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harmful then ensure that I have heavy regret for my actions.
O compassionate ! You gave a chance to the wicked snake
Chandakaushik and enabled him to identify his soul, revert
back from his sins and engaged him in religious activities.
Then, can’t you shower your blessings on me ?”

If you pray to God in this manner every morning, then it
will surely leave a deep impact on you. Prayers that are done
from the heart will surely show colors. They will never go
in vain.

It is necessary to identify the true nature of the soul and
constantly keep on distinguishing between things that profit
or harm the soul. If you do so, then you will experience a
great change in your thoughts, actions and words.
One will feel inner desire :

“I have such a short life to live. Why should I spoil my soul’s
well-being ? Why should I welcome vices in this soul for the
sake of temporary objects ? Favourable food and drinks, latest
clothes and luxuries are not going to provide satisfaction even
on the next day, then why get carried away by it ?”

In this material world, we have acquired many such objects
and can still acquire them according to our desire but, it is
extremely difficult to attain Almighty Jineshwar Lords and
the religion propounded by them. When we have already
acquired them by our great luck, then we should devote our-
self in its reverence. There is no greater duty, courage or path
of welfare, other than devoting oneself in the reverence of
Jineshwar Lords and their teachings.

The soul’s miserable state due to ignorance :

If you have not identified your soul in the real sense and have
not thought about its loss or welfare, then it is surely going
to result in many abnormalities like :

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