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CHAPTER 11
*** RAAFAANFASAGARA
THE PRESENT AVASARDIRI deterRL Rees ResRRURES Res Peso
THE FIRST ARA SUKHAMA-SUKHAMA.
he Sukhama-Sukhama Ara is the best of all the Aras. SEE In this Ara, Earth is covered with beautiful trees
and verdure. Its beauty is enhanced all the more by were the existence of innumerable mines of precious stones
o n its face; and the precious stones increase their so yield, the more the mines are worked out. It is on account of this that men of learning have styled our Indian land as "Ratna-garbha” (i. e. having jewels and precious stones in its womb ); and when we reflect upon the word and its connotation, we find that this name must not have been given to it without much thought and experience. Cool and gentle breezes laiden with sweet fragrance blow from all directions; things are found in abundance; no body feels an extreme passion for sensual pleasures; wherever we cast a glance we notice the reign of peace and plenty and a natural sight peerless in its beauty. The features; of people born in
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