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friend of the seth--who had come there before, said on seeing the Jinésvara :-"O! the body of the Jinesvara is endowed with all auspicieus marks and signs, but owing to withered state of its loveliness, it seems his body is afflicted with a salya.' The seth said :- "Then make proper inquiries and find out where the śalya is located.” Looking slowly bui carefully, Kharaka Vaidya found out two nails inserted into the ears of the Worthy Bhagavān and he showed them to Siddhārtha seth. Oa seeing this, the Sétha said, Ab! This is a very cruel deed of a wicked soul By doing such an act he did not care for innumerable miseries of hellish life. He had no regard for infamy. He did not even think that it was contrary to religious codes, Or, what is the use of censuring his cruel act? O! physician ! show me the means by which the śalya can be removed My heart is wounded constantly, because the worshipful Bhagavãn has a salya in his ears. What the people say that he who has a wound has pains, is not false, because I am greatly distressed as Bbagavān's body is with a calya. Besides, really speaking, he is my life; be is iny another; he is my father; he is my family-inember; he is my lord; he is my shelter and he is my guardian What else can be more excellent ? Do the salyodebăra (removal of the pointed nail) from him, disregarding my riches, corn, accumulation of wealth, and even my life. By the removal of the salya, Ophysician' you would have undoubtedly saved your soul from the forunidable weil of worldly existence. By the use of your medical knowledge for the sake of the Bhagavān who is the treasure of all virtuous qualities o elegant man ! you will become the receptacle of good wishes till the end of the samsara Even by doing service to an ordinary man, one acquires pure fame, then, what to say about rendering service to Vitarāga Paramātmā (the Exalted Soul) who is the Sun of the Tree Words?' Becoming satisfied on hearing the e words full of good intentions from Śéti Siddhārtha, the physician desirous of devising some method of cure, said :-O Siddhartha ! Enough with solicitation. I will, now, find out some means by which the salya from the cars of the Worshipful Baagavān can be instantly remo
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