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SHRAMAN MAHAVIR
Lord said solemnly, 'It is not supposed to be done, Nandiwardhan A votary of emancipation banks on his own confidence He cannot conceive dependence on others for his progress '1
The incident was the lowest rung of the ladder of emancipation Self-dependence and indefatigability form its two beams
Self-dependence and indefatigability form the two eyes of existence These eyes enable us to observe externally and internally. Man is only one link in the chain of existence Indefatigability is his nature That which exists cannot be inert The principle if given a logical garb would be-Activity is the characteristic of existence That which is incapable of activity is a myth like the flower blooming in the vacuous sky Man is true and hence indefatigability constitutes his wings and self-dependence enlivens him with dynamism
1 'Awashyakchurni I pt. p 270
