Tale of Shree Nabhakraj

Author(s): Merutungacharya, Gunsundarvijay
Publisher: Divya Darshan Trust

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recollected my past birth when you took my name there, and in my happiness I thought :- 'O King! you have done a very noble work by utilizing the Devdravya in devpujan (i.e. worship of the God). Therefore, have come here with an idea to be in your company and service, as yours' is a holy and a gentle soul. Remember, it was myself, who caught the wicked Kings who had ill - thoughts to takeover your Kingdom / province - and thus ! became helpful to you. But, remember that my (divine) powers are limited, and it is only because of this - that it is beyond my capacity to go to another place to stay there. Now I will return to the place, from where I have arrived here. But (you) give me the religious merits of the two pilgrimage of the great Shree Shatrunjaya every year - whenever you go for the pilgrimage - This is what I pray to you'. The King gladly accepted this demand.
Q. : Whether good deed be donated in this manner ? What benefit does it bring?
A. : The reply to this question is beautifully given in the stanzas no. 95 to 100.(See Appendix 6)
Remember, Jain religion accepts that the fruits of 1)Doing2)Getting done- and 3) admiring-all the three are equal. Whatever is donated, such object is bestowed thousand - times upon the donor. Religious merits is obtained or gained by donating of a good-moral-ethical deed, if sin is donated-then such donor-doer, gets the sin. (Verse 95)
Normally if a wealthy person gives from his own wealthto someone else, then his wealth reduces, but if the wealth in terms of worthy-deeds is given or donated to others, then that wealth of the donor gets highly increased and multiplied. (Donation of worthy-deed, is the donation of the religion. Shree Jeen-vachan (the Gods')-narration-statement highly appreciates this.)
The benefit-fruit of the donation of worthy-deed, which is pronounced (by son etc.) at the time of death or at some other occassion, is gained immediately by such person who is about to die - as also who hears as per his/her own thinking and faith. Now, if one (the son etc.) who has utterred the worthy-deed, actually acts as per it or ful-fills it; then he too also gets free from the debt
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