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PRINCE MEHA
119 71. Thereupon the reverend Elders seeing that Friar Meha had come to death, left his body as was meet on extinction. They took his religious equipment' and came to the Ascetic Lord Mabávíra, and said, "Truly, beloved of the gods, your disciple Friar Meha, gracious by nature, obedient, getting leave from you, beloved of the gods, (down to), in due course has come to his death. Here is the religious equipment of Friar Meha, 0 beloved of the gods.
72. Then the Lord Goyama said to the Ascetic Lord Mahávíra, "Truly Sir, whither has gone, where has been reborn Friar Meha who in bis death-montb has come to death ?”.
"Truly, Goyama, my disciple Friar Meha bas been reborn as a god in the great paradise, Vijaya.”
“Sir, whither will this Meha go, where will he be reborn when he sinks from that gods' world "?
“Goyama, in the country of Mahavideha, he will accomplish his end, become, enlightened, extingipshed and will reach an end of all his sorrows."
73. Truly Jambú, this is the matter of the first chapter of the Náyáņi preached by the Ascetic, Lord Mabávíra for reproaching one's self,
End of the First Chapter The preceptors urge on with sweet and kind words their disciple when erring somewhere just as Mahávíra did Friar Meha. (Chapter I of Vol. I of the Náyáuhammakahá.)
1. Which he himself had laid aside before death.
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