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elephant, Bharata Mahārājā joyfully started out in coupany with all his princes and the four-nivisioned army, with the ožject of celebrating the occasion of acquisition of Kèvala Jñāna.
Marching onward, Maru-dévā Mātā, on seeing the magnificance of the splendour of canopies and other insignia vi prosperity of Bhagavān Sri Risabha-deva, became absorbed in शुक्लध्यान Sukla-dhyāna-Absolute Concentration on the Soul-and became an अंतकृत केवली Antakrita Kevali, and she immediately attained Final Emancipation.
___At that time, the demon gods, knowing that Maru-dava Matā was the first person to acquire Final Emancipation during that age, celebrated the festival of her Kdvala Jñāna and they consigned her body to the Milk-Ocean.
Bharata Mabārājā then, very joyfully went three times from right to left round Bhagavan Sri Risabha Swāmi and arlored him in various ways, and when he took his seat in the assembly of gods, demi-gods and human beings, Bhagavān Srt Risabha Swami commenced to preach as follows with a speech as solemn As the sound of the clouds full of water, voice reaching as far as one yojana (about four miles), and with a speech capable of simultaneously removing the doubts of every body
परमाणि उ चत्तारि दुलहलब्भाणि एत्थ जीवाणं । माणुस्सं धम्मसुई सद्धा तवसंजमे विरियं ॥१॥ संसारविरत्तेहिं एयं नाऊण धीरपुरुसेहिं । सव्वायरेण जत्तो कायव्वो धम्मकज्जेसु ॥२॥ बहुदुक्खपीडियाणं मच्छपरद्धाण कम्मवसगाणं । अन्नं न कि पि सरण धम्म मोत्तूण संसारे ॥३॥ विहडन्ति सुया विहडन्ति बन्धवा विहडइ सुमंचिओ अत्थो । एक्को नवरि न विहडइ विहिणा आराहिओ धम्मो ॥ ४ ॥ सयणाइमोहमूढो काऊण महापरिग्गहारम्मे । एको जाइ परभवं एक्को चिय वेयए दुक्खं ॥५॥ जह कयलीए न सारो जह वालुयपीलणे य नो तिल्लं । मायहियाए न जलं तह संसारे सुहं नत्थि ॥६॥
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