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deceit, greed, fear, ridicule, love, hatred, quarelling, slander, backbiting, exposing others' faults, deceitful speech, mithyätva etc the pratibandha is bhava-pratibandha, The Worshipful Bhagavān was also free from bhava-pratibandha. He was not liable to any prati-bandha.
Each year Śramana Bhagavan Mahavira stayed for one night in a village, and for five nights in a town during the eight months of his wanderings, and he lived some-where during the four months of the rainy season for cãtur-masa He had an equanimity of mind towards one who persecuted him, and also towards one who worshipped him with devotion. He had a homogeneous mood of mind towards grass, as well as, towards a gem, or a ruby, and towards gold, as well as, towards stone, and also towards happiness, as well as, towards misery. The Jiné svara did not care for the happiness of this world, and also of the next world. He had no desire for remaining alive or for death. He was always endeavouring to conquer his enemies in the form of accumulated evil Karmas misguiding people in the Samsara. The Worshipful Lord, had intense pleasure in the happiness of Jñāna (Right Knowledge), Darśana (Right Perception ), and Caritra (Right Conduct ), which were the innate virtuous qualities of his soul, and he led a very peaceful life. His conduct was excellent with relation to Kṣamă (fore-bearance), ärjava (honesty), mārdava ( gentleness), nirlobhată (freedom from avarice), mana-gupti (restraint over mind), and other admirable qualities of the Soul. Having excellently observed caritra dharma (the duties of an ascetic) in all its purity, with the conviction that Nirvāņa ( Final Emancipation) is the biessed fruit of pure ascetic life and austerities-he accomplished the acquision of inde pendent away in establishing the supreme authority of the Self,
During the twelve and a half years, Śramana Bhagavan Mahavira exerted himself chiefly for the purpose of accomplishing one object. His principal business, now, was the total separation of his enemies the evil karmas which had established their supreme authority over regions of the Soul from time immemorial, and which
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