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"O king! Since time immemorial, there have been many a world-conquerer, and there will be many such in future. Rishabhdev is the First Tirthankar' of the present line of twenty four Tirthankars; but he is first of a specific period.”
There was one old man 'Indrasharma? in his Religious Assembly. In reply to one of the doubts raised by him, Samaraditya explained how the soul falls into bondages of eight types of actions.
One young man with a view to embarass Samaraditya asked :
“Prabhu ! Vow and self-control are by pature painful. How can we 'get happiness from pain ?"
Samaraditya pitied the ignorance of the youth and explained :
“Brother ! When you become ill, do you eat all sorts of things ? Don't you stop taking sweets, sour eatables etc. ?
