King Pradeshi and Keshikumar Diwakar Chitrakatha 054

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

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King Pradeshi and Keshikumar Shraman The king'sat down and asked
If soul is immortal O king! It is not do you mean that my O sage ! Do
just that I believe, it is, grand father who, like you believe that indeed, a fact. Soul is me, loved violence body and soul not destroyed when
must have gone to are separate ?
the body is destroyed. Soul is immortal.
hell after his death.
Yes! Those who commit violence go only to hell.
But he never came back to tell me, "Son, I suffer the bitter fruits of violence. Therefore, you should not indulge in violence." Had he said so I would have
accepted your doctrine.
O king! Consider this. There is some great criminal and you have
caught him after great effort. You sentence him to death and he requests
you to leave for some time so that he could go and tell his family members to avoid the crimes that he committed.
Would you leave him ?
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Not at all. Such a criminal cannot be allowed
to go.
When a sinner
goes to hell the guardians of hell torture him gravely. They do
LW not allow him to go anywhere even for
a moment.
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