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mother of the Tirthankar-"O the grand lady, having a grand personality in the womb ! O the lady having Tirthankar in the womb ! O the lady providing the lamp in the form of omniscient Tirthankar to the world. F We bow to you. You are the mother of the unique Tirthankar, who is going to be compassionate to all living beings of the world, who is going to propagate the path of right faith, right knowledge and right conduct and who is having capability of delivering his message in such a language that is going to have an all round effect in the hearts of the people. He is going to be the one perfect in control of senses, possessor of perfect knowledge and excellent propounder of Dharma. He is going to start the wheel of excellent Dharma. He is going to have perfect knowledge. He is knower of all the essence of Dharma. He is going to provide knowledge of basic elements. He is the master of the entire world. He is going to provide the seed of true knowledge in all the living beings and after doing so, he is going to provide welfare to all, having no attachment at all. He is born in the best clan, in kshatriya caste and is the best of all in the world. You are really very lucky, meritorious and praise-worthy."
"O blessed of gods! We, the eight head Dik-kumaris of the lower world shall celebrate the birth of the Tirthankar. So, please do not feel afraid."
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Saying so, they go to the north-east corner. There with fluid process they spread the space-points of their soul outside their physical body and then convert them in the shape of a rod numerable yojan long. Then, they assimilate subtle particles of diamonds, neelam and precious stones. Then again they do the fluid process. Thereafter, they create flowing wind and blowing slowly they make the earth clean and fragrant with beautiful flowers blossoming in all seasons. Then, they clean and make fragrant the space upto one yojan from all sides with the wind blowing in oblique direction that spreads that fragrance in all directions in plenty. Just as a labourer with a broom made of palm-leaves or with a broom of bamboo threads cleans the courtyard of heaven, palace, temple, assembly hall, water closet, an orchard near a town, a garden, a park made for worldly recreation, cleans patiently, in a discreet manner with full zeal, clearing all the protruding unnecessary branches. Similarly the Dik-kumaris with winds moving in a circle clear the earth of all the leaves, wooden pieces, impure material, refuse, dirty matter and collect it outside that area in a lonely place. Then, those Dik-kumaris come to
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