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Saudharma region started echoing with the beautiful sound of the bells. Many celestial beings who reside in divine vehicles and enjoy mundane pleasures of the mundane world, who were engrossed in sensual pleasures, become attentive soon. They get up from the worldly slumber and attentively listen to the proclamation. When the sound of the bell becomes extremely mild and totally subsides, god Harinegameshi the army chief of celestial beings makes the 47 announcement in a loud voice at various places as under
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'O the gods and goddesses of Saudharma region! You listen this loveable message of the ruler of Saudharma region. These are his orders that you should present yourself before him.' The gods and goddesses felt happy to receive these orders. Some of them came to express their obeisance to the Tirthankar. Some came to worship him, some came to honour him, to praise him by singing hymns. Some came to express then inward pleasure by paying their respects. Some came to see him out of curiously. Some came to express their devotion and some came there believing it as their traditional conduct.
Shakrendra, the ruler of heaven felt happy to see the celestial beings present before him. He then called, Palak, the abhiyogik god and ordered
विवेचन प्रस्तुत सूत्र में वर्णित शक्रेन्द्र के देव-परिवार तथा विशेषणों आदि का स्पष्टीकरण इस प्रकार हैसौधर्म देवलोक के अधिपति शक्रेन्द्र के तीन परिषद् होती हैं - ( १ ) शमिता - आभ्यन्तर, (२) चण्डा - मध्यम, तथा (३) जाता - बाह्य आभ्यन्तर परिषद् में बारह हजार देव और सात सौ देवियाँ, मध्यम परिषद् में चौदह हजार देव और छह सौ देवियाँ एवं बाह्य परिषद् में सोलह हजार देव और पाँच सौ देवियाँ होती हैं।
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'O beloved of gods! Prepare the divine vehicle with fluid process. It should stand on hundreds of pillars. It should be decorated with dancing dolls. It should be beautified with pictures of deer, bullock, horses, men, crocodile, birds, snakes, kinnar, ruru, deer, ashtapad, chamari, cow, elephant, forest creeper, lotus creeper and the like. It should have moving pictures of Vidyadhars and studded Vedika. It should be studded with thousands of precious stones and jewels increasing its beauty. It should be beautified with thousand of sketches. It should be attractive to the eyes. It should have soothing touch. It should be decorated in an artistic manner. It should have shining jewelled bells. The divine vehicle Fi should be 1,000 yojan wide and 500 yojan high and capable of moving quickly at a high speed and doing the needful. After, compliance of these orders, inform me.'
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