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He will pray, “O Lord Shankheshwar Parshwanatha ! I paid
Rs. 150 and got your beautiful angi formed. O Lord ! Then
please add two zeroes and give me the amount. That means
you are asking Rs. 15000 in return ! What a smart way !
Your attachment for wealth far exceeds your attachment for
Lord ! Only then can you spend Rs. 150 and ask not only
Rs. 150 in return but 150 + 14850 = Rs. 15000 in return. Is
this utilization of wealth for Lord’s sake ? Or using Lord for
attaining wealth ?
What did Shrenik do out of affection towards Lord ?

King Shrenik’s affection and devotion towards Lord is
evident from the fact that he immediately agrees to his sons
- Meghkumar, Nandishen and Abhaykumar’s desire to accept
monkhood and become Lord Mahavira’s disciple. Not only
this, he readily gives permission to his wives – Kali, Mahakali,
etc. to renounce the world.

Shrenik is going to become Tirthankara due to this equation
clearly fit in his mind that, “My Lord is more precious than
my sons, Hence if they wish to go in His service, I will not
stop them.”

Instead if he believed that, “My sons should remain in my
service; not in Lord’s service. Lord Mahavira has many other
disciples and will get many more.” Then, how would his
affection towards Lord be seen ?

Some may merely pretend, “I really love my father” but all
the times keeps his son with him and does not let him serve
his father, even in times of need. Would you call the love for
his father true ? No, he only loves his self and his love for
his father is fake.

Alongwith himself Shrenik engaged his family, too in the
reverence of Lord Mahavira.
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