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ught, were filled with ordinary dust. Having known their roguish trick3 by his superior keenness of intellect, Dhanya Śétha gave them a befitting answer. Having made all the merchants objects of mockery, and having, so to say, thrown dust into their eyes, Dhanya Śétha had all the pots of tejaṁturi (gold- dust ) placed into a cart, and he came home with them. All this is due to his excellent mass of meritorious karmas. Seventh-When Dhanya Śétha slept only for one night in a cottage of dry grass, the grass of the whole cottage was converted into green verdure resembling Nandana Vana, by the unique mass of his meritorious Karmas. It is a miracle-Eighth. When Dhanya Śétha had gone to Kausāmbi Nagari, the king of Kausar:bi, had a proclamation in his town for three days, for a person who had a knowledge of careful examination of various kinds of mani ( gems ) and of the noble qualities or faults of these gems. None came to the king, but Dhanya Śétha went to him. He carefully examined the gem and knowing by his deep insight in various arts and scien ces, and by the excellent keenness of his intellect, he described the jati ( variety ) of the mani (gem ), its excellent qualities, and also, the good or bad effects to the possessor. The king and all the members of the kings assembly were astonished, All the above-mentioned events happened, owing to Dhanya. Sérh's exoellent mass of meritcrious Karmas.
Both these excellent sådhus-Salibhadra Muni and Dhanya Muni having carefully observed the Samlékhană Aradhana (Death -bed meditation) for one month, died with perfect calmness, and with their minds deeply engrossed in religious thoughts; and they were born as excellent gods in the vimāna (aerial sar) named Sarvärtha Siddha-the chief among the Five Anuttara Vimănas-complete with unique celesetial happiness. There, the gods have an age- limit of thirty-three sāgaras. These Anuttara Vimana gods have a desire of taking ahāra (food) at an interval of thirty-three thousand years and at that time they experience an eructation belching ) of nectar-symptomatic of satiation of appetite. They have one respiration at an interval of thirty
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