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(Vikram 1472) on full moon night of the month of K rtika. Probably at the age of 15, in 1497 (Vikram 1487) in the month of M gha, his parents got him married to a girl named Sudar an, who was the daughter of
ha Odhava of roh town. They both had a son named P namacanda. Lok ha was an honest and principled person without any vices. He used to obey the commands of his parents even if they were very difficult. He was a voracious reader, and read many boo philosophy, renunciation, etc. Every day he used to meditate for hours and was keen on performing religious rites and rituals. Even after his marriage, sometimes he used to sit alone and contemplate - O Dear Man!
Il the things in the world are mortal. Every minute they keep changing their forms. O Consciousness! Time and again you are witnessing the change in the forms of birds, animals, human beings etc. Whom are you associated with from among these? Who belongs to you? What is your existence? What will accompany you? Just contemplate on all these questions. Now, a doctrine exists promulgated by an omniscient who won victory over the bodily passions to save the soul burning in the fumes of passion. Lok ha was very devout person both in mind and body. His writing was extremely beautiful. He migrated to Ahmadabad from his native place and started a small business there. Meanwhile he was acquainted with B daha Mahammada ha and the later realised that Lok ha was an objective and impartial person. So he appointed Lok ha as the treasurer in P a a. B da ha used to treat him like a friend. Hence he once again called him back to Ahmadabad posting him the treasurer of Ahmadabad in Vikram 1501. He commanded respect in the Royal court. In Vikram 1507, a frightened Mahammada ha resolved to flee to Diu harbour. When his son Jam la Kh na came to know about this, he killed his father by poisoning him and ascended the throne, changing his name to Kutubad na ha. This incident deepened the feeling of aversion towards the world, in the heart of Lok ha. He felt that everything was of transient nature in the world. On the outside, everything appears very beautiful, it is only superfluous; but the deeper you involve, the more inflicting it is. Being bound by the delusive love and attachment towards one's son, daughter or wife is ignorance. Contemplating thus he took the permission of his kith and kin and went to P a a in Vikram 1509. At an auspicious time, star and yoga on Friday, the bright 11th day in r va a month, between 8-30 and 10-00 A.M (Second Caughadiy of first Prahara), he took Yati initiation from Yatir Sumativijaya Mah r ja. In spite of his preceptor bestowing upon
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