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www.kobatirth.orgAcharya Shri Kailashsagarsuri Gyanmandir
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Cf. Udanav., ch. XXIV. ("Numbers "), v. 10:
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He who lives a hundred years without knowing the ideal knowledge that is hard (to arrive at), life of one single day is better if one knows the ideal knowledge that is hard (to arrive at)".
15 ya ja vaṣasata jatu agi pariyar(e)' vane [chirena sapitelena' divaratra atadrito
16 [eka ji bhavitatmana muhuta]'viva p(u)3 a(e)® sameva puyana ṣebha ya ji vaṣasata hotu O (Cro 20-21)
Cf. Dhammap., v. 107 † (Sahassav., v. 8)
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Yo ca vassasatam jantu aggim paricare vane Ekan ca bharitattanam muhuttam api pūjayeSa yeva pujana seyyo yañ ce rassasatam hutam.
Cf. Mahāvastu, Sahasravarga, vv. 15-16:
Yo ca varṣasatam jive agniparicaram caret Patraharo chavāvāsī karonto vividhaṁ tapaṁ Yo caikam bhavitâtmānaṁ muhurtam api pūjayet Sa ekapujană śreyo na ca varṣasatam hutan.
Cf. Udanav., ch. XXIV. ("Numbers "), v. 17 :
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"If a man live for a hundred years in a forest, wholly relying on fire (Agni), and if he hut for one single moment pays homage to a man who meditates on the self, this homage is greater than sacrifices for & hundred years."
M. Senart reads pariyura, but suggests that it should be pariyare or pariyari. Frag. C. xxxvII, 2,-not adjusted by M. Senart. M. Senart puts it separately as su pi telena. Frag. C. XXIX. Supplied by us, according to M Senart's suggestion. M. Senart combines the two words into yaji.
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