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मन में वैराग्य का उद्भव हुआ। उन्होंने झटपट घर छोड़कर सन्यास की दीक्षा ग्रहण की। परिव्राजक बन गये। समस्त कर्मों का त्याग कर ज्ञान की प्राप्ति के लिये जंगलों में घुमक्कड़ बनकर घुम-फिरने लगे । तपस्या की । केवल ज्ञान प्राप्त करके अहंत बने । चौबीसवें तीर्थङ्कर के रूप में उन्होंने अपारयश पाया । आषाढ़ बहुल अष्टमी के दिन उनका निर्याण हुआ । श्री नेमिनाथ का चरित्र सुननेवाले वहाँ के शिष्यगणों ने शद्धा और भक्ति के साथ उनको प्रणाम किया।
following day. Having been thus informed Shri Neminatha was smitten with remorse and pity, wherepon his heart immediately filled with a spirit of renunciation. Without a second's delay, Shri Neminatha left the camp, took the vow of Sanyasa and became a travelling mendicant. He trekked through all the forests. Having snapped all bonds of Karma, he also performed Tapasya (ascetic practice), as a result of which he attained Kevalajnana on an auspicius day when the Moon was in conjunction with the star Svathi. Having thus become an Arhantha, Shri Neminatha Swamy unveiled himself as the 22nd Tirthankara. Through his exemplary life he won a great name and fame and finally gave up his physical body on an Ashadha Bahula Ashtami - corresponding to the eighth day of the waning phase in the fourth month of the lunar calendar. (The company of disciples who were listening to the stories of the Tirthankaras - were filled with so much awe and reverence towards Shri Neminathaswamy that they bowed to his memory after the narration of his story was completed).
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