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6th Year of mendicancy
From 'Kadal Sam gama' and 'Jamb Samḍa'the Lord arrived near 'Tamb ya'. At that time the elder monk of the Pr va tradition, Nandi e a, was staying there. Go laka argued with him, too. From "Tamb ya' the Lord went to 'K viya' where he was arrested due to the suspicion of his being a spy. There, two female-monks named Vijay and Pragalbh told people about the Lord and said he was the great t rthamkara Mah v ra and if Indra finds out, he would punish them. Both of them had been Pr van tha's disciples. Listening to them people freed the Lord and sought his forgiveness. From there the Lord moved on to Vai 1. Go laka expressed desire to wander alone and gaining acceptance from Siddh rtha Deva moved towards R jag ha. Reaching Vai 1, the Lord took permission to stay in the ironsmith's workshop and meditated there. A worker of the workshop was not attending work because of his illness. The next day of the Lord's arrival there, he came to work and seeing the Lord there, thinking it to be inauspicious, attempted to attack him. However, by divine grace, his raised hands remained stuck in that position and he stood like a statue. Leaving Vai 1, the Lord arrived in the province of Gr maka and became meditative at the place of the Yak a Vibhelaka. Inspired by the penitent life of the Lord the Yak a too started singing his praises.
Leaving Gr maka the Lord arrived at the beautiful garden, li ra'. It was the chilly winter month of M gha. People were shivering in their warm clothes within their homes, while at the same time the Lord was standing in meditation, naked. When the vyamtara named Ka ap tan saw the Lord in meditation, he was reminded of a past life enmity. Taking the form of a female-monk, with her open hair standing on the Lord's shoulders, she started showering rain like a cloud and created gale too. Biting cold, gale and rains and yet the Lord remained steady in meditation and he obtained the unique clairvoyant knowledge - he could see the entire world. Seeing the Lord's equanimity, his capacity and forbearance, Ka ap tan felt tired, defeated and seeking forgiveness for her behaviour, left. The Lord arrived at Bhadrik city on leaving
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lir a'. There he spent the sixth rainy season observing four months of fast and meditation. At the end of the rainy season, the Lord broke his fast outside the city and left for Magadha.
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