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Sixty-first Parva
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The lineage of the virtuous, having accumulated merit in past lives, engages in the highest festivities in this life. Not only for themselves, but also for others, just as the sun, by illuminating all objects, brings about their glory. ||24||
Thus ends the sixty-first Parva of the Padma Purana, known as the Arsha, narrated by the Acharya Ravishena, entitled "The Assurance of Sugriva and Bhammandala." ||6||
The celestial beings, like all the Vidhyadhara kings, who were immersed in the ocean of great joy, having heard the pure story, and who were adorned with eyes like blooming lotuses, worshipped Rama and Lakshmana in every way. ||23||
Gautama Swami says that a man who accumulates merit in past lives, in this world, not only enjoys the highest festivities for himself, but also, like the sun, by illuminating all objects, brings about the great prosperity of others. That is to say, a virtuous man attains prosperity for himself and also brings prosperity to others. ||24||
Thus ends the sixty-first Parva of the Padma Purana, known as the Arsha, narrated by the Acharya Ravishena, entitled "The Assurance of Sugriva and Bhammandala," which describes the assurance obtained by Sugriva and Bhammandala, bound by the serpent's noose. ||6||
1. "Parena" in the manuscript.