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## Chapter Forty-Six
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"Ignorance, hatred, and attachment are the essence of the world, and liberation is the opposite of them. It is the state of right knowledge and equanimity. If the wise see this, then what is the delay in attaining liberation?"
"Just as a jewel dropped from the hand into the middle of the ocean cannot be retrieved by a man rushing along, so too, even if the materials of time, place, and lineage are available, how can one attain tapasya without actually performing it?"
"O Atman, you should accept your own Atman as the Supreme Atman within your own Atman, by your own Atman. Abandoning evil-mindedness within yourself, you should walk the path of Dharma."
Reflecting thus, the king, a knower of the Supreme Truth, went to his city and, after performing the coronation ceremony, handed over the kingdom to his son, Suvarnavarma. Then, descending from the Vijayachala mountain to the earth, he reached the city of Shripur, the abode of Lakshmi, and received Jaineshwari Diksha from the venerable Shri Pal Guru.
Free from the clutches of attachment, he, after receiving Diksha, became pure like the sun, and the king Hiranyavarma was shining brightly with the rays of tapasya.
Pravabhati, the mother of Hiranyavarma, also received Diksha along with Shashi Prabha, the mother of Hiranyavarma, from the virtuous Aryika. This is appropriate, for how can the moonlight exist separately from the moon?
The Muni Raja Hiranyavarma appeared just like the sun. Just as the sun is perfect, so too, he was a man of perfect character. Just as the sun shines brightly with the heat of tapasya, so too, he was shining brightly with the tapasya of fasting and other austerities. Just as the sun is the ornament of the sky and the directions, so too, he was the ornament of the naked ascetics, who wear the sky as their garment. Just as the sun is alone and without any support, so too, he was free from attachments. Just as the sun travels through the sky, so too, he traveled through the sky due to his Charan Riddhi. Just as the sun moves alone, so too, he was alone and solitary. Just as everyone worships the sun, so too, everyone worships the Muni Raja.
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