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then I can give a royal princess in marriage with you. Métarya by his supernatural powers brought the Kșira Samudra with its surging waves and he became pure along with his whole family by a bath in its water. Abhaya Kumāra gave him a royal princess in marriage with him. Now, the eight wealthy merchants who had not given their daughters 10 Metārya, married their daughters to him with much celebration. Then, Métarya began to move about frequently in a palanquin with great delight.
One night the god carne to Métārya and told him:-Métārya! Do something for the welfare of your Soul. Do not again fall into the Sainsära. If you do not act according to my instruction. I shall punish you harshly as before Becoming afraid of these harsh words of the god, Métarya fell at the feet of the god and told him:-O Surèśvara (lord of gods) ! For the present, my mind is not at all eager to take any vow. Have pity on me and let me remain as a householder for twelve years, and then, I will do as you instruct me to do. The god mercifully accepted his request and went away to heavens
At the end of twelve years, the god again appeared before Métarya and told him:-'O Métarya ! Do something for the welfare of your Soul. Do not fall into Samsāra. Being unable to abandon worldly pleasures and being unable to remain as a house-holder on account of fear from the god, Métārya stood steady without uttering a word but his nine wives with sorrowful faces tell at the feet of the god and requested him:-O Surâ. dhisa (king of the gods) O Kripä-nidhi (Ocean of Mercy)! Please give our husband a permission to live with us for another period of twelve years as a house-holder. We shall gladly allow him to take Diksā. The god mercifully granted their request and allowed Métārya to remain as a house-holder for, another period of twelve years. Métarya, thus passed twenty-four years as a house-holder on account of his evil Karma obstructing Sarvavirati Dharma (ascetic life). With the destruction of his evil
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