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Uttarajjhayana 29.12

Uttarajjhayaṇa 29.12

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Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit

29.12

vaṃdanaeṇaṃ bhaṃte! jīve kiṃ jaṇayai?
vaṃdanaeṇaṃ nīyāgoyaṃ kammaṃ khavei, uccagoyaṃ nibaṃdhai| sohaggaṃ ca ṇaṃ appaḍihayaṃ āṇāphalaṃ nivvattei, dāhiṇabhāvaṃ ca ṇaṃ jaṇayai|

"Through veneration, venerable sir, what does the soul produce?"
"Through veneration, it destroys low-family karma, and binds high-family [karma]. And it produces good fortune, unimpeded fruit of authority, and generates amiability."

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