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centration he will be totally unaware of the events taking place outside around him. Shri Ramchandra had been carrying out such a meditation. In the meditation called Shukladhyan the soul contemplates on itself, and in that state the intellect and the senses are totally annulled.
Sitendra was absorbed in dancing using all his supernatural powers and potentialities. Thus the day passed and the night began. As the night advanced the dances and the songs also gained greater and greater, momentum. They began to dance in total self-forgetfulness. The third phase of the night began and ended and the fourth phase began. Shri Rambhadra entered a higher phase of Shukladhyan and with the fire of meditation he was destroying all harmful Karmas. He was destroying all the bondages of Karmas.
In consequence Shri Ram attained Kevaljnan the supreme knowledge and he became a Kevaljnani.
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