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Visakhānandi and with the object of showing that he possoused more strength than what he had at the time of telling down fruits from a wood-apple tree by a blow with his fist, he made an exhibition of his strength by taking hold of the cow by her borns and tossing her up in the air.
Visvabhūti Munt, then, had an evil emotion of taking revenge on Višākhānandi on account of the jokes practised at him, and he made the following firm determination:- "By the supernatural power of my severe penance, may I become very powerful in my future lives, and may 1 kilt Visakbānandi. * Then having led an ascetic Hfe for a long time and having died without expiating for the sin of having made up the resolution of killing Visakhānandi, the pious Muni was born as a god in Sukra déva-loka during the seventeenth bhava.
He was born as a Vasudéva during the eighteenth bhava as a result of the niyāgu done during his previous bhava.
Visvabhūti Muni became very angry, and he consequently made up his resolution of killing Visakhānandi. Now, let us inquire about Mohaniya Karma in relation to spiritual stages. Jaina sådhus are in the sixth and the seventh spiritual stages. The sixth spiritual stage is called tudagurfer Pramatta Samyata Guga-ethanata spiritual stage for negligent ascoties. Ascetics possessing slightly destroyed, and subdued that Samyaktva, Right Belief-are under the influence of one bundred and forty-eight forms of the eight kinds of Karmas Including the twenty-eight forms of Mohaniga Karma (Deluding Karma).
It is po wonder that in the presence of all these Karmic Influences, passions such as anger, etc., do arise with the least approach of unclean ideas. People desirous of the welfare of the moal, should depend entirely on the immense preponderating force of the Soul. With the predominance of the influence of the Soul. passions become unsuccessful. But, instead of this, If the soul becomes enslaved by passions, there im a bondage of
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