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21. When your body grows old, and your hair turns white, the power of your ears decreases, Gautama, be careful all the while !
22. When your body grows old, and your hair turns white, the power of your eyes decreases. Gautama, be careful all the while !
23.When your body grows old, and your hair turns white, the power of your nose decreases.
24. When your body grows old, and your hairs turns white, the power of your tongue decreases.
25. When your body grows old, and your hairs turns white, the power of your touch decreases.
26. When your body grows old, and your hairs turns white, all your power decreases.
27. Despondency, the king's evil, cholera, mortal diseases of many kinds befall you; your body wastes and decays; Gautama, be careful all the while !
28. Cast aside from you all attachments, as the (leaves of ) a lotus let drop off the autumanal6 water, exempt from every attachment, Gautama, be careful all the while !
29. Give up your wealth and your wife; you have entered the state of the houseless; do not, as a were, return to your vomit; Gautama, be careful all the while !
30. Leave your friends and relations, the large fortune you have amassed; do not desire sthem a second time; Gautama, be careful all the while !
31. There is now no Jina, but there is a highly esteemed guide to show the way; now being on the right path; Gautama, be careful all the while !
32. Now you have entered on the path from which the thorns have been cleared, the great path; walk in the right path; Gautama, be careful all the while !
33. Do not get into an uneven road like a weak burnedbearer; for you will repent of it afterwards; Gautama, be careful all the while !
34. You have crossed the great ocean; why do you halt so near the shore ? make haste to get on the other side; Gautama, be careful all the while !
| SR No. | 023278 |
| Book Title | Lord Mahavira Vol 03 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | S C Rampuria |
| Publisher | Jain Vishva Bharati Institute |
| Publication Year | 2001 |
| Total Pages | 232 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 20 MB |