Book Title: Danvir Manikchandra
Author(s): Mulchand Kishandas Kapadia
Publisher: Mulchand Kisandas Kapadia

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________________ दानवीरका स्वर्गवास । [ ८७७ The 'Digamber Jain' of Surat has brought out an obituary number giving a brief life sketch of the Philanthrophic Seth and a pathetic poem extolling his deeds and virtues and has enclosed a good portrait of the deceased. Death has no power th' immortal soul to slay, That, when its present body turns to clay, Seeks a fresh home, and with unlessened might, Inspires another frame with life and light. Souls cannot die. They leave a former home. And in new bodies dwell, and from them roam Nothing can perish, all things change below, For spirits through all forms may come and go. Good beasts shall rise to human forms, and men, If bad, shall backward turn to beasts again. Thus, through a thousand shapes, the soul shall go,. And thus fulfil its destiny below. 66 · Jain Gazette" (Lucknow) July 1914. 噪 * हाय ! जैनसंसारके भाग्याकाशका चमकता हुआ तारा टूट पड़ा ! ! ! समाचार तो केवल इतना ही है कि जैनसमाजके प्रसिद्ध दानी और मान्य श्रीयुत सेठ माणिकचन्द्रजी जे. पी. अब इस संसार में नहीं हैं। पर हाय ! कैसा भयानक, कैसा लोमहर्षण समाचार ! एक महान आत्मा बातकी बात में चल बसा ! जिसका स्वप्न में भी मान नहीं था, वह बात आँखों के सामने आ उपस्थित हुई ! जैनसमाज वैसे ही तो दुर्बल है, उसे अभी उठने तककी भी तो शक्ति प्राप्त नहीं हुई कि उसे हाथका सहारा देकर उठना सिखानेवाला ही एकाएक गायब ! जैनसमाज अभी थोड़ा भी कष्ट उठा लेने को तैयार Jain Education International For Personal & Private Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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