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sådhu go away? Where did my agreeable speaking at the appropriate moment go and where did my cleverness in talks about questions about heart go away? I did not even ask them any thing even-such questions as ;--Whose disciples both of you are ? At what village did you live before? How many years ago, did you accept ascetic life? Now, are your mother, father, brothers etc, alive or not? from which village have you now come? Have you any acquaintance with my son Šalibhara Muni and with my daughter's husband Dhanya Muni or not?" I did not even ask such questions. In case, I did not ask such questions, then, all this would not have become known. Hà ! Hã ! Where is my cle. verness of speech gone? Hã ! I have done a wrong action that becoming hard-hearted, I did not even make salutations to ascetics who had come to my house. I disregarded even the established custom of my family. Even if any one stops at the door only for a moment and if the servants inform us accordingly, then, an idea arises that there must be some strong reason for stopping even for a moment, and when asked, everything becomes known. But when both of them came, no such idea did arise. Nothing appropriate was done simply by negligence, two divine gems, almost reaching the palms of my hands, were lost. Hä! Where is the keenness of the intellect of my son's virtuous wives gone? Thist they did not even recognize their own husband He was not noticed even by servants who were familiar with him for a long time. A delusion of the intellect of all, has occurred at one moment, that when both of them-donors of un- asked wished-for objects-donors of desired objects of this world and of the future life-creators of immense meritorious deeds-highly desired by many fanciful ideas of several days-came to my house
in-invited-came by themselves towards me, but they were not talked to, not saluted, not given almns and not even recognized but they returned back. Like the losing of a morsel of food brought near the mouth or like the losing of a divine gem fallen in. to the hands of a cowherd, all my fanciful ideas have becom me friutless. Now, there is no hope of sanciful ideas for the
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| SR No. | 008003 |
| Book Title | Shraman Bhagvana Mahavira Part 2 Vibhag 2 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Ratnaprabhvijay, D P Thaker |
| Publisher | Parimal Publication |
| Publication Year | 1989 |
| Total Pages | 802 |
| Language | English, Sanskrit |
| Classification | Book_English, Biography, History, & Religion |
| File Size | 20 MB |