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CHAPTER I
ŚREYĀNSANĀTHACARITRA
May the feet of the holy Lord Śreyānsa, from whose nails the rays serve as lamps for seeing the road to emancipation, bestow happiness on you. The life of the Lord Jina, the holy Sreyānsa, by which the three worlds are purified, a sickle for the creepers of karma, is herewith narrated.
Incarnation as Nalinagulma (3-14) In the (inhabited) half of Puskaravaradvipa 1 in the East Videhas in the province Kaccha there is a capital city named Kșemā. Its king was Nalinagulma, always spotless because of his virtues, whose lotus-feet were rubbed by the crowns of kings. The master, the sole strong man in the world, powerful as Bahudanteya (Indra), as if with the idea, “ May there be no imperfection in the realm," made the ministers possessors of their enemies' Sris 2 attracted by the power of good counsel ; made the kingdom resemble a kingdom of the gods, devoid of everything unfavorable; made fortresses that surpassed the cities of the Vidyādharas on Vaitādhya and treasuries devoted to humiliating the wealth of Srida; made an army that covered the surface of the earth with elephants, horses, infantry, and chariots, and had friends ploughing the fields of his enemies' hearts. :: Wise, his mind spotless from discernment, he recognized the worthlessness of the body, youth, and wealth, even the very best. He, pure-minded, passed a certain amount of time with the kingdom, like passing a day with poor food, or a night with a poor bed. When he had cured the disease
13. See II, p. 116.
2 5. See I, n. 1. There is probably also the idea of 'drawn by charms' here.
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