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The Great Purana, including the Srimad Gunabhadra-composed Uttara Purana, Forty-eighth Chapter.
May the glorious Jina Ajitanatha, whose faultless words, free from contradictions, cleanse the mental impurities of the worthy ones like water, always be victorious! ||1||
I will narrate the Purana of Ajitanatha, which, upon hearing, brings the worthy ones the union with the Lakshmi of liberation, free from obstacles and leading to great prosperity. ||2||
In this Jambudvipa, in the highly renowned eastern Videha region, on the southern bank of the Sita river, lies the vast country called Vatsa. ||3||
In that country, there was a city named Susima, which amazed everyone with its splendor. Once, the king of this Susima city was Vimala Vahana, a very influential ruler. ||4||
It is a well-known fact in the world that those who desire virtues seek them. But in this king, it was a wonder that all the virtues, filled with affection, came and resided with him on their own. ||5||
He was endowed with three powers: the power of enthusiasm, the power of mantras, and the power of fruits, and also with three attainments: the attainment of enthusiasm, the attainment of mantras, and the attainment of fruits. He was free from laziness and ruled his subjects justly, treating them like his own children. ||6||
Remembering that "virtue leads to merit, merit leads to wealth, and wealth leads to the desired enjoyments, without virtue, wealth and desires are not attained," he became a righteous soul through Jain Dharma. ||7||
Once, when the king's infinite, non-rejectable, and rejectable passions subsided, leaving only the burning passion, he attained self-knowledge or the three jewels and became detached from the world. He began to contemplate in solitude, thinking to himself...