Book Title: Samraiccha Kaha
Author(s): Madhusudan Modi
Publisher: Gurjar Granth Ratna Karyalay

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________________ 4 19. as well as the next; who though clever according to the standards of the world, are in reality bereft of the proper knowledge of the essence; who though disregardful of low pleasure, are not unattached to higher pleasure;- they (i.e.the high-ordinary)attach themselves, according to their mental fitness, to the mixed story which treats of both high and low after-lives; which imitates the nature of this world; which is accompanied with the sprinkling of all sorts of sentiments; and which generates varieties of mental conditions. The highest people, influenced by Sattva;-in whom is born non-attachment about birth, old age and death; whose mind has realized the blissful course even in the next birth; who are averse to the enjoyments of senses; who have left off sins even with their smearing; who know the real nature of the highest abode; and who have neared the attainment of absolution;-they (i.e. the highest) attach themselves to the religion-story; which is worth the admiration of the wise; which is the most elevated of all stories; and which is patronized by great men. Then I also thus will narrate the religion-story, consisting the celestial-temporal plot. And by the makers of the religious scriptures, whose attachment is stuck to the absolution with eternal bliss; to whom a straw, a jewel, a pearl, a clod of earth and gold all are of equal value; who have obtained the path to the Highest Abode; and who are devoted to benevolence to others even though the same is not done to them;-by them it is said: Through religion is the generation in the family; through religion is the attainment of celestial beauty;

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