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The 74th chapter is called Anushabhik. This is the immediate result of your donation, but the future result is much greater. It is as if five wonders have rained down on your house. || 322 || To increase the merit of his disciples, the hero, the Lord, left his house with the desire to perform austerities in secluded places according to the rules. || 323 || The forest of the world, filled with trees of objects, infested with hunters of senses, full of terrible and dreadful creatures of the world, filled with hundreds of herds of elephants intoxicated with passions, terrifying with countless serpents with open mouths, harsh with four types of calamities like fierce lions, and surrounded by thieves in the form of groups of demons, this forest of the world was gradually abandoned by the Supreme Man, who is worthy of being served by the virtuous, who is full of uninterrupted happiness, who is filled with noble people, who is vast and free from all kinds of disturbances. || 324-326 || He entered the forest of austerities, accompanied by great lords in the form of great vows, following the best principles, very powerful with the three revealed powers of right faith, right knowledge, and right conduct, armed with the weapon of conduct, wearing the armor of a group of virtues, walking on the path of purity, and aided by noble intentions. || 327-328 || There, without any doubt, he engaged in many yogas and, residing in a secluded place, repeatedly contemplated the ten types of righteous meditation. || 330 || Then, one day, the extremely valiant and heroic Lord Vardhamana was seated in the cremation ground called Atimuktaka in Ujjayini, in the posture of the image. Seeing him, Mahadeva, a Rudra, wanted to test his patience with his wickedness. He created many large vetalas in the form of ghosts at night, who wanted to enter each other's bellies by peeling off their sharp skin, who looked very terrifying with their open mouths, who were dancing in various rhythms, and who were attacking with harsh words, laughter, and terrible looks. Besides these, he created an army of Kiratas with serpents, elephants, lions, fire, and wind. Thus, that Rudra, who was skilled in acquiring only sin, tried to distract him from his meditation with many terrible calamities caused by the power of his knowledge. || 331-335 || Unable to shake his mind from meditation, he praised him with various praises, calling him Mahavir. || 336 ||