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gives to the deserving, food and drink with affection, or gives food to the poor and hungry through compassion, and who, at last, gives up his breath in penance with a steady mind, who observes all these difficult Anuratas, Gunavratas and Silzīvratas, he, being coretous of the face of the bride eternity, shall obtain a succession of happiness.
24. The religion of the householders is like this, oh king : This is what the great sages of yore have declared. Listen, oh king, to the five Pows of the ascetics where not a single fault is admissible. Who gives protection to the mobile and the immobile creatures, he enjoys pleasures by innumerable lakhs. Who does not tell a false story eren for amusement, he out-wits the preceptor of gods in oratory. Who never misappropriates the wealth of others, be makes the mind of the lord of gods anxious. Who observes the ninefold celibacy, he attains the boundless happiness of salvation. Who avoids the two-fold worldly possessions, he crosses the great ocean of metempsychosis. Whoerer holds the basic qualities, oh king. is embraced by the bride salvation. The secondary qualities of the sages are so many that no one is able to survey them, oh king. I have told you, ob lord of men, the dharma, pleasant to the ears, which stands two-fold. Wbicherer person observes, according to his ability, these five vows, ob king, courts the golden and immortal, proud maid salration, and he, without doubt, becomes her lord.
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Here ends, in the life of the great king Huraka nau, composed by Ange Kurakamara, Fluich is an
ornament to the ears of the holy and slich presents the richness of the fruit of the denire-girlog tree of the five auspicious rites, the ninth chapter called the
listening to a religious discourse by Karakanda
BECTION IX.
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Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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| SR No. | 034918 |
| Book Title | Karkanda Chariu |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Kankamar Muni |
| Publisher | Karanja Jain Publication |
| Publication Year | 1934 |
| Total Pages | 364 |
| Language | Sanskrit, Hindi |
| Classification | Book_Devnagari |
| File Size | 33 MB |