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In the Harivamsha Purana, Narada, the best of men, renounced the world and through the power of his austerities, achieved the destruction of his karma, liberation, and the imperishable state. (Verse 24, Chapter 65)
In verses 13 and 12 of this chapter, Narada's final body is mentioned, with many manuscripts also containing the annotation "चरमशरीरस्य" (charamasharīrasya). Verse 65 clearly states that he attained imperishable liberation.
This account of Narada's liberation is worth considering. Similarly, at the end of Chapter 65, there is a story about Balarama becoming a deity in Brahmaloka. Using his knowledge of the past, present, and future, he learns about Krishna's soul and goes to the Balukaprabha earth to address him. Balarama's soul, in the form of a deity, introduces himself to Krishna and tries to take him to Brahmaloka, but all his efforts fail. Finally, Krishna's soul tells Balarama, "Brother, go and enjoy the fruits of your heaven. When my lifespan ends, I will also attain the human state, which will be the cause of my liberation. At that time, we will both perform austerities and through the destruction of karma, attain liberation by serving the Jina's teachings. But you must ensure that in Bharatavarsha, we both appear with our sons and great splendor. People will be amazed and astonished to see us. And in every home, let my image be made with a conch, discus, and mace in my hands. To increase my fame, let Bharatavarsha be filled with our temples."
Balarama's soul accepted Krishna's words and said, "Have faith in the right view." He then came to Bharatavarsha and, according to Krishna's instructions, manifested their influence. He built their images and temples, filling Bharatavarsha with them.
The point to consider in this account is that anyone bound by the nature of a Tirthankara will certainly have the right view. It is true that when they were born in Balukaprabha, they may have lost their right view, but it is certain that they regained it after their incomplete state. The soul with the right view inspired the creation of false images to increase their reputation in the world, and the soul of Balarama, with the right view, acted accordingly. The consistency of this account is not entirely clear.
**Editing and Acknowledgements**
Editing this text was a laborious task. It was easier to edit sections for which we had a basis, but for those without any basis, extensive research was required. We were fortunate to find some palm leaf manuscripts for the Mahapurana, which greatly helped in determining the correct text. However, we were unable to find any palm leaf manuscripts of the Harivamsha Purana. We only found paper manuscripts available in the repositories of North India. We do not hesitate to say that the paper manuscripts written in North India are sometimes written by professional scribes who were often unfamiliar with the Sanskrit language. Due to the efforts of such scribes, the manuscripts are often inaccurate, and it requires much thought to determine the correct text. There were many passages in this text where I had to compare the text with other manuscripts. I even had to write an article on the topic of "What is Padmayan?" for the Jain Sandesh. Pandit K. Bhujabali Shastri helped me compare the text with manuscripts from Mysore, and Pandit Kundalalji helped me compare the text with manuscripts from Bombay. Pandit Ratnalalji Katariya of Kekri is also a worthy scholar. After reading my article on "Padmayan," he suggested that the reading "शम्भुरारोढं" (Shambhurarohdam) should be used instead of "सिन्धुरारोढुं" (Sindhurarohdum). All the available manuscripts had the reading "सिन्धुरारोढुं," but after searching, I found the reading "शम्भुरारोढुं" in the Mysore manuscripts, which made the meaning consistent. There are one or two other passages where he provided valuable insights.