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In the Mahapurana, the Uttara Purana, the gods, led by Vasudeva, said to him, "We have brought these animals here to be used for your wedding celebration." || 163 || Hearing this, Lord Nemnath thought, "These animals live in the forest, eat grass, and never harm anyone. Yet, people inflict pain on them for their own enjoyment. Shame on such people! Or, what do these fools, whose minds are filled with deep falsehood, not do? They are cruel, devoid of compassion, and kill living beings with their own mortal lives. Look, the wicked Krishna has deceived me by creating fear in my mind about his taking over the kingdom. In reality, the actions of wicked people are always harmful." Thinking this, he became detached and returned to his home. || 164-168 || With the appearance of the Ratna Tray, the Lokantic Devas came and explained to him, and remembering his past lives, he trembled with fear. At that time, he performed the Diksha Kalyanak celebration. || 166-168 || After that, he boarded a palanquin called Devakuru and set off with the gods. He went to Sahasramravan and took the Tela vow. On the sixth day of the bright fortnight of Shravan, in the evening, after three hundred years of the Burmar-kal had passed, he took the vow of Sannyam along with a thousand kings. At that time, he attained the fourth stage of knowledge, Manahparyaya, and the Kevalgyan was about to happen soon. || 166-172 || Just as the evening sun follows the setting sun, Rajimati also followed him for penance. This is right, because even a single word, let alone the body, is the same justice for women of the family. || 172 || Other people are not known to be detached even from their own suffering, but those who are virtuous men abandon even great wealth because of the suffering of others. || 173 || Baldev, Narayana, and other chief kings, and Indra and other gods, all praised the Lord with many hymns and went to their respective places. || 174 || On the day of Parana, the Lord, the best of the virtuous, entered the city of Dwaravati. There, King Varadat, who was as radiant as gold and possessed the qualities of faith, etc., offered him pure food, fit for the acceptance of the munis, with nine types of devotion, including Padigahan, and he received the Pancha-Ascharya. || 175-176 || In his house, there were twelve crore and a half jewels, which were left by the gods. He also had rain, auspiciousness, wind, and the three qualities of goodness, passion, and darkness. || 177 ||