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## The Sixty-First Chapter
The world appears pure to the pure, and the pure acts purely. He whose mind is pure, is pure himself. ||1||
In the western part of the Dhataki-khanda, in the land of Ramyakavati, situated on the southern bank of the Sita river, ruled the great king Padmasena. ||2||
He was like a Kalpa-vriksha to his people, fulfilling their every desire. ||3||
Scholars say that his life story is an example of the principles of Dharma, as described in the scriptures, which deal with the division of one's own and others' possessions. ||4||
During his reign, the people engaged in their respective professions, earning and enjoying their wealth, while the king protected them from their enemies. ||5||
The people never violated the law, nor did the king violate the people. The three goals of life (Dharma, Artha, Kama) never violated each other. ||6||
One day, King Padmasena, while in the Pritikara forest, in the presence of the Kevali, the omniscient, learned the nature of Dharma and also learned that he had only two more births remaining. ||7||
At that moment, he celebrated as if he had become a Tirthankara himself. He gave his kingdom to his son Padmanabha and began to practice intense austerities. ||8||
He studied the eleven Angas and attained firm faith in them. He cultivated the sixteen causes of liberation, including Darshan-vishuddhi, and thus bound himself to the nature of a Tirthankara. He also accumulated other types of merit as needed. At the end of his life, he performed the four acts of worship and attained the Indra-position in the Sahasrar heaven, known as Sahasrar. ||9||
He lived for eighteen Sagaras, his body was one Dhanush (four hands) tall. He had the least amount of white karma, both in matter and in mind. He breathed once every nine months and took mental nourishment once every eighteen thousand years. He was satisfied by simply seeing the forms of the celestial nymphs. His knowledge extended to the fourth earth, and his radiance and other qualities also extended that far. He was endowed with the qualities of Aṇimā, Mahimā, etc. ||10||
He enjoyed great happiness for a long time, seeing the beautiful faces of the celestial nymphs, who were filled with the nectar of love. ||13||