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that something sad is to happen to me. I do have pain from Go laka's attack, but I am not going to die. I shall wander as a jina for fifteen-anda-half years now. Go to the r vaka ‘Revat 's house in Medhiy gr ma; do not bring the food kept for me, but bring stale citron fruit, which is aprorpriate to cure the disease."
Sh was very happy to hear this and immediately went to Revat 's house in Medhiy gr ma. Consuming the citron fruit brought from Revat 's house, the Lord's pain subsided and within a few days he became as brilliant as before. There was a wave of cheer in human and divine worlds with the Lord regaining health. Revat too obtained to the life of a god and later earned the T rthamkara n makarma because of this charity with pure feeling.
Demise of Sarv nubh ti, etc
One day, Gautama asked the Lord -“Lord, what will be the status of your congregational disciple Sary nubh ti, who has been burnt to ashes by Go laka's hot flash?” The Lord replied “Sarv nubh ti has been reborn as a heavenly being with life span of eighteen s gara in the eighth heaven and exiting from there, he will be born in Mah Videha where he will attain emancipation, enlightenment and liberation." Gautama then asked _“Where did Go laka go after death?" The Lord said that due to the pure thought at the end hour, he has been reborn in the 12th heaven as a god of 22-s gara life span. From there, continuously wandering through hell and netherworld, facing sorrow, he will obtain right perception. In the end, observing restraint, he will attain omniscience (kevalajñ na) and destroying his karmas, shall put an end to all his sorrow.'
Leaving Medhiy gr ma the Lord reached Mithil and completed rainy season halt there. In that very year, Jam li monk had an argument with the Lord and the female-monk Sudar an , having being awakened by the potter dhamka, rejoined the Lord's congregation.
16th Year as Keval
Completing the rainy season halt in Mithil , the Lord went to Hastin pura. At that time, Gautama, along with a few monks, arrived at the Ko haka garden in r vast. Outside the city, the monk of P r va's tradition, Ke kum ra, was staying with his group of monks in the
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