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end, after enjoying worldly pleasures. Because, with the attainment of old age, the functions of all the organs of sense are destroyed; and the performance of religious duties is a distant object but even the hearing of dharma is difficult
7. What is the use of talking much He, who does not practise religious duties during his young age, comes to grief like one disciplining his horse at the time of a battle-fight
8. In this way, the Jagad-guru (the teacher of the world) preached the essence of dharma-the original source of the happiness of Moksa with a speech common to all living beings.
At that time, with an intense feeling at heart, of renouncing worldly enjoyments on hearing the nectar-like speech, the calm-minde i Jamali Kumāra, bowed down at the feet of Sramaga Bhagavāna Mahāvira and having steadily kept the closed cavity of his hands resembling the calix of a lotus, on his forehead, he said :-O Bhagavâna ! No other intelligent man has explained me the dharma (religious doctrine) capable of securing the happiness of Moksa in a way that you have done. O Lord of the World ! I understand that I have earned much punya (Karma of meritorious deeds) during my previous lives, and so, I am able to meet you. With the permission of my parents, I will taka dîkså at your blessed hands, and make my life success ful' Bhagavāna told him -- There are numerous obstacies in dharma kārya (religious duties). You, therefore, do not delay in this matter," Then, Jamāl Kumăra again made obeisance to the Jagad-guru and he returned home in his chariot.
At an opportune moment, Jamāli Kumara bowed down at the feet of his parents, and told them -Dear father and mother ! To-day, I heard the religious preaching of Bhagavāna Sri Mahavīra Swāmi, and it greatly delighted me like a draught of nectar. His parents said "You are fortunate and endowed with lucky marks (on your body) You have already received a reward of your birth and your life Because, the words of Jinéśvaras never come within the range of hearing of those who have not done
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