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તખક. 1
योगं परिचाययति
Nyaya-Kusumanjali
योगोऽयं परिकीर्त्तितो भगवता श्रीअर्हता विष्णुना माहात्म्यादिदमीयतोऽनवधितो निःशेषकर्मक्षयात् । आतिथ्यं नरकाssपदामुपगता घोराघसङ्घाततkoida-267e1fdagar arwana faâfaq || 26 ||
The co-operation of right knowledge and right conduct is spoken of as Yoga by the divine Arhat who pervades the universe. On account of the immense greatness of this Yoga, even persons like Chailateya and Dridhapraharin, who had become the guests of horrible hell on account of the series of terrible atrocities that they had committed, attained salvation by completely annihilating all the Karmans. (18)
Notes:-In this verse the author points out the importance and the inherent power of Yoga, in virtue of which even those persons who spend most of their life in wickedness succeed in attaining heaven, if not final liberation. To illustrate this, we give below the stories of Chilati-putra (Chailateya) and Dridhapraharin.
Chilati-putra.
There lived in the city of Rajagriha, a rich merchant named Dhana-sarthavaha. He had five legitimate sons and a daughter named Susama and an illegitimate son Chilati-putra, by his female serv
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