Book Title: Agam 31 Chulika 01 Nandi Sutra Sthanakvasi
Author(s): Devvachak, Amarmuni, Tarunmuni, Shreechand Surana, Trilok Sharma
Publisher: Padma Prakashan

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________________ LELE LE LE LE VE V6 45 45 46 46 45 46 46 46 45 46 46 46 46 46 465555 55 卐 everything intact accepted the delivery. When he reached home, opened the bag and found brass coins he cursed his luck. He filed his complaint with the court., The judge summoned the merchant also. With both parties present he asked the complainant about how many years had passed since he deposited the bag with the merchant? The man informed that five years had passed. The merchant also confirmed this statement. Now the judge examined the brass coins and found that they had been made recently; at the most one back. The merchant was caught in his deceit and was punished. The gold coins were returned to the rightful owner. 45 卐 45 誓 While he was still thinking about it he came across some 555 gamblers. During conversation when he told about his problem the gamblers assured him that they will help him recover his wealth from the mendicant. They gave him instructions and left. Next day they dressed themselves in ochre robes and disguised as mendicants 45 went to that mendicant. They requested him-"We have these gold 卐 95 卐 F 5. The Mendicant-Once a person deposited one thousand gold coins with a mendicant and went out on tour. A few days later he returned and asked for his coins from the mendicant who resorted to biding time. Even after a considerable time when the mendicant did not return the coins the man started searching for some way to recover his wealth. pegs which we want to deposit with you for safe keeping. We are going out of the town on a tour and our problem is that we have no place to keep these costly pegs. You are a saint, and a truthful individual and have no fondness for wealth. What better person can we find than you." year While the talks were going on the former depositor came there according to the plan. He said "Revered once, please give me back my bag of one thousand gold coins that I had deposited with you before going on tour." The mendicant thought that if he refused now, a scene would be created and these mendicants will not deposit their highly valuable pegs with me. He at once returned the gold coins to the man in order to impress the disguised mendicants with his honesty. The overjoyed man left for his home. Now the gamblers also left on some pretext. The mendicant realised that they had made a fool of him. 4 मतिज्ञान ( औत्पत्तिकी बुद्धि ) ( २११ ) Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only Mati-jnana (Autpattiki Buddhi) 0555555555555555555555555555 5 1 55 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 55 5 5 54455455 45 46 www.jainelibrary.org

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