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## The Sixteenth Chapter
**245**
With a thousand kings as his retinue, the Lord received the initiation in the presence of all the three worlds. Indra, placing the Lord's hair on his head, cast it into the ocean of milk according to the ritual. ||57||
The gods, having celebrated the auspicious occasion of the Lord's departure and his worship, departed to their respective abodes. The Lord, adorned with the four knowledges and a thousand followers, shone like the sun with a thousand rays. ||58||
On the sixth day of the fast, the Lord, known as Vrishabhadatt, descended to Kushagrapuri to reveal the rules of begging. He offered alms to the Lord, the virtuous Muni Suvrata, according to the ritual. ||59||
The Lord, the knower of the rules, the sun-like Muni Suvrata, established in his own Tirtha, instituted a method of begging for the virtuous monks, which was free, unobstructed, requiring standing while eating, involving the use of a bowl, and in which the donor offered food according to the ritual. ||60||
It was a wonder to behold that the milk offered by Vrishabhadatt, the pure-hearted, to the hand of the Muni, was not exhausted even after thousands of other monks and householders partook of it repeatedly. ||61||
Then, the celestial drums of the gods resounded with the sound of "Well done, well done!" The sound filled the entire sky. Fragrant winds blew, a shower of miraculous flowers fell from the sky, and a great stream of jewels poured down. ||62||
The gods, standing in the sky, for a long time, performed this five-fold wonder, which was extremely rare for others. After worshipping the Lord of charity, the accumulator of merit, they departed to their respective abodes. The Lord also went to a place suitable for wandering. ||63||
After spending thirteen months in disguise, on the fifth day of the bright fortnight of the month of Kartik, the Lord, with the wealth of the state of Kaivalya, purified the day, which was like a fire that consumed the clouds and brought prosperity. ||64||
The Lord, mounted on a Palaki, went to the forest. There, on the seventh day of the bright fortnight of Kartik, he was ready to receive initiation, following the rules of the time. ||56||