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| The sight of the newly-initiated Lord
tions made by the Lord in his previous birth. This fact is illustrated in worldly life, too, sometimes, a businessman just moves his tongue and becomes a millionare, while another works day and night and tries to live up to the highest ideals, yet he is hardly able to keep his body and soul together. O readers, you might have now realized the secret of this. One has with him the balance of the good Karmas of his previous birth while the other is without any such balance to his credit. It is. therefore, said. “ As you sow, so shall you reap,” However, now with the aid of that Manah Paryaya Jnana he could know what was passing in the minds of all the creatures living in the two and a half continents and two oceans. Lord Mahavira, then, got ready to start from there.
THE SIGHT OF THE NEWLY-INITIATED LORD.
Let all those who are unable to obseve the austere ceremony of initiation come forward with us to the park Jnata by name and see with their mental eyes the newlyinitiated lord and try to make their lives fruitful. On seeing the Lord ready to depart, people could not control themselves any longer, and tears flowed from their eyes. For a while despondency prevailed there. Our pen is unable to describe even partially the ocean of despair in which the people were plunged. Our pen is drowned in the streams of tears flowing fast from the eyes of the people. Let us however, proceed further.
Lord Mahavira, now taking the vow of kindness to all creatures, stood in the park named Jnata, in order to liberate the world. First, the gods and the family members bowed down to him and duly greeted him. Then the huge mass of
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