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After finishing whatever work remained to be dona, aud haring the carts filled with the necessary wood, Nayasāra returned towards his village with all his servants, and reashing it in due course of time, sent all the wood to the king.
16. Hence-forward, Nayasāra began to pass his time in studying Jaina Šāstras every day, in acoomplishing faithful attachment towards Sadhus, in thinking about the Nine Principles, such as Jira, A-jiva etc, in having compassion towards all creatures, in respecting his co-religionists with marks of honour, and in carefully augmenting the dignity of the Jainz Dharma.
Al the substances in the universe are frail. This body is prone to decay or death. At the appronch of death, Neyasāra, uninterruptedly maintained his Right Belief ta-Samyagdardana, practised Faror-Nijjhāmanā-atonement for evil doods dane in previous existences, and died while remembering the macred Panca Paramesthi Mehā-Mantra tu #mr i. e. Oboisapoe to the Five Exalted Ones.
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