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hands'. With this idea in his mind, he became disparaged from taking delight in all worldly pleasures. One becomes intoxicated for the whole life, on receiving the slightest honour from a king but Śalibhadra became discouraged as if dishonoured. This also should be known as a strange event.
Strange Events of Dhanya Śétha
Out of the strange events of both the Sadhus-Śālibhadra Muni and Dhanya Muni, I especially praise those of Dhanya Muni because they are full of meritorious deeds Firstly-Because, at the time of his birth when ground was dug out for the pur pose of placing into the ground his umbilical cord after it was cut, wealth valued at one hundred thousand rupees was obtained from the ground. This is due to an excellent weight of the mass of his meritorious deeds. Secondly-During his boy-hood, although he had never done any business transactions, and although he was ignorant about buying and selling, on the very first day, he earned one hundred thousand rupees through the cleverness of his intellect and came home. Thirdly-When at another time, he was sent by his father for business-transactions. he did betting and having conquered a royal prince, he earned two lakhs of rupees and returned home-Fourthly. On a third occasion, when he was sent by his father, he did a transaction of buying a dead man's bed-stead-a dealing suitable for a poor and means person-but he earned precious stones and gems worth sixty-six crore coins, hidden in the interior of the bed-stead and returned home Who can ever think that sixty-six crore worth precious stones and gems can be obtained from a dead man's bed-stead. This is due to a heavy mass of meritorious deeds, Fifthly-On seeing elderly merchants bearing enmity towards himself when they came to know of the immense wealth acquired through the bed-stead transaction, Dhanya Setha went out from
his house.
Becoming fatigued with hunger and thirst, he sat under a banyana tree near a field. The owner of the field, on seeing
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