Jain Journal 1973 04

Author(s): Jain Bhawan Publication
Publisher: Jain Bhawan Publication

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After he had the first division of the Ganga conquered by the general, he himself subdued the goddess Ganga by a three-day fast. The king and his army went out of Mt. Vaitadhya through (the cave) Khandaprapata by a door opened by the general.
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Then the nine treasures, Naisarpa, et cetera, became submissive to Cakrin Priyamitra engaged in three-day fast. After he had the second division of the Ganga conquered by the general, the province with six divisions being conquered, the Cakrin returned to the city Muka. His consecration as Cakrabhrit, which lasted for twelve years, was made by gods and men, together with a great festival.
While the king was protecting the earth with good policy, one day the Acarya Pottila stopped in a garden. After he had heard dharma in his presence, he installed his son on the throne, became a mendicant, and practised severe penance for a crore of years. 184-215
When he had lived for eighty-four lacs of purvas, he died from a fast and became a god in the Sarvartha palace in Sukra. 216
He fell and was born here in Bharata in the city Chatra as the son, named Nandana, of Jitasatru by his wife Bhadra. When he was grown King Jitasatru installed him on the throne and, disgusted with living in worldly existence, became a mendicant. Delighting the heart of the people Nandana ruled the earth properly, his rule-like that of Pakasasana. After he had passed twenty-four lacs of years from the time of his birth, disgusted with existence, Nandana took the vow under Acarya Pottila. Intensifying his asceticism by continuous fasts for a month, he wandered with his Guru in villages, mines, cities, et cetera.
Devoid of both evil meditations and the two causes of binding karma, always free from the three hurtful acts, the three vanities and the three blemishes; with the four passions destroyed; free from the four kinds of attachments; devoid of the four kinds of idle talk; devoted to the four kinds of dharma; his zeal unimpeded by the fourfold attacks; adhering to the five vows; hostile to the five kinds of love; daily attached to the study of the five categories; observing the five kinds of carefulness; victorious over the five senses; protector of the six categories of souls; free from the seven states of fear; with the eight conditions of pride destroyed; having the nine controls of chastity; practising tenfold dharma; knowing completely the eleven Angas; practising twelvefold penance, with a liking for the twelve pratimās; enduring a series of trials hard to endure; indifferent to everything, Muni Nandana prac