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they cannot even maintain. The state wants to snatch away everything from the subjects, while the subjects want to shake the very foundation of the state. The very current of mutual love has dried up in both; none believes the other even to a small extent. To put in a nutshell, there are so many anxieties that sleep, hunger, smile, and happiness have disappeared into the air so to say. If, therefore, we want to attain peace and happiness, we must try return home; for them alone we can improve this life as well as the next by reviving the arts and sciences which are almost dead. If not, we are already in the mid-current.
Rishabha Devajee was the first man in this Avasarpini to bring into existence various kinds of arts, sciences, characters, and castes in this world for the purpose of making this and the next world better. Not only did he originate them, but he also developed them to the highest degree in the period of 63 lacs of Purvas. After that, he made his eldest son Bharata, the king of Vanita, and Bahubali the ruler of Takshasila. The rest of his kingdom was divided among his other sons. The regions which they got were named after their rulers-for instance, the Angadesa, Bangadesa, Magadhadesa etc. Rishabha Devajee had one hundred sons who were very strong, brave, beautiful and learned and two daughters whose names were Brahmi and Sundari. Thus placing the burden of Government of his kingdom upon the shoulders of his eldest son and making his other sons rulers of different regions, he busied himself in giving donations continuously for one year. He gave whatever was begged from him. No body returned with his desires unfulfiled. After that, king Rishabha-Devajee accepted consecration on the
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