________________
Out of a total life-span of 30 thousand years after observing tranquility / restraint for seven thousand years in the end the Lord along with thousand monks observed a month long fast without even water and on the ninth day of the dark fortnight of Jye ha under the constellation A vin, became liberated, emancipated and free. According to Jain history and Pur as the most venerated of men R ma (Padma Baladeva) and Vasudeva Lak ma a belonged to his time-period. R ma obtained Siddhi through intense practice and St's soul became eligible for the 12th heaven.
*****
157
