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Arhat Pārsva
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Then the celebrated Arhat Pārsva, moving through the city of Vārāṇasi, arrived at the park named Āśramapada, to the place where stood the most excellent aśoka tree. On the way he was gazed on by thousands of eyes, praised by thousands of mouths, being the object of thousands of wishes, coveted because of his splendour, beauty and virtues, pointed by thousands of fingers, responding with his right hand to the greetings from) thousands of folded palms of several thousand men and women, moving on and on by leaving behind rows of thousands of dwellings, greeted by sweet and delightful music of vīņā, cymbal, tūrya, and great drum, with which were mixed sweet and bracing shouts of victory, and gentle and pleasant murmur of the people; accompanied by all his pomp, all his splendour, all his army, all his train, all his retinue, all his munificence, all his grandeur, all his ornaments, all his majesty, all his men, all his subjects, all his actors, all his attendants, the entire seraglio, with all his flowers, wreaths, ornaments and robes on; attended by the sound of all türyas, with great pomp and great splendour; great army, great train, and the best of instruments, such as tūrya, yamaka, samaka, conch, paņava, pataha, veri, jhallari, kharamukhi, dundubhi and many others. Having moved (out of the city), he reached the most excellent aśoka tree in the park named Aśramapada, and ordered his palanquin to be placed beneath it. Then he came out of the palanquin. Thereafter, with his own hands, he took off his wreaths, fineries and ornaments. Having taken them off, he himself tonsured his head in five handfuls. Having done so, he courted the vow of taking food, without water, once every fourth day, missing eight meals at a time, and then having put on a divine robe, and in the company of 300 men, at the hour when the moon was in conjunction with the asterism Viśākhä, he, having given up the household order and having tonsured, joined the order of the homeless monks. 157
पासे णं अरहा पुरिसदाणीए तेसीइं राइंदियाई णिच्चं वोसट्ठकाए चियत्तदेहे जे केइ उवसग्गा उप्पज्जति तं जहा-दिव्वा वा माणूसा वा तिरिक्खजोणिया वा अणुलोमा वा पडिलोमा वा—ते उप्पण्णे सम्मं सहइ तितिक्खइ खमइ अहियासेइ।
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