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## Eleventh Chapter
**95.** Just as the flame of fire is always painful to touch, from its root to its tip, and though it shines brightly, it burns all, so too is this Lakshmi, painful to touch from beginning to end, causing suffering in all situations, and though it shines brightly, it burns all, being the mother of anxiety, therefore, it is to be condemned.
**96.** In the mortal world, happiness is that which brings contentment to the mind. But in the presence of conflict among relatives, neither happiness nor wealth remains for humans.
**97.** Just as cold touches cause suffering to those afflicted by cold fever, so too do enjoyments cause suffering to humans when they are at odds with their relatives.
**98.** Contemplating this, and abandoning his kingdom, Bahubali took to asceticism and stood motionless on Mount Kailasa, performing the Pratimā Yoga for a year.
**99.** His feet were adorned with serpents, adorned with jewels, emerging from the holes of the anthill, just as they were previously adorned with jewel-adorned kings.
**100.** Just as the tender-bodied Vallhabhā used to embrace his entire body, so too did the tender-bodied Madhavi creeper embrace the entire body of the ascetic Bahubali.
**101.** Two celestial beings kept removing the creeper from his body, so that the dark-complexioned, steadfast, yogi Bahubali shone like a mountain of emeralds.
**102.** Having renounced all passions, and having attained perfect knowledge, Bahubali, who had been saluted by Bharata, became a member of the assembly of Lord Vṛṣabhadeva.
**103.** Possessing fourteen great jewels and nine treasures, the extremely intelligent Chakravarti Bharata, free from rivals, enjoyed the earth without any obstacles.
**104.** Filled with compassion, Bharata, without any testing, gave whatever people desired for twelve years.
**105.** Overwhelmed by the love and devotion for the Jina-doctrine, he tested the Śrāvakas with sprouts of barley and rice, made a three-stringed Yajñopavita, made of the Kākiṇī gem, as their mark, honored them, and gave them devotional gifts in the age of righteousness.
**106.** Then those Brāhmaṇas, who were vowed like Bharata, were declared to be the four-fold varṇa, having been born from the three-fold varṇa of the past.