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५. एको धर्ममुपार्जनं च विबुधः कृत्वा स्वयं गच्छति स्वर्ग पापमुपाये घोरनरकं दुःखाकरं प्राणभृत् ।
get græadimarcaft at eaten, a geeloý तस्मात्वं भज तावतो हि शरणं धर्म्म त्यज स्वं गृहम् ॥ ५ ॥
5. Éko dharmamupārjanam ca vibudhaḥ kritvá svayam gacchati; Svargam papamupārjya ghora-narakam duhkhākaram prāṇablirut; Éko duhkha matimasaramapi bho tyaktvā ca muktyālayam, Tasmāttvam bhaja tavato hi saranam dharmmam tyajh svam griham.
5. One wise man having acquired the Karma of meritorious deeds, goes alone to heaven; another creature having acquired the Karma of evil deeds goes to terrible Naraka which is the mine of misery. One, worthless array of miseries, goes to Place of Salvation. Therefore, seek the shelter of Dharma, in the first place, and abandon your house.
having abandoned the Muktyālayam, the
While contemplating on such ideas and becoming absorbed in divine meditation, all the five rose high and higher in spiritual development destroying various Karmas, and acquired Kévala Jñana, Perfect knowledge.
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When all of them arrived near the Samavasaraņa g¤ggU of Sramana Bhagavan Mahavira at चंपानगरी Campā Nagari, Ganadhara Mahārāja Indrabhuti Gautama went round three times from left to right, and Sala, Mahālā and others did the same. Having done obeisance to the Tirthankara, the five, went to the assembly of the Kévalins. Meanwhile Gaṇadhara Mahārāja Indrabhūti Gautama told them 'Look here! do obeisance to qЯt Paraméśvara, the Supreme Lord. Śramaņa Bhagavan Mahāvīra said 'O Gautama, do not be disrespectful towards Kévalins. Gautama Swami said "What disrespect has been done by me towards Kévalins? Śramaņa Bhagavān Mahavira said "These Săla, Mahāsāla, and others have acquired Kévala Jñana, Perfect knowledge. Therefore, having
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