Bhavana Sataka

Author(s): A S Gopani, Dharmshila Mahasati, Girishkumar P Shah Pandit
Publisher: Labhubhai P Mehta

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पिता यस्याऽभूस्त्वं तब स जनकोऽभीक्ष्णमभवत् , प्रिया या सा माता सपदि वनिता सैव दुहिता । कृता चै भ्रान्त्वा जगति बहुसम्बन्धरचना, भवेऽप्येकत्रासन् द्विगुणनवबन्धाः किमपरे ॥२२॥
Meaning :- The son of the present birth of whom you are the father was in the previous births once your father. The present wife of whom you are the husband was once your mother in one of your past births. And the daughter of yours at present was once your beloved wife at some time in the past. You will but be surprised if you were only to remember your past relations which you formed at one time or the other previously in course of your wanderings in this worldly cycle. They are simply strange enough, suffice it to say. This give formed relationships of eighteen types merely in one present birth, as is illustrated by the famous story of Kuberadatta and Kuberadatta described in the Jain scriptures, what then to tell of the other births of the past ? (21)
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