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denotes properity in a real sense. Wealth is generally obtained by merits earned in the past, but with craving for more and ceaseless striving to gain it any how it means it is the outcome of great sins committed in the past.
The Illustration of King Ravan:
According to Pauma Chariyam (Jain Ramayan) written by Vimalacharya, 530 years after Lord Mahavir's Nirvana, story of Ravan runs as under:
Ravan began to observe 3 days fast in the temple of Shree Shantinath Bhagwan for obtaining Bahurupi Mantra-Vidya that ables to change over one's form into likeness of one's choice-be human, animal or of a celestial being. He meditated deeply, concentrating on the image of the Lord. He forgot the outside world. Two days of the fasting were over. On the third night, the presiding deity of the Vidya came to test Ravan's will. The deity created a scene of Ravan's wife Mandodari by the power of magic. Evil persons were seen outraging the chastity of Mandodari by discorbing her, but mighty Ravan remained unpurturbed. He accomplished his aim of obtaining Bahurupi Vidya. Here malacharya says in his Ramayan that had Ravan prectised the nance of three days fast, to get rid of bonds of karma, instead of
gaining a Vidya; he would have gained Kevalgnan, but as his object was different, his capacity to concentrate and do penance, earned for him Bahurupi Vidya. He misused it for harassing innocent persons and for possessing things that caught his fancy. Consequently, he went to hell after death.
What is required is to have a right goal before us. If ceremonials, recitation of mantra and Tapa are done for right purpose of destroying karmas, fruits that we shall gain will bring undreamt off benefits.
Tamali Tapas observed penance for sixty thousand years, yet he went to Heaven-Devlok only. If his aim was to destruct the karams, he would have got liberation. Just being equipped with capacity to do Aradhana is not enough, the purpose it is directed to is equally important, as it happened in case of Queen Mrigavati.
The Illustration of Mrigavati :
There lived a king named Shatanik in the city of Kausambi. He had a queen named Mrigavati. King Chandpradyot was his contemporary ruling in Ujjan. On seeing the protrait of exceptionally
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