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Lord Mahavira and His Times
40. Renouncing all food (Bhaktapratyākhyāna)
By renouncing all food, he prevents his birth many times.
41. Perfect Renunciation (Sadbhāvapratyākhyāna)
Through perfect renunciation, he enters the final stage of pure meditation where there is no return.
42. Confirming to the Standard (Pratirüpatā)..
By conforming to the standard of monks, he obtains ease and will be careful. He will inspire all beings with confidence and practise austerities.
43. Doing Service (Vaiyāvsitya)
By doing service, he acquires Karma which gets for him. the name and family name of a Tirthankara.
44. Fuilfilling all virtues (Sarvagunasampūrņatā)
By fulfilling all virtues, the boon he receives is that he will not be born again ; he will thus be exempt from the pains of the body and mind.
45. Freedom from passion (Vitarāgata)
Freedom from passion enables him to cut off the ties of attachment and desire, making him indifferent to all agreeable and disagreeable sensations of sound, touch, colour, . and smell.
46. Patience (Kshānti). . Patience enables him to overcome troubles. 47. Freedom from greed (Mukti)
Freedom from greed helps him welcome voluntary poverty and frees him from the desire for material prosperity.
48.' Simplicity (Ārjava):
Through simplicity, he will become upright in action, thought and speech, and will become veracious and a true practitioner of the law.
49. Humility (Mardava)
Through humility he will acquire freedom from selfconceit ; he will become a man of kind and meek disposition, and avoid the eight-kinds of pride.
50. Sincerity of Mind (Bhāvasatya) :
Sincerity of mind will help him obtain the purity of mind, which will induce him to exert himself for the ful
