________________ Siri Sirivalakaba :: That affection which a good Shravaka shows to (his) co-religionists, is not shown oven by a mother, father, or near relatives. (230) . Now (thus honoured there, and staying there), that prince, on account of the words of Mayana and (also) by reason of the preaching of the preceptor, learnt properly the well-known rite of worshipping the Siddhachakra. (231) And there, in an auspicious moment on a certain (i.e. encuing) eighth day ( 'ashtami') of the month of Ashwin, that prince together with Mayana, begins the penance (for propitiating) the Siddbachakra. (232) First having purified (lito cleaned up) hisbody as well as his mind, he worships the idol of the Jina in a Jain temple and performs 'the Eight -fold Worship of the Siddhachakra with (proper) religious ritos. (233) Thus performing the worship with (proper) religious rites, he took the vow of (practising) the Ayambil fast; and even on the (very) first day his body became horripilated with joy (of propitiating the Siddhachakra). (234) : . On the second day, his disease (of leprosy) became much more (lit. specially) mitigated; (and) thus day by day his inward mental
