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Vahnih śîtah sthiro vãyuh sambhavenna tu bāndhavab Härayediti papraccha lokanaśraddadhad bhrisam Tatasca niscayé jāté cintayāmāsa cetasi Gatvā jitvà ca tam dhûrttam välayāmi saliodaram Sopy évamāgatah sighram prabhuyā” bhāsitastathā Sandeham tasya cittastharn, vyaktikrityāvan vibhuh
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5. Hé Gautamăgnibhîté ! kah sandébastava karmaņā ?
Katham vă Vedatattārtham vibhāvayasi na sphutan 5
Coming to know of Indrabhùti's accepting Diksā, his second brother named Agnibhūtı began to think thus.-Even in case a mountain mielts, a leap of ice and snow begins to burn, flames of fire become cool, the wind stops blowing altogether, it rains sparks of fire from the Moon, and even if this earth enters into the nether regions, my brother would never be defeated.
Having thus no faith in Indrabhati's being initiated into an order of ascelicis'n, Agnibhîti. began often to inquire of the people, and when he was assured of the faut by the people that Indrabhuti liad become an ascetic, he said to himself.-That cunning sellow has undoubtedly defeated Indrabhûti, but I shall inmediately go and defeat him and bring back my brother who has been defeated by fraudulent means. Having, thus, made up his mind, he at once approached th: Lord with his five hundred disciples. Addressing lim by name and lineage, Sri Mahāvíra Prabhu mentioned lus doubt and said o Agnibhậti of Gautama gotra (family)! A doubt, is created in your mind as to whether there exists Karma or not Your doubt is created because of contradictory Védic sentences. The Vedic sentence is as follows:
पुरुष एवेदं निं सर्वं यद् भूतं यच्च माव्यम् । Puruşa évédam gnim sarvam yad bhūtam yacca bhăvyam
Because of the above-mentioned Véda sentence, you know that there is no Karma'
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