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[A brief life-sketch of Jambu-Svami
could not but leave their own thoughts of attachment there and then. They throw away the bundles of precious stones from their heads, praised self-restraint from the bottom of their hearts and decided it the next moment. Hardly had they made this decision when their feet were suddenly unfastened from the ground. This third occurrence strengthen. ed their decision about adopting the vow of self-restraint still more firmly. When the newly-wedded brides saw this strange occurrence with their own eyes and heard about it from the thieves, they too decided to renounce the world. Their kinsmen followed suit. Kumara's relatives likewise made up their minds to follow in his footsteps. Thus the number of those who wanted to abopt self-restraint rose upto 527. All of them went to Svami Sudharma and accepted consecration at his feet.
Such is the influence of a great soul. This short life-ske. tch of Jambu-kumara tells us what change can be wrought in this world by one resolute and spiritually enlightened Soul. Before marrige, Jambu was the only man who was desirous of adopting self-restraint. But after marriage, he was joined with 526 men and women all anxious to adopt self-restraint. This was the result of his ideal sacrifice of wealth amonuting to 99 crores of rupees and his most beauti. ful eight wives. Jambu Muni ! Surely you were a great soul born in the family of a wealthy man. To reap 527 times profit from your worldly wealth by laying it out for trade with the next world is the work of such great souls only as you. We are inspired by your life even to-day. Indeed you are to be praised.
After his consecration, Jambu Svami exhausted the rest
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