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Verses 19 & 20
thief turned into an ascetic. For the sixth, being a restorer (sthitikaraṇa guņa), prince Vārişeņa who re-established his colleague saint in true asceticism; for the seventh, being affectionate (vātsalya guņa), Muni Vişņukumāra who transformed himself into a brāhmaṇa in order to save monks from oppression; and for the eighth, being a propagator (prabhāvanā guņa), Muni Vajrakumāra, acquired fame.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
In these two verses Ācārya Samantabhadra has given the names of great personages whose stories, of unflinching adherence to the respective limbs of right faith, are worth recollecting. These stories find mention in various purāņas, constituent parts of rich Jaina literature.
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