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The fifth Chaturmash
of which is a thing of the remote future; and the answer is that no one can ever be able to free himself from the sufferings of this world without having recourse to Nirvana ( Salvation ). Even worldly pleasures cannot be attained without following the path of righteousness, and even if one gets them through the mercy of his previous Karmas, he cannot be able to enjoy them as they turn into sorrows and become burdensome. It is, therefore, desirable that every one should try wholeheartedly to attain power and taste for walking on the high way of Salvation. THE FIFTH CHATURMASA OF THE LORD
After the separation of Goshala, Lord Mahavira started further without a tinge of sorrow or gladness upon his face, and come to a village, named Bhaddila-pura, where he decided to stay for the Rainy season. It was the fifth Chaturmasa. Lord Mahavira practised a severe penance of four month without a break; and, at the end of it, he resumed his Vihara, with a feeling of indifference towards sunshine, shade, short-cut, rough-path, Upasargas or otherwise and admirers or opponents. People paid their respects to him at the time of his departure. LORD MAHAVIRA IN SHALI-SHIRSHA AND
UPASARGA CAUSED BY A VYANTARI.
Lord Mahavira then came to Shali-Shirsha and stayed in a garden. This garden was the abode of a Vyantari a semi-divine deity who, it is said, was the wife of Lord Mahavira, when he was in the body of Vasudeva Triprishta. At that time, her name was Vijayavati. She had suffered many troubles at the hand of Triprishta, and being a dependent,
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