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JAIN JOURNAL
"At the feet of Nirgrantha Jnataputra ?”
“No, it was within me, in my true self.”
“And what happened after that ?”
"I have become Lord of my self and by becoming Lord of my self have become the Lord of the universe."
"How was it, oh wise ?”
"Because the entire universe is now within me and I in the universe. Nothing is left out, there is no separation."
“Now I am convinced, oh muni! Victory be thine !” replied Srenika.
And the queen so long waiting in silence silently burst forth,
“Hail the young yogi of the land!"
The royal couple bowed down together at the yogi's feet. When they raised their heads after a few moments, the yogi was not there. Only a divine light was moving further away through the rows of groves of the temple garden.
The golden moon was again up in the evening on the balcony of queen Celana.
“Dear Celana, today I have known you for the first time.”
“Today for the first time I have known you my lord, in your entirety."
"Take me in, my darling!”
“Come with me, my lord, eternal resting bed is awaiting for us on the summit of Vipulacala."
A sweet fragrance was blowing in the cool evening air.
translated by Gita Mukherjee
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