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partial vows for house-holders and 2 Sarva Virati perfetta Dharma-Total Vows for ascetics, ( 22 ) Dhamma-desayanam PATARTITOf To him who is the preceptor of Dharma (23) Dhamma nāyagāņam par To To him who is the leader of Dharma. (24) Dhamma-särahīņain Arcatui To him who is like a charioteer to the chariot of Dharma. Just as, a charioteer brings a chariot running astray to the right path, in the same manner, the Bhagavån brings the people going astray to the Path of Duty. It is illustrated by the story of Mégha Kumāra,
One day, śramaņa Śri Mahavira Swāmi going from village to village, caine to the pleasure-garden outside the town of Rajagriha (IFUSE There, Śrenika For F was the kirg and Dhariņi stron was his queen. They had a son named Mégha Kumāra. King Sreņika, Mégha Kumāra, and others, went to give their respects to Him. On hearing the preaching of Śramaņa Bhagavín Mahāvîra, Mégha Kumara became indifferent to worldly pleasures. He abandoned his eight wives, and having received the permission of his parents with some hesitation, wiis initiated into an Order of Monks by śramaņa Bhagavan Mabāvīra. Mégha Kamara was then entrusted to elderly Sādhus for the purpose of teaching him Sūtras and tbeir meanings and the duties of a Sadhu.
At night, while spreading their beddings in an order of seniority, the bedding of Mégha Kumāra came at the end just near the door of the Upāśraya. The budding of Mégha Kumāra became completely filled with the dust of the feet of Sådhus going out for urination, and coming in and so, he could not get even a moment's sleep at night. So, he thought “ Where is my royal hedding ! and how to wallow thus on the ground ! How long should I suffer this affliction ! In the morning, I will take the permission of the Bhagavan, and returu bome" With this idea in his mind, when during the morning, Mézha Kumara went to the Bhagavan, Śramapa
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