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## Forty-Second Chapter
**349** The most excellent character of the Kshatriyas of the lineage and the character of the Tirthankara Kshatriyas, revealed through the three jewels, which was narrated by the foremost of the Chakravartins, Maharaja Bharata, all this was expounded by the Lord Vaachapati (Shruta Kevali) Gautama Ganadhara, revealing the essence of all things, for the king of Magadha, Shrenik. ||206||
The time, filled with continuous festivals, passed pleasantly for the king of Bharata, who worshipped the feet of the Lord Vrishabhadeva, the master of the three worlds, who remembered the qualities of the Supreme Brahman, who bowed to the first Jina, and who, with devotion, repeatedly worshipped the Lord Vrishabhadeva, the guru of the gods and demons. ||207||
The emperor Bharata, who regularly worshipped the Jina, who daily pleased the assembly of seekers, who was constantly served by kings with crowns bowed to the earth, and who protected the entire earth, free from enemies, from the sea to the Himalayas, enjoyed the tenfold essence of pleasures through delightful pastimes of his own choosing. ||208||
Thus ends the forty-second chapter of the Trishattilakshana Mahapurana Sangraha, composed by the Acharya Bhagavan Jinaseena, known as Aarsha, which expounds the practice of the Varna Ashrama for the king of Bharata. ||42||
**Notes:**
* **Vaachapati (Shruta Kevali):** A title for a Jina who has attained omniscience through knowledge.
* **Tirthankara Kshatriyas:** Kshatriyas who have become Tirthankaras (spiritual leaders).
* **Three Jewels:** Right Faith, Right Knowledge, and Right Conduct.
* **Varna Ashrama:** The system of social and spiritual duties based on caste and stage of life.