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## Agam Sutra 39, Chhed Sutra-5, 'Mahanishith'
Many men and women, with minds free from greed, who were content with a short-lived happiness in their families, relatives, friends, kin, homes, wealth, etc., renounced them all, and with a firm and resolute mind, desiring the eternal bliss of liberation, embraced the path of a Shraman. They adopted all the qualities of a Shraman, became a fourteen-preceptor, attained the ultimate body, and were destined for liberation. Such a Ganadhar Sthavir, with a firm and resolute mind, desiring the eternal bliss of liberation, renounced all worldly possessions and embraced the path of a Shraman. He adopted all the qualities of a Shraman, became a fourteen-preceptor, attained the ultimate body, and was destined for liberation. Such a Ganadhar Sthavir approached a Shraman and accepted the vows of Pravrajya.
O Gautam! Thus, they engaged in intense austerities, heroic practices, and the observance of vows, self-study, meditation, etc., and by destroying all their karmas, they attained liberation along with that Brahmani, casting off the dust of karma. Many men and women, including Govinda Brahmana, attained liberation. They all became highly renowned. Thus, I say. Sutra - 1498
O Bhagvant! What did that Brahmani do that she attained such easy enlightenment, became worthy of receiving the name in the morning, and then, through her teachings, liberated many noble beings, men and women, who were rotting in the intense suffering of the endless cycle of birth and death, giving them eternal happiness through beautiful Dharmadesha, etc.? O Gautam! In her previous birth, she had performed atonement with pure intentions, free from any malice, for the faults she had accumulated from birth to eternity, with beautiful intentions. She then attained Samadhi and, due to its influence, was born in the Saudharma Devaloka as the chief queen, Mahadevi, of Indra Maharaj.
O Bhagvant! Was the soul of that Brahmani a Nigranthi Shramani in her previous birth, who performed atonement with pure intentions, free from any malice? O Gautam! The soul of that Brahmani had attained great wealth and liberation in her previous birth. She had attained the great wealth of knowledge, vision, and character. She was the head of the Anagar Gachchha, a great ascetic, the leader of her time, with a body adorned with the best virtues, the foundation of all qualities, but she was not a Shramani.
O Bhagvant! Due to the influence of what karma did she, being the head of the Gachchha, acquire the karma of womanhood? O Gautam! Due to Maya, O Bhagvant! What happened to her due to Maya? - The soul whose world has become weak. Such a soul, due to the rise of all sins, is like a vessel of laddu made from fragrant substances, ghee, sugar, and fine flour, which is enjoyed by all, a place of all suffering and torment, a devourer of all happiness, a hindrance to the pure and supreme Shraman Dharma, which is characterized by non-violence, like the gate of heaven and the door of hell, a repository of all disgrace, ill-repute, blemish, torment, etc., like the black soot of a dark chimney, which stains the pure soul, making it incapable of doing good deeds. Did the head of the Gachchha acquire the nature of a woman?
O Gautam! While she was the head of the Gachchha, she did not indulge in even the slightest Maya. Previously, she was a Chakravarti Raja, who, being tired of the worldly pleasures of the afterlife, renounced the wealth of a Chakravarti, the fourteen jewels, the nine treasures, 64,000 excellent women, 32,000 obedient noble kings, 96 crore foot soldiers, and the entire Bharatvarsha, which was like the earth, and embraced the path of a Shraman, motivated by great merit. She became a great ascetic, a Shruta Dhar, in a short time. Recognizing her worth, the great Guru Maharaj granted her the authority of the head of the Gachchha. O Gautam! Even there, she recognized the path of liberation well. She followed the Shraman Dharma as prescribed, embraced intense austerity, endured severe hardships, renounced the passions of attachment and aversion, governed the Gachchha according to the Agam, renounced the food offered by a Sadhvi throughout her life, avoided the killing of any living beings, did not engage in sexual intercourse, even in a subtle way, did not desire worldly pleasures in this world or the next, was wise, free from the malice of Maya, performed atonement as prescribed, free from any malice, and was completely free from the support of pleasure. She had accumulated a large amount of karma in many births, which she did not exhaust. Due to the small amount of karma she had left, she was born as a woman, like a Muni Deepa Ratna Sagar.