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[ Use of Avadhi-Janana by Mahavir in womb
during the life time of my parents. Although, considering the pain of human life and its value this bargain would cost me very dearly. Still I can think of no other means better than this to repay my parents for the affection and benevolence that they have showered upon me.
Here we would attract the attention of the readers and request them to mark the ideal conduct of an ideal child. He discarded the very ideal of his consecration, the consecration which is the only object of one's life, so long as his parents were alive; with this consideration only that he might please them and make them happy during their life time. And why not he was to be one of the greatest man of this holy land of India in the near future. That is the reason why he regarded the mother higher than earth and father higher than heaven; and by means of his Avadhi Jnana he decided about his consecration while he was still in the womb. He knew perfectly well that life, strength, learning and fame grow only when one tries by all means to please his parents and those persons who are superior to him in knowledge, righteousness, learning, experience and character. The reader cannot find an example of love and devotion better than this. After taking bis birth, Lord Mahavira left no stone unturned to please his parents. Thus we should know that it is the duty of every child to please his parents, to carry out their wishes and to serve them most sincerely. On the contrary, it is a sin not to obey their orders. But, how should we describe those children of today, who quarrel with their parents, fight against them or call them bad names. They should pause and think for themsleves what bitter fruit they shall have to taste for their filthy words and sinful deeds. We can only point out that this action of theirs is highly
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