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SĀRĀVALĪ PRAKĪRŅAKA : 27 Here, St. (? Monk) Nārada saw the omniscient Lords being worshipped with great ceremony and he, too, gained omniscience and became liberated.
THE GLORY OF PUNDARĪKA HILL
86.
Having given the description of the noble omniscient St. Atimuktaka and St. Narada here, now I narrate the benefits of pilgrimage to Pundarīka hill.,
87.
One who gives charity at the Pundarīka hill becomes entitled to enjoying the resultant pleasures and the one, who undertakes austerities there gains the title of the heavenly king (Indra).
88.
On reaching the Satruñjaya hill, one becomes free of attachment and desires, gets established in the purest meditation (Sukla-dhyāna) and thereby attains nirvāna.
89.
One who himself recites these verses of this Sārāvalī Prakirnaka, studies them and reflects upon their meaning, gains freedom from all sins.
90.
Remembering the Pundarīka hill a person overcomes all hurdles even in difficult jungle route, fearsome forest, and funeral ground.
91.
Even when sailing on a wrecked boat in the middle of the ocean, a sailor fords the seas on that broken boat itself by remembering the Satrunjaya hill.
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