Book Title: Sthaviravali
Author(s): Ratnaprabhvijay
Publisher: Jain Granth Prakashak Sabha

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________________ 166 me pardon for this fault of mine. Out of affection towards me, you call for me after one year. I will subdue carnal desires and I will accomplish my Vidya (art). Megharatha went away, and after a lapse of one year, he came back to call away his brother, but on seeing that his younger brother's cāndāli-wife was again pregnant, be rebuked him saying “How is it that she is again pregnant? Vidyunmāli blushed out of shame, and requested bis elder brother, for extension of his time-limit for one year more. Eventually, Megharatha returned to his brother, after a lapse of three years, and seeing that his brother was deeply engrossed in sensual pleasures, he thought that Vidyunmāli would remain in the family of low-caste people, and he went away home without him. Megharatha, being disinterested and free from desires, became fully conversant with Matangi Vidya. worldly While Vidyunmāli remaining in the family of low-caste people, was in course of time, treated by them like a slave and had to execute servile orders without the least besitation. Living in servile degradation in a dirty unhealthy house, Vidyunmāli became very miserable. After death, Vidyunmāli suffered terrible agonies in hell. In the same manner, I am not engrossed in worldly pleasures like Vidyupwāli and you should not be fond of enjoyments of this world. htha Kanakasénā then said, "Now accept my advice. Do not be greedy like the TFV4 Sankhadhamaka, conchblower. The story of the conch-blower runs as follows:- .

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