicant accepted the condition and stayed in the house. The devotee served him well with all reverence.
One night some thieves entered the house and took away the horse belonging to the devotee. They took it to the bank of a nearby river and tethered it to a tree. In the morning the mendicant went to the river bank for his daily bath and saw the horse. He could not contain himself and rushed back to the house leaving some of his clothes at the river bank. Hiding his true intent he said to the devotee, “I left some of my clothes at the river bank, please arrange to get them back.” The devotee sent his servant. While fetching the clothes the servant saw the horse and brought it back. When the servant explained how he saw the horse, the devotee understood what the mendicant had done. He said to the mendicant, “You broke your promise of attending to no work in my household. To serve you with an expectation is no service at all. Please excuse me.” And he sent the mendicant away. (Dashavaikalik Sutra by Acharyashri Atmaram ji M., page 244)
॥ पिण्डैषणा (प्रथम उद्देशक) समाप्त ॥ END OF THE FIRST SECTION OF FIFTH CHAPTER
144 Hz4H : Rusyun (924 JÈ875) Fifth Chapter : Pindaishana (Ist Section)
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