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अस्मिन्नजिते सर्व जगज्जयोद्भूतमपि यशो नश्ययेत् ।
अल्पमपि शरीरस्थं शल्यं प्राणान् वियोजयति ॥ २१ ॥
Asminnajité sarvam jagajjayayodbhūtamapi yaśo naśyét; Alpamapi sarirastham salyam prāṇān viyojayati 21
21. If this one is not won over, the entire reputation acquired by my victory over controversialists all over the world, becomes completely destroyed. Because, even a small thorn existing in the body, deprives it of prāṇān (the means of supporting life).
Also because,
for taetsfa da: fá quìst a farsfa ? !
yafenfagt god gù: gàisfa greaà li RR ||
55. Chidré svalpé'pi potah kim pāthodhau na nimajjati ? Ekasminuisṭaké kristé durgah sarvo' pi patyaté.
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22. Does not a ship sink under water even with a small hole in it? A fortress is completely pulled down by the removal of only one brick. 22
Having thought thus, Indrabhūti Gautama, at the time of going into the presence of Śramaņa Bhagavana Mahavira, decorated himself with twelve distinguishing marks on his body, wore a gold yajnopavita-the sacred thread worn by the members of the first three classes (Brahmanas, Ksatriyas, Vaisyas) over the left shoulder and under the right arm-became arrogant, dressed himself with yellow garments, and went accompanied by his five hundred pupilssome carrying books in their hands, some carrying Kamanḍalu (wooden water-pots carried by ascetics) in their hands, and some carrying darbha -a kind of sacred grass used at religious ceremonies and carried as a sign of victory-by whose undermentioned eulogical cries relating to their preceptor, the horizon was resounding.
सरस्वती कंठाभरण Sarasvati Kanthābharana. The necklace of Sarasvati-:he goddess of Speech and Learning.
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