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2. The unbounded fortune of royalty bestowed upon Naravāhanadatta gave him no pleasure. Bearing in his heart the grief of his father the handsome one did not like any bodily enjoyments. Being struck with sorrow for his father in mind, the king, one day, casually came to the Kalinjara mountain pleasant to the hearts of Suras, Khecaras and good men. Agreeable to the eyes of Vidyadharcs and kinnaras, he entered a pleasant flower-garden. There he saw a great ascetic who created love for piety in tho minds of people, inspirod mutual confidence in born enemies, attracted even the minds of persons holding false beliefs, meditated upon the words of the supreme self and had banished far away all defilement and anger. He instantly set his mind upon the lotus-feet of the sage and then adored, with great devotion, the teacher who had made all people bow to his feet.
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3. “Oh foremost of the excellent sages, who bas caused the lords of serpents, gods and men to fall at his feet, have compassion on me, and tell me the pure essence of religion by which I might cross over the cycle of existence.” Then the worshipful one who was free from attachment and had firmly set his affection on the way to salvation, said " What is the good of talking much ? Bear in your heart the excellent Jino. Have always a charitable disposition, ob king, and make your mind absolutely pure. Having the five small vows on the top of his head, and bearing the heavenly Sikshū vartas and Guna vartas, whoever gives the fourfold alms vamely medicine, food, safety and knowledge, obtains, ob king, ample fortune abounding in all the fruits after the wish of his heart. Whoever, oh king, avoids eating by night and takes food observing silence, lives sportively in the heavenly mansions waited upon by hosts of nymphs.
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4. Laughing, by your comeliness, at the lords of men and gods, you should not feel sorrowful in your mind, oh king. By sorrow, a great karma is contracted and one does not obtain human birth. By enmity come a heart-attracting, affectionate wife dear to the eyes, pleasant children and dear brothers. All these come by one's enemical desires. Not being able to trouble in one birth, they entertain a desire, with a feeling of humiliation, “ May I be born in the next birth so that I might cause pain to him ". Listen, oh king, with steady mind, the story that was of old revealed by numerous sages. There is the famous and
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Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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