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18. They praise their handsome pair of arms which are like an iron gate-bar to their own existence as a divine being or as a human being. They compare even their pair of plumpy thighs, which are very unclean, to the trunk of a plantain-tree (Musa Sapientum )
19. Thus, O beloved of the gods ! only those, whose minds are filled with the miraculous power of the God of Love deluding their minds, desire for the body of young females, which is the cause of unpleasantness.
20. Then, depending upon such a correct notion, who will engage himself in worldly pleasures ? Will any one following clever persons ever go along a wrong path !
21. You are in the first bloom of youth, you are possessed of incomparable beauty of form, you are an abode of prosperity and wealth, and you are also highly amorous, O worthy man ! You are certainly fit for religious duties.
22. You are, therefore, given such gem-like excellent preachings. Because, persons devoid of meritorious Karmas, do not ever aspire after the acquisition of færarafor-Cintamani, (a gem ful--filling all desired wishes of its possessor ).
23. When addressed thus by Guru, the Prince becoming actuated by an increasing sentiment of renouncement and with a heart full of devotion, said :
24. 0 Worshipful Master! Whatever you have said is conducive to the happiness of Final Emancipation; you, therefore, now give me the Dikşā which is faultless in every way.
Saying so, the Prince removed all the ornaments worn by himself, and the revered Guru gave him Bhāgavati Dikta in accordance with religious rites prescribed by the Jaina Siddhantas, and taught him the daily routine of religious practices. He then explained the nature of the wealth of self-restraint and taught him Sámāyika and other Sūtras.
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