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mode of life had become pure, decided that the clothes, utensils and other materials brought by Kubèra would be useful in the careful observance of his vows and they were fit to be accepted. They are essential for daily use, and without them, any ordinary ascetic, eager for the preservation of the lives of the six varieties of living beings, can not perform his religeous duties, satisfactorily without injuring his sense of duty. Wise persons should, therefore, make use of as few clothes and other utensils as are absolutely necessary for receiving food and drink articles avoiding forty-two defects of handling them, and using only clean clothes and utensils. Persons desirous of acting in accordance with right knowledge, right perception and right conduct should always aim at accomplishing their wished-for object by strictly adhering to the directions prescribed in various Shastras (scriptures) and acting in conformity with them on all occasions. Any insolent individual, devoid of right knowledge and right perception wilfully accusing ascetics possessing such meagre articles as possessors of valuable assets, is really ignorant. He who looks upon such meagre articles as objects of enjoyment tries to please mischievous persons perfectly ignorant of the true principles of religion. How can many living beings existing as ge Prithvikaya, Earth-bodied souls, 1 Apkaya, Water bodied souls, fя Agnikava, Fire-bodied souls, Vayu kaya, Airbodied souls auf 1 Vanaspati Kaya, Vegetable-bodied souls and Trasa Kaya, Mobile-bodied souls be taken care of without the use of these materials absolutely necessary for an ascetic? If any ascetic although possessing clothes and other materials suitable for an ascetic, keeps his soul impure and discontented by body, mind, and speech or if he entertains an intense longing for these materials, then and then only he becomes a traitor to his own self. With this pure idea in their minds, Indrabhúti Gautama and his five hundred pupils accepted the clothes and other materials given by the gods.
Soon after receiving a detailed knowledge of fanfa Tripadi, a combination of the three syllables:
1 उपन्नेई बा Upannei vā उत्पाद Utpada.
