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

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________________ [ 43. 6. Gandhara; then he will become a god and withdrawing from the world before the Vidyadhara friar named Amarateja he will get the absolute knowledge and then salvation. 50 Then on hearing this, I got disgust of the world and reverted my senses from the prison of the world. Then taking permission of the father and the mother, I performed befitting things and withdrew from the world in the presence of Ganadhara Indradatta. This is then the cause of dejection." Gunasena then said: "Revered sir, my object is fulfilled; the cause of your dejection if quite fitting For, The effort of good men is only fit in that which is absolutely attainable by one when there is the eternal place and its way spoken by great sages. (69) Now what is that eternal place? And what is the way to attain it? Vijayasena said:-That is indeed the eternal place where living beings stay for a considerably long time;the living beings who are free from the taint of eightfold actions; who are free from birth, old age, death, disease, grief etc. and who possess the happiness of incomparable knowledge and revelation. This is the place, the Highest abode, the crest-jewel of the space of the universe fourteen Rajjus high, and spoken by omniscient sages; who are worshipped by gods and demons; who are the relatives of three worlds; and who are the oce an of all miraculous powers. [43] the way to attain it consisting of right belief, right knowledge and right conduct is laid down. It is settled by the duties of a householder and the duties of a friar. There the duties of a householder are twelvefold, viz. 5 Anu-Vratas,

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