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Within a few days, in the last lap of the night the queen saw a young lion entering her mouth. Hearing about her dream the king cheerfully said, "Oh queen! As per the goddess' words, you are going to get an illustrious son, brave as a lion.”
In good time queen Sudar an gave birth to an extremely bright son. She was filled with joy and happiness. A celebration was held in the palace. Prisoners were freed and people were made content with gifts. The naming ceremony was arranged with great fanfare and the prince was named Puru asimha.
The prince was brought up in royal splendour. In time, he was trained in all kinds of skills and the arts by able teachers. This way, when he became young, endowed with all good qualities, his parents got him married with pomp and gaiety to eight extremely beautiful and well qualified princesses. Prince Puru asimha started spending his life happily amid all the worldly pleasures.
One day, Prince Puru asimha reached a garden near amkhapura for some pleasure. There he saw a c rya, named Vinay nanda, surrounded by monks at a beautiful spot. Seeing him his heart was filled with intense joy and he got goose pimples in excitement. He wondered who this great man was who, in full youth, has conquered lust (k madeva) and has become a rama a. Let me go to him and gain some special important knowledge from him about religion. He presented himself before the
c rya. After paying his respects he said to him, "Lord! Though I have understood that this world is meaningless, all the worldly pleasures are insipid, perfection over karmas extremely difficult, yet would you kindly tell me as to which religion is capable of (helping us) cross the ocean of worldliness?”
Very happy with the question of the prince, c rya Vinay nanda said, “Oh gentle one, you are blessed that despite possessing incomparable form and youth your mind has the curiosity for religious matters. From the aspects of sacrifice / giving, conduct, austerity, dharma is of four types. D na (giving) is also of four types - giving of knowledge ( nad na), giving protection from fear (abhaya -d na), gift of the right path (dharmo-pagrahad na) and gift of compassion (anukamp d na). Dharma has a second category - conduct. Adherence to the five
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