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The Adipurana states that in this land, where the sages, free from the defilement of karma, are always liberated, the name Videha is both meaningful and established. (53) The people here are always joyful, celebrating constantly. They are always surrounded by pleasures, so they do not even consider heaven. (54) The women are naturally beautiful, the men naturally clever, and the children naturally speak sweetly, each in their own homes. (55) The cleverness of the people is evident in their clever attire, their wealth is known by their ornaments, and their youth is indicated by their enjoyment and luxury. (56) The people here delight in giving to worthy recipients and in worshipping the Arhant Bhagwan, the supreme among gods. They exert their utmost strength in protecting their virtue and find pleasure in observing fasts. (57) In this land, where the sun of the Jina shines, there is never any rise of false beliefs, just as fireflies do not appear in the daytime when the sun is shining. (58) The gardens here are always adorned with fruit-bearing trees, and the melodious calls of the cuckoos in them seem to invite travelers with their sweet sounds. (59) The border regions of this land are always adorned with fields of rice and other crops, bearing fruit, as if they were the virtuous actions themselves, adorned with the fruits of heaven. (60) In this land, when a flock of parrots descends from the sky near the rice fields, the women who tend the rice fields allow them to adorn the entrance to their homes. (61)