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You are renowned in the cliree worlils and you are clever in all arts and sciences, and in moral codes. Now, how will you endure the pains of severe austerities? O child! You carefully observe the great vows whose practice is like Guarding against a sharp-edged sword. Do not be afraid in ite least of the sufferings of very terrible endurances. During your ascetic life, you are always to maintain your body on pure meagre food ob:ained by going froin door to door, and you are to abstain yourselves from living in towns and villagce. How can I say anything to you, who have Perfect Knowledye? But endeavour to attain speedlly the Happiness of Moksa (Final Emancipation)."
King Nandivardhana with his kinomen and retinde, burning with unbearable pangs o separation, and with eyes filled up with an unceasing (low of tears, knelt down reverently at the feet of Vardhamana Swami, and they took their seats Dearby.
Then, accepting the words of the elderly womail of the family, Vardhamāna Swāni plucked out the entire hai: of his head and beard by five handfuls with his own bands, and the mass of hair wis taken tway from the hands of Vardhamáda Swami into a divine cloth by the Indra with his bed bowed doivo low before him. After the ceremony of plucking out the hair was over, the mass af hair which was as black as a mags of chick clouds. 2010 wiich was cured (crcoked like the heart of a wicked wan, wis thrown by the indra, with the perimission of the Lord intu the Milk Ocean,
After Śrainaga Bhagavãn Mahåvira had. plucked out his hair in five handfuls (as described above), he said obeisance to all Liberated Souls, saying it f oi Naino Siddhānam Obeisance to all Siddhas (Liberated Souls ), sond taking the five Maha Vratas (Great Vows ! or Sarva Virati Samāyikaan utterance of the under-mentioned Sūtra of tbe vow of abstai. ning from all sinful acts. he put on a divine girment given by the Indra and adopted the Holy Conduct, (B, C. 568)
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