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The Fifty-fifth Chapter
In the meantime, O King, the Kevalis, Desa-bhushan and Kula-bhushan, arrived in Ayodhya along with many other Munis. ||1||
These Desa-bhushan and Kula-bhushan, who had attained the four-faced image on the Vansasthavil mountain, were subjected to an upsarga by their former enemy. And after being served by the valiant Rama and Lakshmana, they attained the Kevala-jnana, which illuminates all the worlds. ||2-3||
Thereafter, Garuda-indra, who was pleased, gave Rama and Lakshmana various kinds of jewels, weapons, and vehicles, filled with devotion and affection. ||4||
Rama and Lakshmana, who had attained a state of doubt in battle due to being disarmed, conquered their enemies and obtained their kingdom by the grace of these Kevalis. ||5||
These two Munis, Desa-bhushan and Kula-bhushan, who were praised by the Devas and Asuras, and whose fame spread throughout the three worlds, arrived in the city of Ayodhya, the most important of cities. ||6||
They stayed in the forest called Mahendrodya, which was like the Nandana-vana, just as the Munis Sanjay and Nandan had arrived earlier. ||7||
These Kevalis, accompanied by the great assembly of Munis, were radiant like the moon and the sun, and were the bearers of the highest good. The people of the city became aware of their arrival. ||8||
Thereafter, Rama, Lakshmana, Bharata, and Shatrughna, eager to pay their respects, were ready to go to the Kevalis. ||9||
When the sun rose, they announced it throughout the city. Then, mounted on their magnificent elephants, with the three-world-adorning elephant, Jatismaran, leading the way, they set out, with beautiful minds like the Devas, towards the place where the two Kevalis, Desa-bhushan and Kula-bhushan, were seated, like mountains of auspiciousness. ||10-11||
O Shrenik, their mothers, Kaushalya, Sumitra, Kaikeyi, and Supraja (Suprabha), who were devoted to the Jain religion, eager to serve the virtuous, accompanied by hundreds of female attendants, and radiant like celestial nymphs, were also ready to go. ||12-13||