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Dhanya or a salibhadra, that you entertain pride in your heart in this way ? Even till now all the merchants, on the Divali holidays write their names and remember them at the auspicious moment of commencing new account-books for the year, Such is the fame of these two sādhus; of none else.
Four Strange Events of Salibhadra.
Four strange events happened with Sālıbhadra. They are :Firstly-Injoyment of celestial pleasures during his life as a human being Secondly Salibhadra, who was deeply engrossed in enjoying divine pleasures thinking Śrégika who had come to his house, as a marketable merchandise, orders his men to buy the article and keep it for sale. Whose else's prosperity can it be? Thirdly-He daily threw away like an ordinary flower-garland ornaments of gold, gems etc-which cannot be had at any other place-This also is a strange event-Fourthly. If a king looks at a person, and, telling him "Come", gives him a slight honour only by words, then that man becomes greatly elated at heart and says:-01 To-day I am very respectfully talked to, by the king. I have good luck. My good fortune will go on increasing etc In this way, that man becomes greatly pleased at heart. But when King Śrènika, accompanied by his retinue, himself went to the house of Sâlibhadra and honoured him greatly, Šálibhadra thinking it to be a sign of disrespect towards himself thought:Ah! I am unfortunate During my previous lives I have not earned sufficient meritorious Karmas and therefore I am born as a servant of the King. For so many days I was getting elated at heart that I am happy in all ways, but my this idea that I am happy in all ways, becoming spoiled by the blemish of dependence on others like a pierced gem, proved fruitless in every way. Ah! this Saṁsāra is full of such crooked arrange ments. He who gets intox'cated by prosperity is a great fool Therefore, having abandoned worldly pleasures as if they were a mirage, I will be busy in accomplishing the happiness which is in my own
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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 |