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your brother. He is at the axe’s handle position. Thus, if you
have thought against him, then forgive him at once. Cultivate
feelings of friendship and brotherhood. Pray God to bless him
and seek the refuge of 4 eternal shelters- Arihantas, Siddhas,
Sadhus (saints) and Dharma (religion). Condemn your bad
deeds and appreciate your good acts. Engross yourself in the
meditation of Navakar Mantra.

What miracle did Madanrekha’s words perform ? Her husband
developed a feeling of forgiveness and equanimity. He attained
a peaceful death and eventually became a celestial being in
the 5th heaven. If Madanrekha wouldn’t have explained the
karma philosophy to him, instead supported his negative
thoughts saying, ‘What a rascal your brother turned out to
be !’ ‘How could he perform such a criminal act ?’, then
what would have been the outcome ? Her husband’s negative
feelings and a desire for revenge would have increased and
he would have landed up in hell.
The real advantage of attaining Jinshasan and right
perception, the core of what Jinshasan has to say is this-
“In this world, whatever good or bad that happens to you
is only dependent on your good or bad karmas.”

Mahasati Madanrekha’s glorious faith and perception was in
sync with this principle. She had heartly accepted and applied
this principle in her life. Only then, could she console her
husband and remind him this golden karma theory at such
a critical time when her husband was killed by his own
elder brother and she was going to be a widow in no time.
Such appealing were her words that she was successful in
eliminating hatred and animosity from her husband’s mind.
Not only this, she ensured that her husband forgave his
brother and attained a peaceful death, thus saving him from
the cluthes of hell.
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