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APPENDIX No. 1.
Some events of the life of Nayasara are exemplary. He was the chief officer of a village, and as a servant of his king, he had gone to the forest principally with the object of having logs of wood cut and prepared for the king's use- & work involving the destruction of animal life; still, on account of his in-born virtues and the best usage of a house-holder, Nayasāra had the fanoy of giving food and drink to a mendicant at dinner-time, oven in an unfathomable forest. Although it was mid-day and Nayasāra was hungry, still, he was looking around with the idea of nurturing his fancy. The pious fancies of furcky persons sometimes bear fruit instantly. Nayagara meets with such worthy asoolios without the least trouble, in an unfathomable forest and gives them food and drink with a pure heart, full of joy.
Here, a combination of three circumstances happens; Nayasāra, liad a mind to give food and drink to the Sãdhus, the material to be given is ready and worthy ascetics had unexpectedly como. It becomes a medium of great profit i. e. Samyaktva to Nayasāra.
After taking his meals, Nayasāra had gone to the place where the Sädhus were resting themselves, he had requested theni to join their company for the purpose of showing them the way out of the forest, and he had personally shown them the road to the town. Here, the good virtuous qualities and the purity of the soul of Nayasāra, are put to a severe test. Had it been otherwise, even after giving food and drink materials to the Sådhus, he would not have gone to the Sadhus with a request to show them the way out, but on the contrary, the Sādhus would have been obliged to go to him with such a request or perhaps Nayasāra would not have gone personally but he would theve sent one of his servants with them. Notwithstanding that. he thought it to be a personal duty of his, to help them and aoted aocoringly. The quality or fan Vinaya-polite manners,
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