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mankind at large ) and of your relations-for you have entered the Path of the Best Jinas.
(55). 56. You are the protector of all unprotected beings. O ascetic !
I ask you to forgive me; I desire you to put me right. (56).
57. That by asking you, I have disturbed your meditation, and
that I invited you to enjoy pleasures; all this you must forgive me.
(57).
58. When the lion of kings had thus with the greatest devotion
praised the lion of house less monks, he together with his wives, servants and relations, became a staunch believer in the Law with a pure mind.
(58)
(59).
59. The Ruler of Man, with the hair on his body joyfully erec
ted, bowed his head ( to the monk ) keeping him on his
right side, and departed. 60. And the other, rich in virtues, protected by the three Guptis
and abstaining from injuring living beings, in the three ways ( viz by thought, words, and acts ) travelled about on the earth, free like a bird, and exempt from delusion, (60) Thus 1 say.
Sujyésthā
Su-Jyésthā meeting with a failure in her first love-affair remained unmarried through-out her life. After some time, she took Dikså at the holy hands of śramana Bhagavān Mahävira, and became a nun. She passed her religious life under the care of Āryā Candanā.
Ajäta-satru (Konika). In course of time, Céllapā-dévi became pregnant. During the latter part of her pregnacy, one day, she had an intense desire of eating the flesh of her husband. Knowing the foetus to be the source of many future troubles to
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