Harikesh Bal Diwakar Chitrakatha 049

Author(s): Nityanandsuri, Chidanandmuni, Shreechand Surana
Publisher: Mahavir Seva Trust Mumbai

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Hurikesh Bal
The chief priest pointed at the ascetic and said
See the divine influence TOYYYYY
of ascetic Harikesh Bal
from the Shvapak clan. INTYY SHOP
Even gods are in his
attendance. E D
IE
All around Varanasi people talked about thisBrother ! Did you
Yes, brother ! What
the ascetic has said is, see the power of
indeed, true. It is not the austerities. Ascetic Harikesh Bal from
clan but the austerities
and conduct that is the Shvapak clan is
important in life. Man is revered today even
great for his austerities by gods.
and good deeds and not due to his clan.
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TAAVAVA
After this incident, Rudradev, the state priest, along with his yajna-priests, teachers, and students came to ascetic Harikesh Bal in the Tinduk forest and asked
O great ascetic venerated by gods ! Please tell us what is the true yajna ? How do we perform that yajna ? What are the places of merits, donation to whom leads to well-being ? What is 01
the definition of a true Brahmin ?
O Brahmins ! Consider your soul to be the sacrificial-pyre of the yajna. It is filled with the fire of
austerities. The offerings are pious thoughts and deeds. A person endowed with pious conduct and discipline
is called a true Brahmin.
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# In ancient times the people of this clan cooked and ate dog-meat.
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