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KARAKAŅDACARIU
not like you, O king."" Then what are they like ? " " Their bair and beards are shaved, they are dressed in yellow robes, they are not attached to family or tribe, they are like clouds torn by wind or the moon's orb freed from Rahu, and they dwell on Himalaya in the Nandamūla cave: such, o king, are the paccokabuddhas.” At that moment the king threw up bis hand and touched his head, and instantly the marks of a householder disappeared, and the marks of a priest came into view:
Three robes, bowl, razor, neodles, strainer, zone,
A pious brother those right marks should own.
The requisites, as they are called, of a priest became attached to his body. Standing in the air be preached to the multitude, and then went through the sky to the mountain cave Nandamula in the upper Himalaya.
Kalinga's king Karandu, Gandhara's Naggai, Pancala's ruler Durmukha, Videha's great Nimi, Have left thrones and lived the life of Brothers sinlessly.
Here the godlike forms they show Each one like & blazing fire: Bhaggavi, I too will go, Leaving all that men desire.
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2008
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Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
www.umaragyanbhandar.com
