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reproach you on any occasion you should not under any circum. stance forsake his lotus-like feet. Also, if I have failed to establish you rightly in virtuous qualities or if I gave you inappropriate instructions, you forgive me for all this " Having done some appropria e religious ceremonies suitable for the occasion, the sedate Municandra Acārya commenced the difficult Jinakalpa (the arduous practices of a Jina kalpi muni) and he practised various religious austerities.
At mid day, Gośāla told śramaņa Bhagavān Mabăvira "Bhagavān! It is right time for go-cari. Let us go into the village for bhiksā Siddhartha said “ We do not intend going out for bhiksă.' Gosāla went into the village for his meals. When he was wandering here and there he saw some disciples of Tirthaikara Bhagavão Śni Pāiśva Nātha and on seeing them clothed in various garments and with qumerosis utensils, Gośāia inquired " Who are you?" They replied “ We are Jaina Sadhus-disciples of Tirthankara Bhagavān Sri Părśva Nātha on whose head Dharanéssdra bad arranged an excellent umbrella by his hood on seeing the overwhelming calamity of being drowned by torrential raits created by that rogue Kamatha,” On hearing this, Gośālu shook his head and said, “Ah! You are really ascetics capable of doing hard things as you claim to be ascetics although you possess so much parigraha (belongings). Ah! your apparent falsehood! Ah! your disinterested boasting! you are not at all ascetics My dharmūcārya (religious preceptor) is devoid of any clothes aud other belongings. He is always ready i performing very dificuit austerities. He alone can be called a great man and an ascetic of the right type."
Perfectly ignorant of śramaņa Bhagavān Mahāvira, they told tbe insolently boasting Gośāla "O Good Man! If seems, your dbarmācārya (religicus preceptor) must be of the same type as you are. By different mischievous tricks of a boy, the uprightness or otherwise of one's mother can be known and the purity of a mine of gems can be-estimated by the brilliant nature of its gemas. Such things do not require any detailed description."
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