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## Āgama Sūtra 39, Cheda Sūtra-5, 'Mahānishīth'
Study/Purpose/Sūtrāṅka Sūtra-1267-1269
As many as such mind-results occur, so many times the Lokāntika Devas request the Bhagavant - "O Bhagavant! You, the Dharma tīrtha, who benefits the beings of the world, please initiate (the path)." At that time, abandoning all sins, giving up the attachment to the body, abandoning the wealth of the entire world like a straw, they engage in the practice of the fourfold conduct, which is the essential cause of austerity and liberation, which is rare even for Indra, which is detached, intense, painful, extremely difficult, and excellent in the entire world. Sūtra- 1270-1274
And then, those who desire the happiness of this birth, who are desirous of rare things, even though they are desirous of things, cannot obtain them easily. O Gautama! Only as much as a drop of honey, only that much happiness can be obtained even after enduring suffering until death. How much is their ignorance? Or, O Gautama! You see directly the kind of humans who experience trivial, small happiness, which no human is willing to listen to. Some humans extract blood forcibly for the sake of crimson color, to strengthen the human body. Some make them do the work of a farmer. Some make them herd cows. Slavery, servitude, foot trade, various kinds of disciples, jobs, farming, commerce, life-giving, such painful, laborious, courageous tasks, poverty, lack of wealth, etc., and working from house to house. Sūtra - 1275-1278
Others, hiding themselves from others, walk making a "dhin-dhin" sound, walking with a naked, open body, experiencing the pain of not having clothes to wear, even those old, torn, and tattered clothes that are obtained with great difficulty, they wear and use those torn clothes, saying, "I will sew them today, I will sew them tomorrow." Even then, O Gautama! Understand clearly and explicitly that, abandoning the customs of the world and the work of relatives, abandoning enjoyment, enjoyment, and charity, etc., they eat bad food. Sūtra- 1279-1280
Running around, hiding, saving, accumulating wealth, even a small amount, for a long time, day and night, with anger, sending half, a quarter, or a twentieth of it. In some way, they accumulate wealth, lakhs or crores, over a long period of time. Where one desire is fulfilled, another immediately arises. But other desires are not fulfilled. Sūtra- 1281-1283
O Gautama! Such a desire for rare things and delicacy is obtained at the time of initiation into Dharma. But they do not hinder in the Karimba. Because where one has a morsel in his mouth, another comes and places a stick of wood near him, but does not even set foot there. And he plays with lakhs of women. Even such people, hearing about others who are more prosperous, desire to make their country independent and make their master obey their orders. Sūtra- 1284-1289
If they do not obey directly, then they make them obey by using the policies of Sama, Bheda, Dama, Danda, etc. How many things does he have, such as an army, etc.? To know his courage, he has him investigated through secret agents. Or, he goes alone, wearing his own clothes, in secret. After crossing large mountains, forts, forests, and rivers, after enduring many sorrows and pains for a long time, he reaches there, with a weak throat from hunger, with pain,
Muni Dīparatnasāgar Kṛt (Mahānishīth) Āgama Sūtra-Hindi Anuvāda
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