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The Fourteenth Chapter
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I will rise early every day and perform the daily rituals. I will praise and worship the Jinas with abhisheka. ||373|| I will not eat until I have performed the rituals for the Nirgrantha gurus. ||374|| I will prostrate to the Muni with my knees touching the ground, showing him respect. I will also take on other great vows. ||375|| Then the gods, the celestial beings, and the devotees, with their eyes wide open, bowed to the Muni and went to their respective abodes. ||376|| Ravana, with his great strength, flew up into the sky, imitating the play of Indra, and went towards Lanka. ||377|| Ravana, who had been worshipped by a group of beautiful women, entered his city, adorned with clothes and other ornaments. ||378|| Entering his dwelling, which was adorned with all kinds of splendor, he stayed there, like the unclothed god in the deep cave of Mount Meru. ||379||
When the karmas of embodied beings become pacified, they attain liberation. Then they receive the supreme teachings from the mouth of their guru. ||380|| Knowing this, O awakened and energetic beings, you should always be eager to listen to the Jina Dharma. For those who listen to the Dharma with humility, they attain vast knowledge like the sun. ||381||
Thus ends the fourteenth chapter of the Padmacharita, known as the Arsha, narrated by the Acharya Ravishena, which describes the Dharma teachings given by the Kevali Anantbala. ||14||
1. Worship. 2. Nirgrantha gurus. 3. Like the unclothed god. 4. Related to Mount Meru.