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In the Padma Purana,
I have now spoken of the essence of this human birth. What else is there to be said about the affairs of the gods? ||157||
Fearing rebirth, I have been awakened by you. I will now engage in such an endeavor by which liberation is attained. ||158||
Having said this, and having sought forgiveness from him and his entourage, Kesari-like in his valor, he went to the Muni Shrutidhara Shruti. ||159||
Making a bow with his lotus-like hands, he said, "O Lord, I desire the Digambara initiation." ||160||
The Acharya said, "So be it." Abandoning his clothes and other possessions, and having his hair shaved, he became a bearer of the great vows. ||161||
Devoted to the Self, free from attachment, aversion, and possessions, he wandered the earth, a hero, stopping wherever the sun set. ||162||
Fearless, he made his abode in the dense forests, where cruel beasts roamed, and in the caves of the mountains. ||163||
Salute that great Muni Ativirya, who has abandoned all possessions, who has taken upon himself the burden of good conduct, who is of excellent character, and whose body has been dried up by various austerities. ||164||
Salute that great Muni Ativirya, who is adorned with the beautiful ornaments of Right Faith, Right Knowledge, and Right Conduct, whose garments are the directions themselves, whose ornaments are the twenty-eight root virtues of the Munis, who has set out to conquer the enemy of karma, and who is worthy of liberation. ||165||
Gautama Swami says, "O Shrenika! Whoever, wise and intelligent, hears or reads about this excellent conduct of Muni Ativirya, attains wisdom in the midst of the assembly, and, like the sun, shines brightly, never experiencing hardship." ||166||
Thus ends the thirty-seventh chapter of the Padma Purana, known as the "Ativirya-Nishkramana," narrated by the Acharya Ravishena. ||37||