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The Sixty-Fourth Chapter
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On his birthday, he received the fortune of a Chakravarti, and enjoyed the ten types of pleasures without any obstacles, continuously. ||28||
United with the six-limbed army, he sometimes went to the forest to play. After playing freely for a long time, he returned to the city. ||29||
While observing a Muni engaged in the Attap Yoga, he pointed his index finger towards his minister and said, "Look, look." ||30||
Seeing the Muni, the minister bowed his head in devotion and asked, "O Lord! What fruit will this Muni attain by performing such difficult austerities?" ||31||
Smiling, the Chakravarti Kunthunath replied, "This Muni will attain Nirvana by destroying his karmas in this very birth. If he is unable to attain Nirvana, he will enjoy the pleasures and wealth of Indra and Chakravarti, and eventually attain the eternal state of liberation." ||32-33||
"He who does not renounce attachment will continue to wander in the cycle of birth and death." Thus, the omniscient Lord Kunthunath explained the causes of liberation and the cycle of birth and death. ||34||
He spent as much time as a Chakravarti as he had spent as a Mandalika, enjoying a happy life. ||35||
Then, remembering his previous births, the wise Lord Kunthunath, the best among the wise, renounced the pleasures of the kingdom, desiring to attain the bliss of Nirvana. ||36||
The Sarasvat and other celestial beings came and praised him with great respect. He entrusted the burden of the kingdom to his son and received the celebration of the Diksha Kalyanak, performed by the Indras. Then, he boarded the palanquin called Vijaya, which was fit for being carried by the gods, and went to the Sahetuk forest. There, he took the vow of Tela and received Diksha on the first day of the bright fortnight of Vaisakha, on the day of his birth, in the Kritika constellation, in the evening, along with a thousand kings. At that time, he attained the knowledge of Manahparyaya. The next day, he went to Hastinapur, where King Dharmamitra offered him food and received the Pancha-Ascharya. Thus, he spent sixteen years performing severe austerities. ||37-41||
One day,
1. The reading "Chakrilakshmi" seems to be correct.
2. The reading "Nipratipam" should be used.
3. "Karanam" should be added.
4. "Jin Diksha" should be added.