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Having a detached attitude, Lord Pr van tha showed equanimity towards both Kama ha asura's creation of calamities as well as Dhara endra's devotion. But understanding Megham 1, Dhara endra said - "Oh fool! Who are you trying to cause pain to with your calamities? Disrespecting and disrupting the peace of such a great soul is as painful as stamping on fire. He will not be affected at all; instead, your feet will burn. You will be destroyed. The Lord himself is an epitome of compassion, he will not do anything, and will bear it all peacefully, but I cannot remain peaceful too long." Megham l was scared on hearing Dhara endra's words. He also experienced the Lord's endless forbearance and immediately gathered up all illusory tricks. He begged forgiveness at P r van tha's feet and went back to his place. Dhara endra prayed to the Lord and moved towards his place. Gaining victory over the calamities, the Lord continued to observe penance. Moving around many places, Lord P r van tha reached ramapada garden in Varanasi and completed 83 nights as a mendicant.
Omniscience and Sermon
Lord P r van tha's mendicancy time-period was of 83 days. On the 84 h day, he stood in meditation observing a fast(a amatapa) in ramapada garden under the Gh tak tree. He conquered all the obscuring karmas by destroying his deluding karma in the second stage of deep meditation and became omniscient. The day he attained omniscience it was the fourth day of the dark fortnight of the Caitra month with moon conjunct with the constellation Vi kh. Gods and Indras expressed delight over the attainment of omniscience of Lord P r van tha and created the holy congregation (samava ara a).
In his first sermon the Lord said – “Life is empty and meaningless without religion. Hence practise religion. Breaking of bondage and the bondage of karma is only possible by following the spiritual path. The path to liberation from the bondage is right knowledge, right belief and right conduct, which is two kinds – the ruta and caritra (scripture and practice / conduct). The right conduct is of two kinds that of the householder and of the mendicant. To observe these as per one's capability and gaining the ultimate truth is the ultimate and essential objective of humankind.”
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