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182 अस्थितस्तत्त्वया एषा श्रितोऽस्माभिरपि त्वयम् । para tratarsta, a469TI 179977411
1. Tattadvivāha sambandhà-dandhé tamasi majjanāt;
Uddhrutāh smastvayā yadvā śréyase sangatam satām. 4.
5. Asthita-s-tattvayā esah srito' sıābhirapi tvayam;
Sadaiva nétar-nétā'si, tvamasmān siva-pattanam 5.
4-5. O Lord! By our matrimonial connection, with you, we have been rescued from being drowned in pitch-black darkness. Because, the association with good persons always results in happiness The path which you have adopted, has been accepted by us for ever. You are, now, our guide to the faw Śivapattana,-the abode of the Blessed Ones.
HP Prabhava, also, thought — Fie on us' that we are busy in snatching away, the wealth and property of others. I have acquired much sin by indulgence in robbery and gambling. Therefore, who knows what will be my future state ?
Because,
चौर्यपापद्रुमस्येह वधबन्धादिकं फलम् ।
जायते परलोके तु चिरं नरकवेदना ॥१॥ 1. Caurya-păpa-drumasyeh vadha-bandhädikan phalam;
Jāyaté paraloké tu ciram narakavédanã. 1. 1. The fruit (consequence) of the tree of robbery, is murder, imprisonment etc, in this world, and the anguish of sustering in hell for a long time, is produced in the next world.
Jainbū Kumāra, with such delicate body, is ready to renounce immense wealth and such beautiful wives. "Therefore, I will surely adopt the path accepted by him." With this idea in his mind, Prabhava said " magnanimous man? attracted
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