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RISABHA DEVA
four halls, separately, men in the eleventh hall and animals in the last one.
Among the wonderful acquisitions of the Tirthamkara, which are obtained as the result of the destruction of the karmic energies that stand in the way of the manifestation of the Divinity of the soul, may be mentioned the following: They are able to conquer gravitation and possess the power of levitation; They live without food and water; Their eyelids are never closed; shadow is not cast by Their bodies; and Their hairs and nails do not grow' any more. They are not liable to be assailed by trouble or distress in any form; and peace and plenty' prevail wherever They go! Naturally-hostile animals become as friends in Their presence; ferocious natures are tamed! Flowers and fruits appear out of season wherever They go! When seated in the Samarasarana a Tirthamkara appears to be looking in all the four directions, though He only sits facing the East. The speech of the Lord is like the roar of many waters, and is distinctly heard by every one present. It is produced independently
pātāla loka), the uppermost story of the topmost hell. Some of the vyantaras and the residents of the pātāla loka are sometimes seen by men. Some of them are playful and vicious, and at times not averse to enjoying a joke at the expense of man, which might account for the genuine kind of spiritualistic phenomena.
