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the house of Kubérsèna and commenced rocking up and down the cradle in which the child was sleeping, saying, "O son of Kubèrdatta, sleep. O brother of Kubérdatta sleep etc. On hearing such contradictory words of the Sadhvi, Kubérdattā asked her "Why do you talk thus? Sadhvi Kubérdatta, then showed him the ring with the name inscribed on it and said "This prostitute Kubérséna is our mother, I am your sister, etc. In this way, she narrated the eighteen kinds of relations existing between Kubérséna and the child.
Kubérdatta was greatly ashamed to hear it and he began censuring his own self for his improper conduct. He then gave away all his property in charity, and took wafa tar Bhagavati Diksa, Initiation into the Order of monks instituted by the Tirthankaras. Having practised severe austerities, Kubérdatta went to heaven at the end of his life.
Kubéraséna, too, condemning her bad londuct, left off her. profession of prostitution became a far Śravikā, a woman sincerely following the tenets of the Tirthankaras and having rigidly observed the duties of a true Jain, went to heaven."
On hearing the above said "O Jambu Kumāra ! have a prosperous future in
narration of the story, Prabhava You are son-less. How will you your next life? Because,
It is said
१ अपुत्रस्य गतिर्नास्ति स्वर्गो नैव च नैव च । तस्मात्पुत्रमुखं दृष्टवा, स्वर्ग गच्छन्ति मानवाः ॥ १ ॥
1. Aputrasya gati r-nāsti svargo naiva ca naiva ca; Tasmat putra mukham dristva svargam gacchanti mānavāh.
prosperous
1. A son-less individual does not possess a future in the next life. He decidedly cannot go to heaven. Therefore, people go to heaven, after seeing the face of a son.
