Parabels of Mahavir

Author(s): Harindranath Chattopadhyaya
Publisher: Shri Kiran Publishers

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THROUGH MARTYRDOM OF CRYING FLESH THE SPIRIT WALKETH FREE!
The princess, turned a slave-girl, slowly passed Into a shining saint in years to come: While Mahavir himself became a vast Eternity inside eternity Helping, in future, faltering feet to climb Darkling ascents of ignorance and time,
Here ends the parable
of The Impossible Vow.