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## The Great Purana
The fire of penance was kindled, actions were the offerings, the wise ones were the sacrificers, the words of the Self-Existent were the mantras. ||215|| The Lord Vrishabha was the master of the great sacrifice, compassion was the offering, the attainment of desired objects was the fruit, and liberation was the final stage of the action. ||216|| Thus, with this intention of the great sacrifice of the Lord Rishabha, they immediately initiated the great sacrifice of penance. ||217|| Thus, they, the great ones, fulfilled the great vow of the monks, for this is the nature of the great ones. ||218|| What is the use of saying much about this? All those monks, having abandoned all the defilements of the worldly life, had taken control of all the real actions that had been going on since time immemorial. ||219||
Thus, those who, having obtained the three jewels from the ancient man, the Lord Adinath, became the beloved swans of the lake of their minds, which is the Tirtha, who, having abandoned the kingdom, had abandoned all kinds of delusion, who had become initiated with the desire not to bow down to the Bharata kings, who had great fortitude as their strength, who were always careful in the conduct of the great monks, who followed the path adopted by the Lord Vrishabha, the king of yogis, and who are dedicated to the welfare of all beings, may they grant us peace. ||220||