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tion, the ninety eight brothers united and decided to wage a war. against Bharat. These brothers got ready to destroy the sweet relationship they had with their brother. This is greed for Kingdom. Avarice is an inner enemy. Bharat was avaricious of becoming an emperor while the ninety eight brothers were greedy of their respective Kingdoms. Avarice is the father of all sins. Many sins accrue from avarice. Many blunders are committed on account of avarice. When the ninety eight brothers did not accept the supremacy of Bharat, he became terribly angry. His anger flamed out like a whirlwind. He got ready to wage a war against his brothers. The ninety eight brothers also got ready to wage a war against Bharat unable to accept his unjust conditions.
: From the Audience : People should be angry at injustice; is it not so ?
Maharajashri : You should be angry with your inner enemies. Justice and injustice depend upon man's sins and merits. If the ninety eight brothers did not have avarice for their Kingdoms; if they were not attached to their Kingdoms, Bharat would not have been unjust. "Bharat is our eldest brother. He wants to become the emperor. Then let us accept his supremacy. We will have our Kingdoms with us. Only Bharat will be the overlord in name. He is our eldest brother; and if he is called the overlord, it will not be bad, but we need not wage a war against him on this point. If people come to know that Bhagwan Rishabhdev's sons are fighting among themselves, it will bring disgrace to us." They could have thought thus; could they not? But they did not think so. They thought about the situation under the influence of their inner enemies. Man thinks about justice or injustice with his intelligence; and intelligence sometimes makes wrong decisions. Never believe that the decisions of the intelligence are final. Always take your final decisions with the guidance of the Dharmashastras. Examine and verify the soundness of the decisions made by the intelligence with scriptural guidance. · The ninety eight brothers did not take the decision with the guidance of the Dharmashastras because in those days, there
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