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I am the Soul
intellect. In spite of the vanity, there was the ability within, which led him to decide unto himself that he would become the disciple of any person, whose statement of any principle, he did not understand.
Once he was passing by a house where several Sadhvis were stationed. An old Sadhvi was studying some scripture. Haribhadra overheard the verse, and stood there. The same gatha was being repeatedly recited and many of its words were similar. He tried to understand them, but could not.
He sought permission and went in to see the old Sadhvi who was studying the gathas, and asked, "What are you reciting? Could you repeat it again? Sadhviji repeated the same gatha -
चक्कि दुग्गं हरिपणगं, पणंग - चक्कीण केशवो चक्की केशव चक्की केशव दुचक्की, सी उा चक्की उा ।
He somehow could not understand what this 'chakki' was all about. In spite of a lot of thinking, he could not understand it. So he said, "O Arya! Could you please tell me the meaning of this gatha?"
Sadhviji explained, "In each of the 6 aras, there are 63 Shalaka Purushas. Shalaka is laudable, praiseworthy. Of these, 24 are Tirthankars, 12 Chakravartis, 9 Vasudevas, 9 Prativasudevas and 9 Baladevas. In this gatha, the sequence of the appearance of the Chakravartis and Vasudevas has been told.
First 2 Chakravartis and then 5 Vasudevas.
Followed by 5 Chakravartis and then 1 Vasudeva. Followed by 1 Chakravarti and then 1 Vasudeva. Followed by 1 Chakravarti and then 1 Vasudeva. Followed by 2 Chakravartis and then 1 Vasudeva. Followed by 1 Chakravarti -
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