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1. Pusņāti svapitu-r-mānsaih satrumutsarga-sanginam;
Vidhaltè ca pituh śrāddhamaho Mohasya vismitam.
1. Seel this man gives oblation to his dead father, and he nourishes the boy-his enemy sitting in his lap-with the flesh of his own father. Look at the wonder of Arc Moha,-Infatution.
On hearing the mendicant speaking thus, the merchant went out of his house and asked him “O Muni! Why do you utter such useless talk? The mend cant replied “The paramour of your wife Nägilā was your enemy. You killed him and he was born as a son to your wife. Your father, after death became this bull. You killed him and you are now eating his flesh. Besides, the bitch licking the bones of the bull, is your mother star Ambā. She was beaten with a sick, and she is crying. I uttered this sloka with the object of instructing you.'
The merchant said "What is proof of the truthfulness of your words ?" The mendicant replied"
raste vat oftar Alastifarra: Fati
रत्नजातं तदेषा तमि-खातं दर्शयिष्यति ॥१॥ 1. Antargriham suni nitā jāta-jāti-smritih sati;
Ratnajātam tadéşă tannikhātam darśayişyati.
1. When this bitch is led into the house, she will show the heap of jewels buried in the ground, as she has acquired Sfata Jāti smriti,-Remembrance of former life." Saying, so the mendicant went away. As fore-told by the inendicant, the bitch showed the valuable treasure. The merchant, considering the oblation to the mancs as useless, commenced practising the Jaina Dharma preached by the mendicant.
On hearing the above-mentioned stories, Prabhava becoming enlightened in Jain Dharma, renounced the world and took Diksā along with his 500 comrades,
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