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In the Harivamsha Purana, it is prophesied that you, O Aparajita, will be born as the Tirthankara Arishtanemi in the fifth future birth in the Harivamsha Mahavansha lineage of the Bharat Kshetra. ||38||
Your remaining lifespan is now only one month, so engage in self-benefit. Having said this, and after inquiring from King Aparajita, the two ascetics departed. ||39||
Hearing the words worthy of being heard from the Charana Shraman, King Aparajita, though delighted, remained thoughtful for a long time about the passing of his time for penance. ||40||
For eight days, he worshipped the Jina, and finally, entrusting the kingdom's fortune to his son Pritikara, he became detached from his body and possessions. ||41||
Then, adorned with the renunciation of the Praayopagaman, for twenty-two days and nights, he performed the four types of worship, and attained the Indra position in the Achyuta heaven, with a lifespan of twenty-two oceans. ||42||
Born in Gajapura, he was the son of Shrichandra and Shrimati, named Supratishtha. He was imbued with the Jina's teachings. ||43||
King Shrichandra, like the moon, established his son Supratishtha on the throne and, after receiving initiation from the guru Sumandera, attained liberation. ||44||
This king, Supratishtha, once gave a donation to the month-long fasting ascetic Yashodhara, receiving in return the five wonders, including the earth. ||45||
On another occasion, during the night of Kartik Purnima, King Supratishtha was seated on the roof of his palace, surrounded by his eight hundred wives. At that time, a meteor fell from the sky. Seeing this, he began to consider the fortune of the kingdom as fleeting, like a meteor. Therefore, he gave the kingdom to his son Sudrishti, born to his queen Sunanda, and received initiation from the great guru Sumandera. ||46-47||
Along with King Supratishtha, four thousand kings, radiant like the sun, also undertook rigorous penance. ||48||
Muni Supratishtha, endowed with knowledge, vision, conduct, penance, and strength, studied the eleven Angas and fourteen Purvas, including the esoteric teachings, without any laziness. He adorned his body with various types of penance, starting with Sarvatobhadra and ending with Simhanishkridita. ||49-50||
O Yadava! Listen, with your mind focused for a moment, to the great rules of fasting, which destroy sins simply by hearing them. ||51||
1. Hitam. 2. Mahima tatha ma. 3. Aaraadhya aap achyuteendratvam iti padachhedah.