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247. Keshi Kumar Shraman said to king Pradeshi
“O Pradeshi ! Imagine that after taking bath, applying auspicious symbols, wearing wet dhoti (cloth covering lower half of the body) and holding a pot and incense stand in your hand, you enter a temple. At that time a sweeper (who cleans the toilet and picks up the human waste) standing in the toilet tells you—'O my master ! Please come and sit down, stand up or lie down here for a moment, then O Pradeshi ! Can you accede to the request of that person (the sweeper) for a moment ?"
Pradeshi replied—“Reverend Sir! It is not possible. I shall not accede to his request."
Keshi Kumar Shraman asked—“Why is it so ?”
Pradeshi replied—“Reverend Sir ! It is because that place is unholy. It is full of dirty things (material).”
Keshi Kumar Shraman then said—“O Pradeshi ! Same applies to the present case. Your grandmother who lived in Seyaviya town was a religious lady; she was devoted to religious order and followed her life according to the religious principles. According to our belief, she accumulated plenty of auspicious karmas and took re-birth in heaven (as a god). You are the affectionate grandson of that lady. Your grandmother desires to visit this human world soon but cannot come.
O Pradeshi ! Due to four reasons, the newly born gods, desiring to visit this world inhabited by human-being, are not able to come here. The said four reasons are as under
(1) The newly born gods become deeply engrossed, deeply attached and deeply absorbed in the enjoyments and pleasures of heaven (engrossed in sensual desires and objects of the five senses). As such they do not get attracted toward sensual pleasures and enjoyments of the human world: they don't attend to these pleasure. and they do not desire them. Since they cannot discard the sensual pleasures and enjoyments of heaven, they are not able to come to the human world although they have such a desire (to come here).
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- केशीकुमार श्रमण और प्रदेशी राजा
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Kesht Kumar Shraman and King Pradesh
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