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અધ્યાત્મતત્ત્વાલાક.
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in Hastinapura. His rule extended to six continents. He was an incarnation of beauty. Indra, the chief of gods, eulogised the matchless beauty of Sanatkumāra on the earth. Two gods with some doubts in their minds came down to verify this statement. They saw him at bath and were delightfully charmed at his unparalleled beauty. Being asked by the king, they highly praised his beauty. Thus being elated with pride, Sanatkumāra said to them that they would see him thousand times more beautiful in the royal court. The gods at once formed a low estimate of him, because he himself, out of pride, highly praised his beauty. Afterwards they went to the royal court and being similarly questioned, replied, "Oh king, you do not appear so beautiful as you were at the bath. " They further convinced him of the truth of their statement. Thus the king felt remorse for his pride and then at once abandoned his royal wealth and possession. He then became an ascetic and strictly observed the great vows. He became free from the diseases which made him appear to the gods in the form of Brahmins, less beautiful. With the help of righteous conduct, he was re-born in higher birth (3rd Heaven) and eventually became a Siddha.
પ્રભુતાની અસ્થિરતામાં ગવ કેવો ?—
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૮ રૂપે ઇન્દ્રના જેવેા મનુષ્ય પણ કાલાન્તરે રેગેાથી વિરૂપ અને નિળ મની જતા પ્રત્યક્ષ જોવાય છે, અને રાજા પણ કાલાન્તરે રક થતા જોવાય છે, તે પછી ગર્વ કરવામાં શો અર્થ રહેલા છે ? ”—૩૯
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