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young beautiful wives with valuable garments, and precious or naments who were amusing themselves in ponds beautified with lotuses, blue lotuses, and amaranthus flowers in the Nandanavana embellished by excellent trees, but considering the frailty of worldly objects and carefully bearing in his mind the excellent religious preaching of Tirthankara Bhagavān Śrī Śréyānsa Nath he remained there for a few days at the persuation of his rolatives, being desirous of abandoning a house-holder's life like an enemy's dwelling, and having then gone to Ācārya Sri Dharmaghosa Mabărāja, he respectfully bowed down low before him with great devotion. The Ācārya, theo knowing his thoughts by supernatural knowledge, commenced religious preaching thus:
खणसंजोगविओगं खणपरियट्टतविविहसुहदुकखं । नडनचियध्व संसारविलसियं चिचस्वधरं ।। १ ।। वहण को पमायइ जिणिंदधम्ममि सोक्खहेउम्मि ? । अञ्चंतवल्लहे वा मयंमि को सोयमुबहइ ? ॥२॥ जह एगस्सेव मषेज्ज एत्य वल्लहजणेण सह विगमो । वा परिभवोत्ति काउं सोगोऽवि जणेण कीरेजा ॥३॥ जाव य समग्गमरहाहिवावि भरहाइणो कयंतेणं । विज्यविया दीवा इव पवणेण पयंडवेगेण ॥४॥ ता कीस कुसलमइणो अट्ठाणे चिय कुणति संतावं ? । नाए वत्थुसरूवे खिजंति न जेण सप्पुरिसा ॥ ५॥ वीहिविसेसर्य नियजीवियस्सवि जया धरणोवाओ न तीरए काउं । वत्यऽण्णजीवियन्वे चलंमि कह कीरह थिरत्तं ? ॥६॥ इयरजणस्स व सोगो काउं न उ जुज्जए तुह कहंपि । किं गिरिवरूणि [ण] मंतरमणिलेणं चलंति जइ दोवि । (अणिलेण गिरितरूणि चलिज नवि मंदरोउगिरी) ॥७॥ एसो खु सुद्धबुदिस्स विन्भमोज पियस्स मरणं मि । 13
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