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## The Austere Penance of Mahaseanakrishna
**Chapter 14: The Increasing Penance of Mahaseanakrishna**
Mahaseanakrishna, having attained the increasing penance of Ayambila, lived as follows:
**Tenth Study**
Mahaseanakrishna performed one Ayambila, then four. He performed two Ayambilas, then four. He performed three Ayambilas, then four. He performed four Ayambilas, then four. He performed five Ayambilas, then four. He performed six Ayambilas, then four.
When the Ayambila increased by one, the fourth part of the Ayambila was performed, and then the Ayambila was performed.
Thus, Mahaseanakrishna performed the increasing penance of Ayambila for fourteen days, three months, and twenty nights. He would wake up before sunrise, and after waking up, he would bow and pay homage. After bowing and paying homage, he would live with many fourth parts of the Ayambila.
Thus, Mahaseanakrishna would live with the Ayambila, and he would remain in the state of contemplation.
Thus, Mahaseanakrishna would contemplate on the past, present, and future, and he would ask himself about the time of the sunrise. He would live in the state of contemplation until the time of the assembly.
Thus, Mahaseanakrishna would assemble at the time of the sunrise, and he would perform eleven angas. He would perform the seventeen vows, and he would observe the assembly. He would purify himself, and he would eat only the prescribed food. He would perform the austerities, and he would live in the state of nakedness. He would perform the Ayambila, and he would attain liberation with his last breath.
**Summary**
**Verse 1:**
Eight days, one, then seventeen.
This is the vow, the vow of the Jain monks.
Thus, you should understand the story of Mahaseanakrishna. He performed the increasing penance of Ayambila, which is as follows:
**Verse 2:**
**Chapter 5, Verse 6**| SR No. | 003448 |
| Book Title | Agam 08 Ang 08 Anantkrut Dashang Sutra Stahanakvasi |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Madhukarmuni, Divyaprabhashreeji, Devendramuni, Ratanmuni, Kanhaiyalal Maharaj |
| Publisher | Agam Prakashan Samiti |
| Publication Year | 1981 |
| Total Pages | 249 |
| Language | Prakrit, Hindi |
| Classification | Book_Devnagari, Agam, Canon, & agam_antkrutdasha |
| File Size | 16 MB |