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Humans, gods, and demons, bowing down to the golden, supremely pure Tirthankara images, whose bodies have been washed with the water of the Milky Ocean, worship them. ||19|| Some praise them with meaningful hymns, some bow down, and some, remembering and contemplating their virtues, sing their praises. ||19|| Just as there is an Ashoka tree in the Ashoka forest, so too are there other trees of their own kind in the other three forests, and the roots of all of them are adorned with the images of the Jinas. ||195|| Thus, in the four forests, there were four very tall trees named Ashoka, Saptaparna, Champaka, and Amra. ||20|| These trees, which are called "Chaitya trees" because they have the images of the Jinas at their roots, and which Indra used to worship, were very beautiful. ||201|| These trees, which are born from the earth, are truly like the kings of the earth, for just as kings are adorned with many fruits, so too are these trees adorned with many fruits; just as kings are radiant, so too are these trees radiant; just as kings conquer the whole earth with their feet, so too do these trees conquer the whole earth with their roots; and just as kings are full of chariots, so too are these trees full of leaves. ||202|| These trees, with their red new shoots, seemed to be expressing their inner love, and with their clusters of flowers, they seemed to be showing their joy. Thus, these trees were serving the Lord. ||203|| If the greatness of these trees was so great, then what can be said about the power of the knowledge of the Lord Rishabhadeva, who is beyond comparison? ||204||
They used to worship continuously with incense, lamps, fruits, and rice grains. ||196||