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departure, a worth seeing pitcher full of water, a pot full of water, divine umbrella with whisks, divine bunting, a very high flag almost touching the sky fluttering due to wind indicating success move in their respective order.
Thereafter, the umbrella, an empty pot decorated with pictures in exquisite colours. The great Mahendra flag which is 1,000 yojan high moves ahead in that order. It is studded with Vajra jewels. It is round like a pole. It has attractive shape. It is as clean as an idol of stone which is smooth well-cut on hard surface and well rubbed. It has softness like well-rubbed idol. It has thousands of buntings of five colours which are soft, well arranged, excellent and fluttering with the wind. It is decorated with umbrella and another great umbrella and appears as if it is touching the sky. Thereafter five well decorated armies alongs with their five chiefs having decoration of all the requisite types move along.
Thereafter many abhiyogik gods and goddesses alongwith their grandeur and decorations move ahead and behind Shakrendra in their earmarked order. Thereafter many gods and goddesses who are residents of Saudharma heaven, get into that divine vehicle with their wealth. 45 They seat themselves in front of and behind Shakrendra as earmarked.
Thereafter Shakrendra sitting in that vehicle and surrounded by five armies, 84,000 co-chiefs, and many other gods and goddesses and with the wealth of all types and the music being played, passing through Saudharma heaven and exhibiting his divine grandeur comes to the exit of Saudharma heaven in the north. Thereafter moving at a fast divine speed covering distances of one lakh yojan each and crossing innumerable islands and oceans he reaches Ratikar mountain in the south-east of Nandishvar island. Further description may be understood similar to that of Suryabh Deva.
Thereafter Shakrendra contracts the divine vehicle and the divine wealth and comes to the place in Bharat continent of Jambu island where the city and the mansion of birth-place of the Tirthankar is located. He then with his vehicles takes three rounds of that building. He then shops his vehicle four fingers above the ground in the north-east corner. Then he gets down from the vehicle with his eight chief goddesses and the two armies of musicians and dancers, through the stairs in the east. Thereafter 84,000 co-chiefs of Shakrendra get down through the stairs in the north. The remaining gods and goddesses get down through the stairs in the south.
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Jambudveep Prajnapti Sutra
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