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engaging himself in various vicious pastimes, practising wicked gestures, patronizing people fond of music of dancers and actre. sses, and he was not in any way giving attention to the hereditory usage of his own family nor was he listening to the calumny of his relatives and acquaintances. When all the treasures full of wealth were eventually exhausted, and the graneries were becoming emptied, Dhana began to think thus:*Ah! My immense wealth acquired till now, by a succession of my ancestora, has become almost exhausted, and it is not advisable to connive at my son's doing."
With this firm resolution in his mind, he called his son Dhapadéva in private, and said "Ah! Son! We have to earn money for the purpose of supplying your worldly enjoyments. There is no other better way left for spending our wealth. Becoming debilitated by old age, I am now unable, even to walk. I have also become disabled to talk much, and tired of arts and trades. Therefore, O child ! you take burden of the management of the matters on your own shoulders and it can never be done even for a moment without wealth. Wealth is an excellent instrument of success; because, corn abounding in rich fruit in the form of True Religion is produced without any effort by the wealth growing in the fields in the form of virtuous ascetics. O child ! Out of the people who gave food materials during the first mea) after Diksā, to Tirthankaras, some pious souls attained Fina Ema. ncipation during the same Bhava (existence) and other wise persons having enjoyed celestial happiness of gods, attained Final Emanci. pation during the third Bhava under the influeuce of such wealth spent on well-deserving individuals. Besides, young females with faces resembling mountain-light and disc of the moon, remain immediately content with a low bow through the medium of wealth. Man becomes adorable like a god or a sage by wealth although he may have been born in a despicable family and although he may be devoid of a kuowledge of all arts and sciences. Also, even brave warriors who fight courageously on the battle-field, people who proudly acquire fame by eulogistic compositions as ever
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