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of hands folded in the form of a lotus and held in front of his forehead, he narrated his auspicious fancies on seeing the trang formations in the clouds, and his final determination of following a true religlon, before the Guru Mabārāja.
The Gura Mabārāja then said, “O Great King ! Your intellect follows the path of wise persons. You have the good fortune of knowing the loopholes of Karman. The happiness of the wealth of Moksa (Final Liberation ) is now in your lotus-like hands that you have happily acquired such meritorious notions. O King ! People are of three kinds vis 1. Uttama (excellent) 2. Madhyama ( mediocre and 3. Jagbanya ( Low ), Out of these, excellent persons soon, after knowing the frailty of worldly objects by their own intellect, leave off their wives, sons, wealth etc. and lead the life of religious mendicancy which is beneficent in the next life, Mediocre people on the other hand, become attached to Jain Dharma with great difficulty, on experiencing the agonies of a great disease or the pange of unavoidable separation, While low people drowned in a variety of miseries donot, in any way, get themselves engaged in walking along the path of Fina! Emancipation, although they are drowned in a varlety of miseries, and afflicted with hundreds of misfortunes. Leaving aside the question of adopting religious duties on instruction with various words by the highly merciful Guru Mahārāja, they do not even have faith in the True Religion. Excellent persons cognizant of the peculiarities of Bhava, are naturally eligible for Dharma, while mediocre, and low people are not eligible. O illustrious man ! You are fit for the Dharma promulgated by the Tirthaikaras. Now, adopt it and make your life blessed. Wise man are never careless in accepting Cintamani ratna, and other precious articles after knowing the real nature of these objects. Life is Alckering like a drop of water, love is transitory like the colours of rainbow, the comellness of body, even if perfect, is fleeting like the movements of the ears of an elephant, youth is moving rapidly like the movements of a dry leaf set in motion by fierce wind, and wealth accu' ulated with immense trouble becomes the source of hundreds of misfortunes. Every one of these items is
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