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## Ninth Chapter
**167**
The moon with its moonlight brings joy to the world at night, and the sun with its brilliance brings joy during the day. But the face of the Lord brought joy to all, day and night, without distinction. He was neither like the moon nor the sun. ||33||
His eyes were like lotus petals, his ears were long, and his hands, feet, and lips were the color of red lac. ||14||
His teeth, like a cluster of pure pearls, were perfectly aligned and shone with the brilliance of the kunda flower. ||15||
His body, with its nine hundred adornments and one hundred and eight auspicious marks, was five hundred bows tall and resembled Mount Meru. Even a hundred crore Indras could not describe his beauty, even in the slightest. ||16-17||
When the Lord reached the prime of his youth, he was married to the two peerless beauties, Nanda and Sunanda, both in the prime of their youth. He played with them, following all the proper rituals. ||18||
The Lord appeared like the Kalpavriksha (wish-fulfilling tree) of the world, standing between Nanda and Sunanda, who were like two creepers clinging to his body. They both had beautiful, full breasts. ||19||
There was no such beauty, brilliance, wealth, or art in the world that was not possessed by the Lord Rishabhadeva and Nanda and Sunanda. What then can be said of their happiness? ||20||
Nanda gave birth to a son named Bharat, who brought joy to the land of Bharat, and a daughter named Brahmi. ||21||
Sunanda, the other queen, gave birth to a son named Bahubali, who was strong and powerful, and a daughter named Sundari, who was extremely beautiful. ||22||
Besides Bharat and Brahmi, Sunanda had eighty-nine other sons, starting with Vrishabhasena. All of them were perfect beings. ||23||
The Lord, with his great wisdom, initiated all his sons and daughters, including Brahmi and Sundari, into the ocean of knowledge, which included letters, painting, music, and mathematics. In other words, he made all his children proficient in various arts. ||24||