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The Great Purana, Uttara Purana
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All this is ridiculed by the common people. Condemning it, the wise one became eager to leave the world. || 42 || Then the sages, having received the detailed praise, approved of his intention and disappeared into the sky. || 43 || Even among the Tirthankaras, some have this kind of mind. Renouncing worldly attachments is difficult, even for the great, in their youth. || 44 || Thus, with devotion, they conversed in the sky, celebrating the great auspiciousness of his departure from the world. || 45 || The gods, full of joy, brought the Kumar to the garden of the White Forest. The Kumar, seated on a chariot called Jayanta, || 46 || went to the White Forest garden, observing a two-day fast, relying on the month, constellation, day, and fortnight of his birth. || 47 || Having paid homage to the Siddhas, he renounced both external and internal attachments. In the evening, he attained Samayam with three hundred kings. || 48 || He became radiant with the fourth knowledge, born from the conviction of Samayam. Thinking, "This is the path," he was inspired by right knowledge. || 49 || He entered Mithila, where the king, Nandishena, welcomed him. He offered him food and received auspicious omens. || 50 || "For six days, he remained in the forest, in the previous state of concealment. He renounced going and coming for two days, below the Ashoka tree. || 51 || Just as at birth, on these auspicious days, he attained Kevala Jnana, due to the destruction of the three obscuring karmas. || 52 || As if awakened by that knowledge, all the Indras, knowing all the Vedas, came together and worshipped him. || 53 || There were twenty-eight Ganadhipas, starting with Visakha, five hundred and fifty Purvadharis, twenty-nine thousand teachers, two thousand two hundred venerable Avadhijnani, the same number of Kevalajnani, one thousand four hundred Vadi, two thousand nine hundred adorned with Vikriya Riddhi, and one thousand seven hundred... || 54-56 ||