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286 most powerful scion of the Raghu dynasty, Shri Ram had to go to the forest on the eve of his Coronation ceremony. The death of Vasudev Shri Krishna, the Lord of the Yadavas, took place by the striking of an arrow of a hunter called Jarakumar. Bhagwan Neminath went for the purpose of marriage but he renounced everything and .converted himself into a Shraman (Sadhu), afterwards he attained the place of a Tirthankar and started doing walfaer of every one. To try to undo destiny is such a folly as is said in the case of a flamingo. When a flamingo goes to sleep at night, it keeps its legs towards the sky, thinking that if and when the sky will falls it will stop it with its legs.'
"Brother Vrudhdhdatt ! The fruits of action must be borne with a smiling face and steady mind. By struggling or by becoming unhappy or angry, a person is only caught in a net of bad actions.
