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a fight. In a fight, thousands of soldiers of both the sides are killed. In ancient times, it was customary with the chief fighting kings to have a duel fight between themselves personally with the cbject of preventing the destruction of soldiers It is perfectly clear from this that heirs to the throne received a a training in all the tactics of war. 'l hese tactics were the source of their independence. Triprispha Väsudéve had an Intelligent and detailed knowledge of tactics of war during his young age.
People desirous of their own welfare or happiness by injuring otbers or destroying them, and attempting for destruction of others, are not mostly successful in their attempts. Because, in case if persons whom they are trying to injure, have an abundance of meritorious Karmas, they can do them no barm. But on the contrary, they themselves needlessly earn for themselves, a bondage of evil Karmas, and they are eventually destroyed in the long run. The evil intention of Prati-Vasudeva Ašvagriva, of killing Tripristha Vasudeva, was not succesful; but the wicked idea becomes the source of his own destruction.
The two personalities viz that of the lion killed by Tripristha Văsudeva, and the charioteer of the Vāsudéva, who did atonement for the dying lion, should be carefully remembered as they have some relation with the twenty-seventh Bhava of Śramapa Bhagavăn Ma hävira.
The ideal remedy of shedding previous Karmas, and of preventing the coming-in of New Karmas shown by the preaching of the eleventh Tirthankara Bhagavān Sri Śroyāṁsa-Năth given to Tripristha Vasudeva, when the Vāsudeva went to do homage to him, is worth meditating on, and fit to be seriously adopted in accordance with one's power of endurance as without it, the enchained Soul cannot consume previous Karmas, and cannot, bence, rise to a higher stage.
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