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the twelve vows of w -Śravaka Dharma,-the duties of a Śravaka.
17. Therefore, O excellent man ! having realised the true nature of Sanyaktva, and not getting yourself enamoured of the path of ordinary people, endeavour carefully to accept Sampaktva which is a principle without comparison, and which is the essence of Right Belief and Right Knowledge.
On hearing these words of the Guru Mahārāja, Nayastra, with his two hands folded in the form of a lotus kept in front of his fore-head, bent forward under the burden of devotion, said reverentially “O Magnanimous persons ! Why do you instruct, thus, a man like myself, who is actually like a boast, where it extremely incompetent, who is devoid of intellect, and who is engrossed uninterruptedly in evil deeds."
The Guru said “O excellent man, I Do not say 80. Your oomplete fitness becomes evident from some of your visible signs. Otherwise, how can we, who happened to come into this terrible forest, who were lost from our traok and who were extremely exha usted, at all be seen by you? Even if we were at all seen, how car you expect the unusual rejoicing with bristling of hair on seeing us, like beloved persons seen after a long time, or how can you expect the thought of giving to us who were overwhelmed by hunger and thirst, the food prepared and brought for you at dinner-time? Persons devoid of religious merit, can never have such a way of thinking, and homeless wandering persons like ourselves, can hardly come within the range of sight of such persons. Is it ever possible to have a mine of jewels in the house of a beggar or a pete Kalpa Vrikşa,--the Wishing Tree,-in a sandy waste, or a lotus blossom on a dry piece of land ? Why, therefore, my worthy sir ! there cannot be a fitness for true religion in you, indicated by such completeness of materiale with you? Such materials are only certainly possible, mder the influence of religious merit, for persons desirous of Moksh You have acquired a birth in Arya-Kşdtræ på , a apotlomu
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