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The 76th chapter is about the meaning of the word "Prat" which signifies the renunciation of all things. May the great Muni Suvrata, who was the embodiment of this vow, bestow his blessings upon us. ||1||
In his third birth, Muni Suvrata was born as King Harivarma in the city of Champapur, in the Anga region of Bharat Kshetra. ||2||
One day, a Nirgrantha Muni named Anantavirya arrived in the king's garden. King Harivarma, desiring to pay his respects, went to the Muni with his entire family, carrying offerings. ||3||
He circumambulated the Muni three times, offered him worship three times, and prostrated himself three times. Then he inquired about the nature of eternal Dharma. ||4||
The Muni replied that a living being is of two types: a samsari (bound) and a mukta (liberated). The samsari is bound by eight karmas, while the mukta is free from them. ||5||
These eight karmas have eight root divisions, such as Jnanavarana, etc., and one hundred and forty-eight sub-divisions. ||6||
There are four types of bondage, based on the nature of the karma, and four types of karma-bondage, based on the four types of wrong belief, non-renunciation, passions, and yoga, as explained by the Jinas. ||7||
There are four stages of karma: udhaya (arising), upshama (subduing), kshaya (destruction), and kshayopa-shama (destruction and subduing). Samsara is of five types, based on the five categories of dravya (substance), kshetra (field), kala (time), bhava (existence), and bhava (state). ||8||
These karmas are controlled by gupti (guarding), etc., and by tapas (austerity), both control and destruction are achieved. Through the fourth type of shukla dhyana (meditation), liberation is attained, and the being becomes a Siddha. ||9||
The destruction of all karmas is called moksha (liberation), and the destruction of a part of them is called nirjara (destruction). The happiness of a liberated being is immeasurable, free from all obstacles, and eternal. ||10||
Thus, the great Muni Anantavirya, who awakened the lotus-like souls with the rays of his words, taught the truth to King Harivarma. ||11||
Understanding the truth as explained by the Muni, King Harivarma renounced the world. He entrusted his kingdom to his eldest son and renounced all possessions, both external and internal. He then quickly... ||12||
... renounced the two types of attachment, with great speed and agility. He practiced self-control, surrounded by many monks who had renounced the world and were adorned with the sacred thread. ||13||
He learned the eleven angas (parts) of the Jain scriptures from a guru, and he cultivated faith, purity, and other virtues, becoming a Tirthankara (founder of a new era). ||14||