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Sulsa’s Folly
Sulsa’s religious faith gives her the right wisdom to avoid
unnecessary burdens and troubles. It makes her understand
and follow Almighty Arihantas’ words and preachings.
Thus, she wants just one son to ensure her husband’s mental
peace. She has absolutely no desire for more children.
Thoughts of Jineshwaras and the path preached by them
envelop and interest her so much that worldly affairs seem
insignificant and barren. In fact, she is saturated with worldly
affairs. She is still in this world due to karmic bondages or she
would have definitely renounced the world at the earliest.
Only if you are saturated with the world, will wealth and
family, luxury and comforts seem useless; this is the true
religious outlook.
With the intention of avoiding the trouble involved in bringing
up 32 sons and wishing to obtain just 1 son possessing all 32
virtues, she swallowed those 32 tablets given by the Devta at
one stroke. But her plan misfired and the result was dismal.
She had to bear 32 wombs together and eventually as they
grew, the pain became unbearable.
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