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NANDISHEN The deity at once extinguished the fire and the
Now the ascetic climbed a hill and jumped ascetic was saved.
into a ravine. The deity caught him in the air and said -
O dogmatic and mulish
ascetic Nandishen! Why can't you accept the
truth?
PRESES
O divine one!
I don't get what truth you are talking about?
Even a Tirthankar has to suffer the unalterable* category of karmas
You are getting adamant unneces
sarily.
Ascetic thought -
The god is right. Alle my efforts are getting wasted now. I have
lost the battle of karmas. Let things take their own
course.
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