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અધ્યાત્મતત્વાલક,
याथुl'óst his kingdom through greed. The paramount king Sagara was not satisfied with sixty thousand sons, but, when he heard the sudden death of all, his heart was totally stupefied.
Kuchikarana who was not satisfied with the possession of one hundred thousand cows died miserably by taking curd in excess.
The leading citizen Tilaka, who was not satisfied with a large collection of corn at the time of famine, died miserably in the anxiety of great loss accruing to him on account of the restoration of propitious time.
The king Nanda, who remained dissatisfied even with heaps of gold collected by taxation from his subjects, met with a lamentable death in restlessness and was re-born in hell. Such are the consequences of ever-increasing covetous desires. લોભને કેણ પરાસ્ત કરી શકે?—
“ ચિત્તારૂપ લતાઓને કંદ લેભ છે. ગુણેને કેળીયા કરી જનાર રાક્ષસ લેભ છે. પુરૂષાર્થની સિદ્ધિમાં મોટું વિન લે છે. આ લોભને,
सानु ९४५ सत्वना दृश्य। छ, तेसो ती शछ."-१६ लोभं निहन्तुमनुशास्तिचेत् सात्विकस्ते पुरुषाभिमानो लोकाग्रणीत्वे यदि चायियासा। स्फारं परिस्फारय तर्हि *लोभ-वर्ष प्रभङ्गं पुरुषार्थमुच्चैः ॥ ६७॥
* " स्पृहावन्तो विलोक्यन्ते लघवस्तृणतूलवत् ।। महाश्चर्य तथाप्येते मजन्ति भववारिधौ " ! ॥
( यशोविजयजी, ज्ञानसार.)
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