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duties of a house-holder) for fourteen years, he entrusted all his business affairs to his son. Then, he went to the Pausadha Śála (place of religious meditation) of his town, and did various rel gious ceremonies, and he also practised the Eleven Pratimās (Stages of Spiritual Advancement) of a House-holder.
Having thus carefully observed Désa-virati Dharma of House holder for twenty years, Nandinipita died, and having died with great tranquility of mind he was born as a gol in Athera Vimāņa In course of time, he will be born as a human being in Mahā Vidéha Ksetra and will attain Mokṣa (Final Emancipation).
Vrata-grahana of Tetali-pita
At Śrāvasti Nagari, there also lived a big merchant named Tetalipitä and his wife Falguni He possessed four crore gold coins in his treasury, four crore on interest, and he had four crore gold-coins in property and house-hold furniture. He took the Twelve Vratas of a House-holder at the pious hands of Śramapa Bhagavana Mahavira along with Nandinîpitâ and having carefully
फुल्लप्पल कमल कोमलुम्मिल्लियंमि अहापांडुरे पभाष रत्तासोयप्पकासकिंनुयसुमुहगुंजद्धरागसरिसे कमळागरसंडबोहर उद्वियंमि सूरे सहस्सरस्सिमि दिणयरे तेयसा जळते समय मगव महावीरं वंदित्ता जाव पज्जुवा सित्ता समणेण भगवया महावीरेण अन्मणुष्णाए समाणे सयमेव पंच महव्वयाणि आरावेत्ता समणा य समणीओ य खामेत्ता तहारूवे हि थेरेहिं कडाईहि सद्धि विपुलं पव्वयं सणियं २ दुरूहित्ता मेघघणसन्निगास देवसान्निवावं पुढवीसिलाव पsिofter दन्नसंथारय संघरिता दमसंथारोबगय स र्सछेहहणमोसणा जूसियस भत्तपाणयडियां विखयस्स पाओवगयस्त काळ अणवकंमाणस्स विहरिए तिकट्ट एवं संपेहइरचा कल पाउप्पभाए रयणीए जाव जलते जेणेव समणे भग० जाव पज्जुवासति, खंदयाइ समणे भगवं महावीरं खंदय अग्रगारं एवं वयासी-से नूण तव नंदया ! पुव्वरजावरत्तकाळस० जाक जागरमाशस्त इमेयारूवं अम्मत्थिर जाव समुप्पज्जित्था एवं खलु
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