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apparent? You have acted very wisely that you took this vow. I am also desirous of having that vow, you, therefore, do me the favour of giving me Dikṣā. He, there-upon, initiated Thavara into his Order of Mendicants, and Thavara was then busy with his religious duties. He was very firm in practising most difficult penances, but his true knowledge was occluded by false belief. He died after completing an age-limit of thirty-four hundred thousand purva years.
Fifteenth Previous Bhava.
After death, the soul of Marici, was born during the fifteenth previous Bhava of Śramana Bhagavan Mahavira, as a magnificent god in ataca Brahma dəva-loka.
Let it be remembered that the soul of Marici became a wandering mendicant for six future lives on account of his fondness for the doctrine of a fat Tridandi,-an ascetic bearing a triple-staff invented by his own in-born intellect. Besides, he was born in families of beggars, Brahmaņas (with begging proclivities), and other low families, caused by the evil influence of a Nica Gotra Karma,-a Karma inducing birth in low families-on account of his boasting for his noble family.
Therefore, on seeing the evil consequences of propagating against the Teachings of the Tirthankaras, and of boasting for noble birth, O wise devout persons! leave off for ever, the wicked practice of propagating against the teachings of the Tirthankaras and of boasting for noble birth.
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