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Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra
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Beyond Doubt
Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
Acharya Padmasagarsuri
He is also no less than a bull trying to fight Iravata, the elephant of Lord Indra and is like an elephant trying to destroy a mountain with its trunk. He is like a rabbit trying to play with the mane of a lion and is like a child placing its hand on the hood of the legendary Seshnaga2 to get hold of the gem on it. He is as foolish as the person who is trying to cross the river that is in spate with the help of a straw. He ought to knowखद्योतो द्योतते तावद्यावन्नोदेति चन्द्रमाः ।
उदिते तु सहस्त्रांशौ न खद्योतो न चन्द्रमाः ।।
that a firefly shines in the sky only as long as the moon does not rise, but when the sun rises neither the firefly nor the moon shines in the sky. I am as dazzling and famous as the sun and the scholars who, like the firefly have vanished in no time. My knowledge is infinite and also there is no branch of knowledge or scripture which I have not studied.
लक्षणे मम दक्षत्वम् साहित्ये संहिता मतिः । तर्फे कर्कशता अत्यर्थं, क्व शास्त्रे नास्ति मे श्रमः । ।
I am well-versed in all branches of knowledge, be it literature, logic, grammar, poetry, astrology, lexicography, medicine, philosophy or Dharma1, Artha2, Kama3, and Moksha4. I have studied deeply and gathered knowledge in all branches of study. I do not understand on what basis the person (Lord Mahavira) is contemplating to debate with me. I shall at once defeat him and teach a lesson of his life and shatter His pride to pieces. For a great scholar like me, nothing is impossible. There is no country unconquerable for a Chakravarty5 and nothing is impregnable for the thunderbolt. There is nothing that is unattainable by a determined sadhaka i.e.,
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