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middle portion of the ATECO Sam wasarana : Raised dais, faultlessly prepared by gods, Bhagavān Sri Risabha Swami, the Best Teacher of the World, sat facing the East, worshipped by numerons gods and goddesses, and saying at faceree Namo Titthass 1,-Obeisance to the Congregation consisting of any Sadhu Monks, Fiets Sadhvis, Nuns, a śrāvakas Male devoties and faits Srāvikā Female devotees; where the gods from heavens were making proud sounds of grefa Dundubhi, Kettle-drum; where darkness had been dispelled by US Bhāmandala,-the luminous circular disc of light moving in all directions; and where yāk chowries as white as the mass of rays of the autunnal Moon, were being waived to and fro.
The four varieties of gods, extremely delighted, took their appropriate seats.
The entire vault of the sky became filled with flags of five colours, flowing from the tops of hundreds of thousands of celestial cars of gods and goddesses coming and going away from there.
At that tipie, persons appointed to convey the information of the arrival of Jinèśvara Bhagavān to Bharata Mahārājā, hastily came to him simultaneously and informed him about the occurrence of acquisition of Warcrant Kèvala Jiāna, Perfect Knowledge to Bhagavān Sri Risabha-deva, and appearance of
ET Cakraratna;-the discus of a cakravartin in the armoury, governed by numerous demi-gods, and capable of removing darkness, instantly by its unparalleled brilliance.
On hearing the account of both the messengers, Bharata Mahārājā thonght, “Cakra-ratna is only instrumental in the acquisition of the insignificant pleasure of this world, while the Perfect Knowledge of the Tîrthankara is the source of incomparable happiness in this world, as well as, in the next. With this idea in his mind, having seated Maru-dévā Mātā, bewildered by the pangs of separation from her son, on an excellent female
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