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XXIV : SĀRĀVALĪ PRAKIRNAKA and servants and the objects of pleasure are transient and temporary and cause pain and sorrow when separated from. Listening to such religious discourse, Pundarika became motivated to embrace the holy faith and, renouncing all violent activities, accepted the monastic order of his grandfather firsr Lord Prophet-propounder Bhagvān Rsabhadeva. (verses 19-23)
In the subsequent verses there is a mention of the learning of the scriptural knowledge by monk Pundarika at the hands of the preceptors learned in the canonical knowledge. After learning the scriptural knowledge and obtaining his guru's permission Pundarika came to the Saurastra region as a part of his monastic peregrinations. Wandering in the Saurastra region monk Pundarika beheld the tree-clad mountain. (verses 24-28),
· According to this text the monks who are restrained by nine restrictions of celibacy, who properly observe the ten monastic duties, who are endowed with seventeen types of disciplines, who have weakened their bodies through the observance of twelve types of austerities and penance, and who are endowed with eighteen thousand sub-types of righteous conducts, as propounded by the Lords Jinendras, are the learned monks who attain purity of belief, knowledge and conduct. Such learned monks dwell upon the Pundarika (Šatruñjaya) hill beholding it and studying and reflecting upon the meaning of the primary canons such as Sāmāyika, etc. and the fourteen pre-canons (Pūrvas). (29-32)
In the subsequent verses, establishing the importance of Pundarikagiri, it has been said that it is endowed with ten types of wish fulfilling trees (Kalpa-vrksa), various eatables, tasty nutrients, jewels, clothes, cosmetics and various types of bedding. This area is always pleasurable for the humans and the gods. Pleasurable material and musical instruments used for singing and
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