Bharat Chakravarti Diwakar Chitrakatha 035

Author(s): Jinottamsuri, Shreechand Surana
Publisher: Mahavir Seva Trust Mumbai

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Bharat started thinking
Without the ornaments is the body deprived of its
grandeur? Let
me see?
BHARAT CHAKRAVARTI
He lifted his crown from his head and looked into the mirror
The head has also lost
its
grandeur.
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One after another he discarded all his ornaments and kept looking at the mirror. After discarding all his ornaments he finally observed his reflection
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The stream of Bharat's thoughts turned inwards and he started pondering over the ephemeral nature of the body
This body, the store of excreta, has no beauty of its own. Everything is an illusion, a
false imagination.
Indeed, the body looks as bare as a tree without leaves. Is the outer embellishment the basis of this beauty? Do I pride upon just this illusion of beauty created by
dress and ornaments?
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