King Janaka's transportation ?
Srinivas Sista
sista at ECN.PURDUE.EDU
Thu May 1 14:44:30 CDT 1997
Jaldhar H. Vyas wrote:
>
> The other example given in this thread was of Janak Raj who is consider a
> jnani even though he was a grhastha with a kingdom to boot. Is this the
> same situation? I think not. Nobody "has" to have a car. A king has a
> duty (dharma) to protect the kingdom from invaders, administer justice
> etc. King Janak merely did his duty, he did not do the other things such
> as hunting etc. which are associated with royalty but not required of it
> it. That makes him a jnani.
Just curious. What did king Janaka use for transportation?
Srinivas Sista.
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