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## Third Section
"Bhanta! Where will the blessed deva go, where will he be born, after leaving that deva-loka?"
"He Gautama! He will be born as a Siddha in Mahavidehavarsha."
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Shree Sudharmaswami said - O Jambu! Thus, the Shraman, the liberated Bhagwan Mahavira, has explained the meaning of the first study of the third section.
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**Discussion** - This sutra describes the final samadhi of the blessed anagaara, and the sutrakar has compared him to a Skandaka Sannyasi. The blessed anagaara, immersed in knowledge, meditation, austerity, and renunciation, one night while meditating, thought to himself, "I still have the strength to rise, and the Shasanapati Shraman Bhagwan Mahavira is still present, so why not complete the ultimate practice of this life while all these favorable conditions are present?" As soon as this thought arose, he received the permission of Shraman Bhagwan in the morning and, for self-purification, recited the five great vows again. He then sought forgiveness from the present Shramans and Shramanis and, along with the Tatha-rupa sthaviras, slowly ascended the Vipulagiri. Upon reaching there, he spread a layer of darbha grass on a black-colored earth-stone slab, sat in padmasana, joined his hands, and circled them over his head. Facing the east, he first saluted all the Siddhas with the chant "Namotthunan," and then saluted Shree Shraman Bhagwan Mahavira with the same chant. He said, "Bhagwan! You, who are seated there, are seeing everything, so please accept my salutations. I had already renounced the eighteen sins in your presence. Now, in your presence, I renounce them again for the rest of my life. Along with this, I also renounce food, drink, edibles, and palatable substances for the rest of my life. I also finally relinquish my body, which has been my aid in restraint. Now, I am taking the vow of Anashan called Padupopagaman." Thus, he saluted Shree Shraman Bhagwan, made him a witness, and took Santhara, and began to live accordingly. He studied the eleven Angas, starting with Samayika, remained in the Dikshaparaya for nine months, and spent one month in the Anashan Vrat. He achieved the ultimate samadhi-death after sixty bhakta anashan-chedan, with introspection and repentance.
Here, it is said that the blessed muni renounced sixty bhakta. One might wonder what a bhakta is? The answer is that each day's two bhakta are the food or meals. Thus, there are sixty bhakta in a month. In this regard, the Vrittikar says, "The renunciation of two meals each day makes sixty bhakta renounced in thirty days." Thus, when the blessed anagaara took Anashan for a month, there is no doubt about the renunciation of sixty bhakta. After that, the blessed anagaara, after relinquishing his body, was born in the most excellent divine realm, the Sarvarth Siddha Vimana, etc. This is clear.
When the sthaviras who went with him saw that the blessed anagaara had completed his earthly play and attained heaven, they performed Parinirvana-pratyayika kayotsarga, meaning, "Parinirvana is death, the dissolution of the body is also Parinirvana, the belief that is the cause of this is Parinirvana-pratyaya." The meaning is that after death, the meditation that is done...