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"Fart! (HAR) HTS 999 ht HE 27 JULHO (3) IURE E ta * है जो बहुत प्रभावशाली दीखता है। जो विशाल जनता के समक्ष इतनी ऊँची ध्वनि से बोल
रहा है? यह क्या खाता है, क्या पीता है ? इसके कारण हम अपनी ही उद्यान-भूमि में भी
इच्छानुसार भ्रमण नही कर सकते हैं।" 9 THOUGHTS OF KING PRADESHI AT THE SIGHT OF KESHI KUMAR SHRAMAN
237. At the affirmative reply of king Pradeshi Chitta Saarthi turned the chariot towards Mrigavan garden and then he came to a place near the place of stay of Keshi Kumar Shraman. He stopped the horses, halted the chariot and then let loose the horses. He then told king Pradeshi-“Me lord ! Let us remove here over fatigue (by taking rest) and also remove the fatigue of the horses."
Then king Pradeshi came down. He strolling with Chitta Saarthi in the shade in order to remove his fatigue, saw Keshi Kumar
Shrman delivering a religious talk to a large gathering in a loud o serene voice. At this sight, he thought and determined as under
"Only fools attend to fools. The persons with abnormal intellect serve those whose intellect is at a pretty low level. A person with undeveloped intellect attends to the dunce. A person with little knowledge serves a person with little knowledge. An illiterate serves an illiterate-goes to him, gives him company; talks to him and respects him.
Who is this person who is a fool, whose level of intellect is pretty low, who is without knowledge, who is illiterate, but who still has divinity and commands influence who has beautiful structure of the
body. What type of food does he take? In what form does he absorb hot the food ? What does he drink, what does he eat, what does he give
(to the people) in charity, what does he distribute amongst the people, what does he explain to the people ? This person is in a large gathering. He is speaking in a loud voice which is solemn ? Thinking this, he asked Chitta Saarthi.
Chitta ! Only the fools serve the fools in this world and suchlike (above mentioned). But who is this person who appears to be very effective (influential). He is addressing a large gathering in a loud voice. What does he eat and what does he drink ? Because of his presence we cannot stroll in our garden according to our desire.”
रायपसेणियसूत्र
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Rai-paseniya Sutra
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