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Having heard the supreme words of the Lord, those who had come, having embraced the great renunciation, departed from their homes to the forest. ||125|| Having received the initiation given by the Lord Vrishabhadeva, like a new bride, they, the young kings, were like new grooms. ||126|| They embraced that initiation, which, like a wife, came close with great affection, holding the hair (kachagraha). ||127|| Having embraced intense austerity, those great sages shone like the sun in summer, their brilliance eclipsing the world. ||128|| Through intense austerities, they attained a thin body, which, adorned with the qualities of austerity, shone like a sculpture carved by the goddess of austerity. ||129|| Standing in the Samayika vow, distinguished by the Jina-kalpa, they practiced intense austerity, enhanced by purity of knowledge. ||130|| Having attained the pinnacle of detachment, those lords of the age, free from their own nature, were not desirous of the wealth of the kingdom. ||131|| Embraced by the goddess of austerity, they were eager for the wealth of liberation, and, engrossed in the wealth of knowledge, they forgot the wealth of the kingdom. ||132|| Having studied the twelve-limbed Shruta-skandha, those great intellects adorned their souls with the excellent practice of austerity. ||133|| Understanding that the control of the mind comes from study, and the control of the senses from the control of the mind, those wise ones devoted their intellect to study. ||134|| Through the Acharaanga, they understood the perfect conduct, free from any transgression of the purity of conduct. ||135||
The kingdom of austerity is the best kingdom, whose every element is praiseworthy. ||124||