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#(?) FTETET Arathi #: 11 166 al 1987 a U- t a (?) ifrat सिंहवाहिनी ऐरावती मान्मथी पमा पिंडीत्यादि सप्तदश पिंडीनां बंधाः कृताः. 17a चा रि उ सो ल ह दुय सं खि य उ चार्यः षोडश द्विकसंख्या द्वात्रिंशत्संख्याः. 18a. वी स वि मंड ल ई प या सि य इं अतिक्रांतं विचित्रं ललितं संचरं आलातकं आक्रांतं आकाशगामि इत्यादि संचारिभिविः स्थायिभिश्च प्रागुक्तलक्षणैरुद्धृतरनेकैर्नृत्यति.
VII. [ The death of Nrlamjasa brought about a change in Risa ha's outlook of the world. He thought that everything in the universe was impermanent, momentary, helpless, solitary; the soul has to pass through a series of births and deaths, and experience sufferings, commits sins and thus prolongs his wanderings in samsāra. If the soul therefore wants to secure his good, he should first stop doing sinful activities so that his stock of already acquired acts does not increase, and he should practise penance in order to exhaust the stock of old acts. Thus thinking, Risaha decided to renounce the worldly life Gods at this juncture arrived there to encourage him in his resolve and requested him to propagate the Jain doctrine. Risaha then put his son Bharata on the throne of Ayodhyā, gave Poyanapura to Bahu bali, and sat in a palanquin to leave the worldly life. This event was celebrated by gods with their presence on the earth. Risa ha was followed by his aged parents and by his wives and his ninety-nine sons. He then went to the forest, sat on a slab of stone, and pulled out five handfa ls of hair. The hair was received by Indra in a jewelled plate and were disbursed in the milk-ocean. He then took the five great vows and became a naked monk.]
1. 11 gaz sau 3 Tours, a person over whom salt is passed by women, i. e., one who is so much loved by women, is taken down on a grassbed on his death. It refers to the practice of passing salt over the body of a person that is dear to them by women in the house. It also refers to the practice of taking down the dead body from its usual bed and of placing it on straw.
2. 6a पण्णारहखेत्तुब्भव, born in fifteen कर्मभूमिs, i. e., five in भारतवर्ष, five in ऐरावतवर्ष, and five in विदेह. It is in one of the कर्मभूमिs that a man is able to attain any state after death as a result of his acts. 12 faecu afer, activities of mind, body and speech ( fratoj afr ).
7. 11-12 qų iffa etc.--If a person, i. e., a Brahmin, can obtain emancipation by eating the flesh of animals and by drinking wine, what is the use of Dharma ? Wait upon a hunter (who does exactly the same things.)
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