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This is the second chapter. At the beginning of the Yuga, Bharat Chakravarti asked this question to Bhagwan Adinath. Then, Chakravarti Sagar asked the same question to Bhagwan Ajitnath. Today, you have also asked this question to the very intelligent Gautam Ganadhar. Thus, you have adorned the true tradition of the speaker and the listener, which has been going on for a long time.
O Shrenik, you are the questioner, Bhagwan Mahavir Swami is the answerer, and we all are listening with you. O King, such material has never been found before and will never be found again. Therefore, let these Gautam Swamis, who possess complete Shruta-knowledge, begin to tell this auspicious story, and we all listen with you.
Thus, all those Rishijan Maharaj Shrenik, encouraged in Dharma, with a focused mind, began to read the following hymn of Ganadhar Swami in a loud voice.
O Swami, even though the great Munis, who are the holders of direct knowledge, could not know your greatness through their knowledge, yet we are eager to praise you through direct hymns, so this is a matter of wonder.
O Rishi, you are the one who has crossed the ocean of fourteen Mahavidyas (fourteen Purvas). Therefore, we, motivated only by devotion, want to praise you.
O Bhagwan, you are the one who leads the Bhavyas to the attainment of the place of liberation. Your bright fame, like the moon, is shining like a fluttering flag.
O Dev, your fame, which has made the surrounding ocean its garden, is now attacking the top of the Sanad tree, wanting to climb it.
O Nath, even the great Munis believe that you are the Mahayogin among Yogis, famous, the holder of countless virtues, and the head of the Sangha - Ganadhar.
1. Questioner. 2. Rishis. 3. Four Vedas, Shiksha Kalpa, Vyakaran, Chhandovi Chitti, Jyotish, Nirukta, Itihas, Purana, Mimamsa, Nyaya Shastra, etc. are the fourteen Mahavidya sthans or fourteen Purvas or fourteen Mahavidya sthans. 4. Not mentioned. 5. Of the Sangha. 6. The mine of liberation. 7. Alavall: Aavapa.