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Nihnavavada
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do you suspect us ?" When thus told, the king replied :"When you yourselves do not rely upon each other that you are (ascetics ), how can I trust you merely from knowledge and character ? Could they not be (found ) in thieves also ? (Thus persuaded) by means of trick and fear, (at last) they resorted to the right belief. Having abandoned their wrong belief, and having forgiven the king ( for his apparently harsh act), all of them returned to the original (school) of their preceptor (2383-2388 ).
frefil-66-68-80-88-82-83 Haf spreytiraf:, ATAT I gari नृपतिना बलमद्रेण "ते आगताः" इति ज्ञात्वाऽऽघ्राता आहूताः “के यूयम् ?" इति पृष्टाश्च भणन्ति-हे श्रावक ! इत्यादि । “नाण-चरियाहिं ति" ज्ञान-क्रियाभ्यां यो भवतामपि “साधवः" इति विखम्भः परस्परं नास्ति स ताभ्यां कथं मम जायते । अपि च, किं ते कृत्रिमे ज्ञान-क्रिये चौराणामपि न स्तो-न भवतः। इति ॥२३८३॥२३८४॥२३८५॥२३८६॥२३८७॥२३८८॥
D. C. When king Balabhadra came to know that the Nihnavas had come to Rajagriha, he called them, and asked them" Who are you?" "O Śrāvaka ! We are ascetics etc.” was the reply. With the threatening of killing them by crushing under the feet of elephants, the king said “Since you do not trust each other as ascetics on the standards of jnāna and kriyā, how can I take you to be ascetics on those standards ? Outward jnā. na and kriyā could be found in thieves as well.”
On hearing such words, they came to know their mistake and resorted to their original school of thought, abandoning their wrong theories for ever.
End of the Discussion with the Third (type of) Nihnava,
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