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Mahapuraana, Uttara Puraana
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When thirty lakh crore oceans had passed in the second Tirthankara's lineage, Sambhavanatha Swami was born. His lifespan was also included in this interval. He had sixty lakh previous lifespans and his body was four hundred dhanus tall. When one-fourth of his lifespan had passed, he attained the great glory of kingship. He constantly experienced the happiness bestowed by the gods. || 26-28 ||
Thus, while enjoying happiness, when forty lakh previous lifespans and four purvaangas had passed, one day, seeing the illusion of clouds, he attained self-knowledge. At that very moment, he became detached and the world-ending Shri Sambhavanatha Swami began to think in his mind about lifespan, etc., in this way: || 26-30 ||
That the karma of lifespan residing within the being is Yama, others have mistakenly called someone else Yama. The beings of the world do not know this secret, therefore, they are killed by Yama countless times. || 31 ||
Yama destroys this body while residing within it, yet see the foolishness of this being that it dwells in this very body. || 32 ||
This being, immersed in the rasa of attachment, considers even tasteless objects like poison to be delicious and consumes them, therefore, damnation to the illusion of its intellect that has been going on since time immemorial. || 33 ||
Happiness in the world arises from the presence of the soul, senses, lifespan, and desired objects. The presence of the soul is always present for this being, yet why does it not know and why does it not contemplate this? This Lakshmi, like the flash of lightning, never attains stability. The being who abandons its desire, that being, illuminated by the rays of pure right knowledge, can attain the liberated Lakshmi. || 34-35 ||
Thus, praising Sambhavanatha Swami, who had grasped the essence of things, the Laukantika gods departed. And the Lord, giving the kingdom to his son, attained the celebration of the initiation ceremony, mounted on a palanquin named Siddhartha, carried by the gods, and departed from the city. He took vows of restraint in the Sahetuka forest with a thousand kings. || 36-37 ||
As soon as he took initiation, he attained Manahparyaya-jnana. The Lord, bearing the radiance like gold, entered the city of Sravasti on the second day for alms. || 38 ||
There, King Surendradatta, bearing the radiance like the ear, awaited him, gave him food and alms, and in which
1 Ayushi ite gate satiti arthah. 2 Sammatikrame lo. 3 Sanidhi lo. 4 Svasannidhairiha sthayam kha, gha. Sa sanidhi riha sthayaam ga, ka. 5 Vicchinnnechcha ka, gha. Vyuchchinnnechcha shrayet sthatum ka, kha, ga, gha. 6 Muni ka, kha, ga, gha.