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199
Nav Parva
11
Thus, after the questions of Vajrasangha were finished, the elder Muni, washing his body with the streams of water from the rays of his teeth, spoke as follows:
104
"O Arya, know me as the self-enlightened minister-soul, from whom you, in the Mahabala bhava, obtained the knowledge of the Jain Dharma, which destroys karma and leads to perfect knowledge."
105
"In that bhava, I, filled with sorrow at your separation, took refuge in enlightenment. After receiving initiation, I left my body at the end of my life and became a deva named Manichula in the self-luminous celestial chariot of the Saudharma heaven. There, my lifespan was slightly longer than an ocean. After that, I fell from there and was born in the world."
106-107
"In the eastern Videha region of Jambudvipa, in the city of Pundarika, I was born as the elder son of King Priyasena and his queen Sundari, named Pritikara. This great ascetic, Pritideva, is my younger brother."
108-109
"We both, after receiving initiation near the self-luminous Jina, obtained, through the power of our austerities, the knowledge of the avadhi and the power of aerial locomotion."
110
"O Arya, we both, with our eyes of avadhi knowledge, have known that you have been born here. Since you were our dearest friend, we have come here to explain to you."
111
"O Arya, know for certain that you have been born here only by the special merit of giving gifts, without pure and perfect knowledge."
112
"In the Mahabala bhava, you, having obtained knowledge from us, left your body, but at that time, due to your desire for enjoyment, you did not attain the purity of perfect knowledge."
113
"Therefore, we both, desiring to give you perfect knowledge, the supreme and the chief cause of happiness in heaven and liberation, have come here."
114
"Therefore, O Arya, accept perfect knowledge today. This is the time for its attainment, because without the attainment of the right time, the birth of perfect knowledge does not occur in this world for any living being."
115
"When there is the attainment of the right time, the right place, and other external causes, and when there is the attainment of the right karmic conditions, the internal cause, then the pure self, the true self, is born."
116
"You are our friend."
1. Streams.
2. Buddha.
3. Destroyer.
4. Pushkalavati.
5. Undestructible union.
6. United.
7. Our own.
8. Know.
9. Realms of enjoyment.
10. Not obtained.
11. Bhavas.
12. Inner karmic conditions.
13. Pure.