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________________ 111 11. As a man for the sake of one Kākişi (a cowrie), risks and loses a thousand (Kārsapanas) or as the king lost his kingdom (and life) by eating a mango-fruit which he was strictly forbidden (by his physician ), (11). 12. Even so are human pleasures compared with the pleasures of the gods; divine life and pleasures surpass (the former) a thousand times and more. (12). 13. Those endowed with excellent knowledge, live many nayutas* of years, so great a loss suffer the fools in a life of less than a hundred years! (13). 3 14-15. Three merchants set out on their travels, each with his capital; one of them gained there much; the second returned with his capital; and the third merchant came home after having lost his capital. This parable is taken from common life; learn (to apply it) to the Law. (14-15). 16. The capital is human life, the gain is heaven; through the loss of that capital, man must be born as a denizen of hell or a brute animal. (16). 17. These are the two courses open to the sinner, they con sist in misery, as corporal punishment etc, for, the slave to his lusts has forfeited human life and divine life. (17. 18 Having once forfeited them, he will have to endure these A Nayuta or niyuta = 19,786,136000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 It is derived in the following way. 1 Purvānga=8400000 I Pūrva=8400000 pūrvangas 1 Nayutanga=8400000 pūrvas. 1 Nayuta=8400000 Nayutānga Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org
SR No.008003
Book TitleShraman Bhagvana Mahavira Part 2 Vibhag 2
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorRatnaprabhvijay, D P Thaker
PublisherParimal Publication
Publication Year1989
Total Pages802
LanguageEnglish, Sanskrit
ClassificationBook_English, Biography, History, & Religion
File Size20 MB
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