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ILLUSTRATION OF RED-HOT IRON
251. Replying to the argument of king Pradeshi, Keshi Kumar Shraman said
"O Pradeshi! Have you ever seen the red-hot iron or have you ever heated iron yourself in the fire ?'
Pradeshi replied "Yes Sir."
Then Keshi Kumar Shraman said-"O Pradeshi! Does the iron become completely fire-like when heated or does it not become so ?" Pradeshi replied - "Sir ! It becomes.”
Keshi Kumar Shraman asked-"O Pradeshi ! At that time does any hole or suchlike appear in the iron through which the fire entered the iron."
Pradeshi replied "Sir! There is no suchlike thing. No hole appears in the iron."
Keshi Kumar Shraman then said "Similarly Jiva (soul) is also of uncontrollable movement. It enters through the earth, the heavy stone and suchlike from outside. So you have the belief that soul and body are different."
२५२. तए णं पएसी राया केसीकुमारसमणं एवं वयासी
अत्थि णं भंते ! एस पण्णा उवमा, इमेण पुण मे कारणेणं नो उवागच्छइ
अत्थि णं भंते ! से जहानामए केइ पुरिसे तरुणे जाव सिप्पोवगए पभू पंचकंडगं निसिरित्तए ?
हंता,
पभू ।
जति णं भंते ! सो च्चेव पुरिसे बाले जाव मंदविन्नाणे पभू होज्जा पंचकंडगं निसिरित्तए, तो णं अहं सहेजा जहा - अन्नो जीवो तं चेव, जम्हा णं भंते ! स चेव से पुरिसे जा मंदविन्नाणे णो पभू पंचकंडगं निसिरित्तए, तम्हा सुपइट्टिया मे पइण्णा जहा - तं जीवो तं
चेव ।
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