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Kévala Jnāna, but I do not." Sramaņa Bhagavān Mah&vīra then said "Do not be disappointed, you will also have Kévala Jpāna. He, who worships the images of the twenty-four Firthamkaras on the groafaf Ashtāpada-giri attains the wealth of Kévala Jnāna, during that very Bhava ** Existence."
When Gañadhara Mahārāja Indrabhūti Gautama was thus thinking about, a celestial voice was heard "The Jinéśvar Bhagavān has said to-day that any human being who climbs up Mount Ashtāpada by his own supernatural power and worships the images of faäatt Jinésvaras there, will certainly attain fafa Siddhi-pada, the state of Final Beatitude during that life.
On hearing the celestial voice, Gañadhara Mabārāja Indrabbūti Gautama requested Siamaņa Bhagavān Mahāvīra for permission to go to teracate Ashtāpa la Tirtha, the place of pilgrimage on Ashtāpada-giri for the purpose of worshipping the images of Jinésvara Tirtham karas there. Knowing that by going there, the hermits dwelling there, will be enlightened by Gañadhara Mahārāja Indrabhūti Gautama, a permission to go there was immediately granted to him.
Gañadhara Mahārāja Indrabhūti Gantama, became greatly pleased by the permission readily given agreeably with his own desires and he arrived near the Asbtāpadu-giri in a moment by a speed as swift as that of the wind, under the influence of attuofon Cāraṇa Labdhi.
In a moment, he went up the great mountain, entered the magnificent temples of tara Nandiśvara dvipa built by M AETTIST the Great King Bharata and he devoutly worshipped the extremely beautiful images of the twenty-four Tirthamkaras there.
Coming out from the temples, Ganadhara Mahārāja 'Indrabhūti Gautama, sat under a big I Asoka Vriksha