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The sage, full of love for dharma, performed the great vow of love, establishing those who were devoted to the teachings of the Jinas in dharma. ||7||
"Thus, the great-souled sage contemplated these sixteen causes of attaining the state of a Tirthankara for a long time." ||7||
Then, contemplating these virtues perfectly, the supreme sage bound the great merit, the cause of shaking the three worlds. ||79||
He attained the pure Koṣṭha-buddhi, Bīja-buddhi, Padānusārī-buddhi, and Sammiśrotra-buddhi. ||80||
Just as a king-sage knows the comings and goings of his enemies through royal knowledge, so too, the radiant sage, the holder of the radiant virtues, knew his past lives through the four types of knowledge called Buddhi. ||81||
He attained great radiance through the power of the Dīpta-virtue, practiced great austerities through the power of the Tapta-virtue, practiced the Ugra-tapas through the power of the Ugra-virtue, and practiced the Ghora-tapas through the power of the Ghora-virtue, piercing the heart of the terrible enemy, karma. ||82||
Just as, in his previous state as a king, he, the knower of mantras, used to contemplate the duality (of the self and karma) with his ministers, desiring to conquer the other world (the group of enemies), so too, now in his state as a sage, he, the knower of mantras like the five prostrations, contemplated the duality (of the self and karma, or attachment and aversion, etc.) with the ministers of tapas (yogis who know the science of mantras), desiring to conquer the other world (the hells and other states of existence). ||83||
The sage, with a noble intention, desired only the glorious state of a Siddha. He did not desire any virtues at all, yet he attained the Vikriya-virtue with many qualities like Aṇimā, Mahimā, etc. ||84||
He also attained the virtues of Jalla, etc., which are beneficial to the world. It is only right, for the fruits of the Kalpa-tree benefit everyone. ||85||
Although the sage had vowed to renounce ghee, milk, etc., he manifested many virtues of ghee, milk, etc., which flowed forth. It is only right, for...
1. इहामूनि ल०। 2. सत्तमः श्रेष्ठः । 3. परलोकगमनागमनम् । 4. दीप्ति । 5. चोराधारा-१०। घोरापोराति-ल०। 6. परिग्रहम् । इष्टानिष्टादिकं च । पक्षे कलह च। 7.-जगतीहिता म०, ल.। 8. अमृतादिरससिद्धिः।