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form of a lotus) in front of his fore-head, he said :- Bhagavān Please give me Bhāgavati dikşā (a form of dikşă preached by the Tîrthangares ) and rescue me from worldly miseries" Guru Mabāraja accepted his request. King Narasimba removed all the ornaments and costly garmerits from his bocey, and putting on only one cloth, be adopted the faultless dikşă which is like a thunderbolt in destroying the great mountain of Karmas in accordance with the injunctions laid down in the Siddhantas, with an auspicious perfectly white shining thougho-tint increasing at every moment by excellent calmness of mind, Guru Mahārāja at that time, gave him advice as follows .
fuerit T 4787-74! GET jerfari तुमए गहिया दिक्खा ता सम्मं उज्जमिजामु ॥ १ ॥ मा काहिसि खणमेकंपि पापमित्तेहिं दुहनिमित्तेहिं । संसग्गि दुकखेहिं विसय-कसाएहिं सह मह ! ॥२॥ एवं कमियध्वं भोत्तव्वं एवमेव सइयध्वं । एवं भासेयध्वं इचाइ निवेइयं गुरुणा ॥३॥ 1 Bhaniö ya jaha-Bhaddya! Esā samsāra sindhu nāvavva Tumaé gahiyā dikkha tå sammam ujjamijjāsu
1 2 Mā kābisl khanamékkampi pāpamittéhiin-duha nimittéhim
Samsaggim dukkéhım visaya-kasāérim sana bhadda! 2 3 Evam camkamiyavvam bhottavvam évaméva salyayvam Evam bhāséyavvam iccăi nivélyam guruņā
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1. And he said as fullows:- O fortunate man ! You have taken this dikşā which is like a ship for crossing the ocean of samaāra (worldly existence ) Therefore, inake strenuous effort by all means.
2. O illustrlous man! Do not have association, even for a moment, with sensual pleasures and passions, which are bad
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