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Keep the sad, unhappy, poor souls and your servants happy. Give great respect to elders of the family. Preserve mental happiness. Stay away from those circumstances which cause unhappiness. Fill your mind with lofty feelings of amity, delight,
compassion and equanimity. • Keep the company of noble souls. Character-Building through good reading :
Read good books covering the lives of tirthankars and valiant men ( trishashthi shalaka purush ), such as Kumarpal Maharaja, Vastupaal, Shripaal, Mayna Sundari, Samprati Maharaja, Pethad Mantri, Jagdushaa, Bhamashaa and so on's glorious live sketches, that are filled with purity and aid in enhancing virtues.
If such a beautiful character-building excercise continues throughout the nine months then ...,
Goddess of good fortune will come running and bless this fortunate lady with the good fortune of becoming a blessed mother."
And, we can say with certainty that the child to be born of such an alert and conscious mother-to-be will be in the days to come like a gem of the globe; a heart-throb of mother soil, an ornament of this universe and a bridal wear for madam earth.
It is life's great fortune to be born with a noble character by birth than to be merely born rich.
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