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Vol. XXXV, 2012
Rșidattācaritra-samgrahaḥ
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the penance without fraudulence, and once they went to the city of Bhadrilāpura that was purified by the birth of Sītalanātha Bhagavāna. There they acquired the Kevalajnāna, and attained the supreme state (parama-pada), after suffering consequences of the non- murderous actions.
In the concluding part of this story there is the religious instruction, insisting that giving up the worldly life and making to penance plays an important part, that the rule of action is invariable, that one should keep away from evil actions, that it only after adopting the religious initiation that true benefit of Dharma can be acquired by the person who has realized the wordly life as transitory. This conclusion narrating the quiescence (upa gives prominence to the sentiment of quietism (śāntarasa). From the overall point of view, the poet has narrated the incidents interestingly, and with variety.
ऋषिदत्ता चरित्र संग्रह : संपादिका : साध्वी चंदनबालाश्री प्रकाशक : भद्रकर, प्रकाशन : अहमदाबाद पृ. : ७४ + ३६२ वर्ष : २०११ my : 800/
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