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Poetical Biography of Śri Vijayadharma Sūri
most liberally bestowed on her, and thus thought it her duty to comply with the author's wish of writing an introduction to the Dharma Jīvana Pradīpa. Though she is not a profound connoisseur of Gujarati poetry, such as this task would require, still her zeal to show her gratitude to the author, and her sincere admiration for Jaina religion, Jaina asceticism, and particularly the hero of this book, may be considered as an excuse for her audacity.
May the beautiful words come true which another of Mahātmā Vijaya Dharma Sūri's disciples wrote, out of the depths of his devoted heart :
भवतु भवतु लोके सौख्यवृद्धिः समन्तात्
चलतु चलतु कालः प्राणिनां सत्यतश्च । हरतु हरतु पापं श्रीजिनेन्द्रस्य पन्था
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