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The Brahmins were crying out, "Abrahmanyam, what a disaster! Oh King, oh Mataryajnapali, protect us! Oh warriors, spare us, we will not do this again!" ||276||
Thus, they were crying out in misery, like worms, and the warriors were beating them. ||277||
Seeing the group of Brahmins being beaten, Narada said to Ravana, ||278||
"Oh King, may you be blessed. I was being killed by these wicked hunters, and you saved me from them." ||279||
"This was bound to happen, so it happened. Now, have mercy on them. Let these small creatures live, their lives are dear to them." ||280||
"Oh King, do you not know how these Kupakhandas were born? Listen, I will tell you. When the fourth time period of this Avasarpini Yuga was about to come, Lord Rishabhadeva became the Tirthankara. All beings in the three worlds bowed to him. He established the Krta Yuga and spread hundreds of arts." ||281-282||
"When Rishabhadeva was born, the Devas took him to the top of Mount Mandara and, pleased, anointed him with the water of the Kshiroda Ocean. He was the bearer of great radiance." ||283||
"The divine story of Lord Rishabhadeva, which destroys sin, is present throughout the three worlds. Have you not heard his Purana?" ||284||
"Lord Rishabhadeva, who was affectionate towards all beings, became the lord of this earth after his childhood. His qualities were so great that even Indra could not describe them in detail." ||285||
"He abandoned the earth, which was like a woman with high breasts, the Vindhya and Himachala mountains, whose face was towards the Aryan country, which was beautiful with rings of cities, whose waist was the ocean, whose hair was the green forests, whose radiance was enhanced by various jewels, and who was very skilled. He became a Shraman, a pure soul, for the benefit of the world." ||286-288||