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himself the meritorious Karma of being born as a Cakravartin during his next life.
With regard to the reward of meritorious deeds done in previous lives, calebrated Acarya Śrimān Haribhadra-sūriśvaraji Maharaja writes in the seventh adhyaya namcd Dharma-phala Vidhi, of his famous work for Dharma Bindu as follows:
यथा - विशिष्टं देवसौख्यं यच्छिवसौख्यं च तत्परम् । धर्मकल्पद्रुमस्येदं फलमाहुर्मनीषिणः ॥ ३ ॥
Yatha-Visistam dévasaukhyam yacchivasaukhyam ca tat
param
Dharma-kalph-drumasyédam phalamāhu-r-manīsiņah.
1 Great sages say that the fruit of the Kalpa-druma (Wishing Tree) of Dharma (performance of meritorious acts), is the acquisition of the excellent happiness of divine life and superior to it, is (the acquisition of Śiva-sukha (the happiness of Moksa or Final Emancipation.)
द्विविधं फलमनन्तर परंपरा मेदादिति ।
Dvividham phalamanantara parampară bhédaditi
The fruit is of two kinds viz:-1 anantarama (following Immediately), and 2 parampară (Indirectly).
तत्रानन्तरफलमुपप्लवहास इति । तथा - भावैश्वर्यवृद्धिरिति ।
aur-safquefùfa !!
Tatrānantara phalamplavahräsa itil tatha-bhvaiśvarya vriddhirity tathājanpriyattvamiti !
The immediate fruit is upaplava-krāsa complete destruction of upaplava (misforture in the form of raga (love) and dvésa (hatred)
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