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## Chapter 2: The Six Realms and the Story of Acharya Dharasen
Motivated by affection, Acharya Dharasen sent a letter to the assembly of monks taking place in the southern region, expressing his desire. The chief preceptors present at the assembly read Acharya Dharasen's letter with great seriousness and sent two worthy monks to him. These monks were capable of receiving and retaining the scriptures, adorned with various kinds of brilliant and pure conduct, holders of the garland of virtue, pure in terms of country, family, and caste, and proficient in all arts.
On the eve of the day when these two monks were to arrive in Girinagar, Acharya Dharasen saw a dream in which two white and humble bulls came and bowed at his feet. Upon seeing this dream, Acharya Dharasen woke up and said, "The goddess of scriptures, Jayavanti, is present." On that very day, the two monks sent from the southern region arrived at Acharya Dharasen's place. They were overjoyed and performed the rituals of bowing at his feet, etc. After resting for two days, on the third day, they told Acharya Dharasen the purpose of their arrival. Acharya Dharasen was also very pleased to hear their words and blessed them, saying, "May you be well."
A thought arose in Acharya Dharasen's mind that he should first test these two newly arrived monks to see if they were worthy of receiving and retaining the scriptures. He thought that teaching knowledge to individuals who wander freely would only increase worldly desires and fear. With this thought in mind, he decided to test these two newly arrived monks. Accordingly, Acharya Dharasen gave them two mantras to practice. One mantra was short and the other was long. He gave each of them one mantra and said, "Practice these mantras with a six-day fast (two days of fasting)." The two monks took the mantras from their guru and sat on the stone marking the nirvana of Bhagwan Neminath* and began practicing the mantras. When they mastered the mantras, they saw the presiding deities of the mantras. One goddess had her teeth protruding, and the other was one-eared. Seeing these deformed features of the goddesses, the two monks thought, "Deities do not have deformed features. Therefore, there must be some error in the mantras!" Thus, they considered the matter and, being skilled in the grammar of mantras, they corrected their respective mantras. They removed the extra letters from the longer mantra and added letters to the shorter mantra. Then they began practicing their mantras again. The two mantra deities then appeared in their natural beautiful forms and said, "Master, command us, what shall we do?" The two monks replied, "We have no worldly or otherworldly purpose from you. We have practiced these mantras only by the command of our guru." Hearing this,
* "Sriman Nemijineswarasiddhisilaayam vidhanato vidya sansaadhanam vidhadhatostamoscha puraatah sthite devyau." (Indranandi Shrutavatar)