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जइ एवं ता पज्जुवासेमु पइदिणं मुणिजणं, एयं खु परमोवाया वंछियकज्जसिद्धीए, जो विहाइ निविडकम्मनिगडंपि हु मिददं दुग्गई । बहु कल्लाणचल्लिमुल्लासइ नासइ दुकखसंगई । बंछइ लच्छि पास घरिसप्पणु दप्पणु जिम पभासए मुणिजणसंगमेवि किं कि जणु जं नवि सोक्खु पासए? ॥१॥
If it be so, then, render service every day to muni-jada (best of ascetics; This, really, is the excellent remedy for the accomplishment of your wished-for object.
Because,
It (service rendered to a munl) breaks even the chain of dense Karmas; pierces also durgati (going to low existences) delights the creeper of happiness; dispenses with the association of misery; and wealth desires always to creep in at the side like an image on a bright mirror. Which ever to the happiness that a man does not get by association with manis ?"
The king very joyfully accepted the wording of the Guru Mahāraja just as a patient accepts the medicine prescribed by a physician or as a man strayed away from a path does a hint for a good path, or just as a thirsty man accepts the news about a big lake full of clear water; and having done respectful salutation to the Ācārya, he went home.
When both the princes of Naravikrama Kumāra, bewildered with hunger and thirst were sitting on a bank of the river, a cow-herd who had gone into the town for the sale of his curds and whey, came there On seeing the two boys who were as beautiful as a divine being and who were crying piteously the cow-herd asked them:-0 boys! Why are you crying? Who brought you here! Or, who is your kinsman here? The older of the two brothers then narrated their entire account, On knowing
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