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प्रभृतयो यज्ञविशेषा मन्तव्याः । सयूपो यज्ञ एव हि क्रतुरुच्यते, यपरहितस्तु दानादिक्रियायुक्तो यज्ञ इति । स्वः- स्वर्गः, तत्र राज्यानि । जयतिउपार्जयतीत्यर्थ इति । तथा मन्त्रैरिन्द्रादीनामाह्वानं देवास्तित्व एवोपपद्यते, अन्यथा वृथैव स्यात् । इन्द्रादीनां मन्त्रपदैराह्वानमेवमवगन्तव्यम्'इन्द्र ! आगच्छ मेधातिथे मेषवृषण " इत्यादि । तस्माद् युक्तितो वेदवाक्येभ्यश्च सन्ति देवा " इति स्थितम् । तदेवं छिन्नो मौर्यपुत्रस्य भगवता संशयः ॥ ३३५ ॥ ( १८८३ )
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D. C. — It has been laid down in the Sāstras that
"Uktha sodas'i prabhriti kratubhir yathās'ruti Yama-SomaSurya-Suraguru-svārājyāni jayati etc. Sentences like this, lead to prove the existence of gods. But they would prove themselves good-for-nothing, if the existence of gods is denied.
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Similarly, the invocation of gods such as Indra etc. by means of mantras which indicate the existence of gods would also become futile if there were devabhava The sentences of the Vedas establish the existence of gods in one way or the other. 11 335 ( 1883 ).
The doubt of Mauryaputra is thus removed by the preceptor.
छिन्नम्म संसयम्मी जिणेण जर मरणविप्पमुक्केणं ।
सो समणो पड़ओ अहि सह खंडियस एहिं ॥ ३३६॥ (१८८४) Chinnammi samsayammi Jinena jara-maraṇavippamukkeṇam So samano pavvaio addhuṭṭhehim saha khandiyasachim 1336 [ छिन्ने संशये जिनेन जरा - मरणविप्रमुक्तेन ।
स श्रमणः प्रवजितोऽचतुर्थैः सह खण्डिकशतैः ॥ ३३६ ॥ (१८८४) Chinne samśaye Jinena jara-maraṇavipramukte na Sa śramanah paavrajito'rdha caturthaih saha khandikaśatain ॥36॥ Trans. - 336 When the doubt was removed by the Tirthar - kara who was entirely free from old age, and death, that saint accepted diksā along with his three hundred and fifty pupils. (1884) End of the Discussion with the Seventh Gaṇadhara,
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