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Indra's praise in the assembly of gods, a god coming to test a god, initiation.
Yoga Shastra, First Light, Verses 1-2. Reverend, greater than even the great men, the teacher of teachers, the elder of elders, O Lord! Greetings to you. Filled with the universe by pure knowledge, the master of yogis, the holder of yoga, self-pure and purifier of others, the unsurpassed supreme person! Greetings to you. Yoga Acharya, the one who purifies the soul by removing karma, the best, the foremost, the master of speech, the auspicious one, O Lord! Greetings to you. The first to rise, the unparalleled hero! Worthy of praise with words like Surya Stuti (Om Bhurbhuvah Svah), O Lord, greetings to you. Benefactor of all beings, achiever of all purposes, attaining immortality, the rising sun, the holder of celibacy, the one who crosses the ocean of the world, skillful, unchanging, protector of the world, with a body endowed with Vajra Rishabha Narachasanahanan, the seer of the true reality! Greetings to you. The one who is present in all three times, Jinenndra, self-born, endowed with knowledge, strength, vigor, brilliance, power, and wealth, O Lord! Greetings to you. The original person of Dharma, the Supreme Lord, the Great God, the embodiment of the light principle, O Master! Greetings to you. Like the moon to the ocean of the lineage of King Siddhartha, the master of the three worlds! Lord Sri Mahavira Prabhu! Greetings to you.
Indra, with this kind of praise, greeted the Lord and took him back to his mother. The Lord's parents, due to the increase of wealth and grain in their house, named him 'Vardhaman' accordingly. There was a competition among the gods and demons to serve and worship the Lord. Watering the earth with nectar-showering eyes, growing with a thousand and eight natural qualities, the Lord also grew with age. Once, the unparalleled strong Vardhaman, due to his childhood, went to play with his peers, the princes. At that time, Indra, knowing by his knowledge of perception, praised in the assembly of gods, "There is no hero greater than Mahavira Prabhu in the whole world." An envious god was angered by this and took it upon himself to distract Vardhaman. He went straight to where the boy Vardhaman was playing the game of Amlaki with his peers. The god, deceitfully, took the form of a serpent and clung to the tree. Seeing that terrible serpent, all the princes ran here and there in fear. But Vardhaman, laughing, caught the snake like a rope and threw it on the ground. The ashamed princes came back to play. The god then took the form of a young man and came there again. All the boys climbed the tree. Vardhaman had already climbed to the top of the tree. For the one who is going to the highest state (moksha), climbing to the top of a tree is no big deal! Vardhaman, already sitting on the peak, was shining like the sun on the peak of Mount Meru. While the other princes looked like monkeys hanging on the branches. Later, Vardhaman set a condition in the game that whoever wins will ride on the back of the loser. The victorious Vardhaman prince also rode on the backs of the princes like a horseman. Gradually, the mighty victorious Vardhaman sat on the back of the god. That evil-minded god, taking the form of a terrible Vetala who could defeat even mountains, began to grow tall, making a mouth like the netherworld, showing a tongue like a serpent. And the long yellow hair on his head, like a mountain, appeared like a wildfire. His terrible beard appeared like a sickle. His nostrils appeared like the cave of a huge mountain. Frowning, his terrible eyebrows appeared like two she-snakes. Climbing like a palm tree, that god did not stop; then the mighty Lord punched him on his back and made him a dwarf. Thus, experiencing firsthand the patience of Vardhaman, as described by Indra, the god appeared in his original form and, greeting the Lord, returned to his place. One day, Vardhaman Mahavira's parents were preparing to send him to school after celebrating his Vidyaarambh festival. Knowing this, Indra thought, 'Should the omniscient one also become a student of a school?' Thinking this, Indra himself came there in the form of a Brahmin and, seating Vardhaman on the teacher's seat, greeted him and requested the Lord to speak on the science of words. The eloquent and omniscient Mahavira discussed the science of grammar.