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13. There are two verses which recommend charity :
dhanasya nihsāra-laghoh sa saro yad diyate loka-hitonmukhena | nidhanatāṁ yāti hi diyamānam adīyamānam nidhanaika-niştham |
(JM. 2. 50)
evam ca ye dravyam avāpya loke mitreşu dharme ca niyojayanti avāpta-sārāni dhanāni teșām bhrastāni nānte janayanti tāpam ||
(Buddhacarita 11. 5) 14. Cf. also its variant in
Dānam arthäd stam vācah kirti-dharmau ca cetasah dehāt paropakāritvam asārāt säram uddharet ||
(Cānakya-rāja-nīti-śāstra 8.25) 15. Though in a different context, the contrast of sāra and asāra is found in the following passage.
Tad etad avagamyāham asāras sāram uttamam | niśāmaya mahābhāga pranipatya bravīmi ||
(Vișnu Purāņa 1. 19. 42) varam alpa-balam sāram na bahvi munda-mandali kuryād asāra-bhango hi sāra-bhangam api sphutam ||
(IS. 5966) 16. Cf. IS. 778=MSS. 3736. 17. Cf. MSS. 3737 18. Cf. also,
rājā samsārodāra-sāra-sukha-mayaḥ samaajani (Jainistic Recension, 1, prose p. 77, line 11) tan mayā labdham saṁsāra-sukhaṁ maugdhyena muktam
(Jainistic Recension, 2, prose p. 77, line 1) 19. Cf. also,
