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O Lord, we who desire liberation by following the path shown by you, and who worship you as our God, may you be pleased with us and bestow your grace. ||74|| O Lord, we praise you, who possess such extraordinary glory. We desire only intense devotion to you, and nothing else. ||75|| Thus, after praising you, King Bharata, who was being watched by the assembly of gods with wonder in their eyes, entered the grand pavilion and sat in his rightful assembly. ||76|| Then, desiring to receive enlightenment from the Lord, that assembly, like a lake of virtues, became silent, with hands folded like a lotus bud. When everyone sat silently, with hands folded, desiring to know the nature of the principles, King Bharata, desiring to know the nature of the principles, bowed his head in humility and respectfully made this request to Lord Rishabhadeva. ||77-78|| O Lord, what is the extent of the principles? What is the path? And what is its fruit? O best of those who know the principles, I wish to hear all this from you. ||79|| When Bharata's question was finished, the first Tirthankara, Lord Rishabhadeva, explained the extent of the principles in detail, with a very profound voice. ||80|| There was no change in the lotus-like face of the Lord while speaking. Just as there is no change in a mirror when it reflects objects, so too there was no change in the Lord's face. ||81|| At that time, neither the palate, lips, nor any other part of the Lord's mouth moved, nor did the radiance of his face change. And the letters that were coming out of his mouth did not even touch the senses - they were coming out without any effort, without striking the senses. ||82|| That divine sound, in which all the letters were clear, came out of the Lord's mouth like the echo coming from the front of a mountain cave. ||83||