Trishasti Shalaka Purusa Caritra Part 4

SR No.: 001004
Original Sutra Author: Hemchandracharya
Author: Helen M Johnson
Publisher: Oriental Research Institute Vadodra
Publication Year: 1954
Total Pages: 449
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Mythology, & Story
File Size: 9 MB

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CHAPTER EIGHT
servant. It is asserted in moral precepts that masters are affected by the crime of the servant. Likewise I am your servant. You are my ultimate master. You are affected by my crime. Therefore restrain your anger. The three worlds fear for their lives because of the crime of that villain. Noble sir, reassure them (the three worlds) which are bestridden by you, ocean of compassion."
Thus other kings, gods, asuras and the fourfold community soothed the sage with various speeches. Since he had attained a growth that was past the range of speech, he did not hear them until they all touched his feet with devotion. From the touching of his feet, he saw his brother below in front of him and also the fourfold community; gods, asuras, and kings. The muni thought:
"This holy community is devoted to compassion; this brother of mine is unhappy; the gods, et cetera are terrified. They are soothing me simultaneously in order to remove my anger. The community is entitled to respect. Padma and the others are entitled to sympathy from me." With these reflections, the great muni destroyed the increase in size of his body and remained in his natural condition, like an ocean whose high waves have gone. At the request of the community the great muni released Namuci, and Padma at once banished the scoundrel of a minister. From that time because of the 'three steps' the muni acquired the purifying name "Trivikrama' in the three worlds. Having performed the work of the community, calmed, having practiced severe penance, having become omniscient, Visņukumāra reached emancipation.
Emancipation of Padma (204-206)
Padma also, afraid of existence, abandoned his kingdom like straw and became a mendicant at the lotus-feet of a noble guru. Five hundred years as prince, the same as governor, three hundred in conquest, eighteen thousand and seven hundred as cakrabhṛt, ten thousand in the vowso Cakrabhṛt Padma lived for thirty thousand years.