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“O Bharata ! There will be.” Bharata said, “Of what kinds ? Thereupon, Tirthankara Bhagavān Sri Rişabha-dova, gave an account of twenty-three Tîrtbankaras-from Ajita Nātba to Mahāvira Swāmi-whose strength, intellect and virtuous conduct are similar and whose lotus-like feet are worshipped by the people of the three worlds,-and gave details about the interval between each of them, the colour of their bodies, the height of their bodies, their age-limit, Ti Gotra, Lineage, names of their mother, father, birth-place, time of boy-hood, period of sovereignty, total period of ascetic life, and the acquisition of Eternal Bliss.
Bharata Cakravartin, again asked, O Lord ! How many Cakravartin's will there be like myself? Swamin said, “ There will be eleven Cakradhars, Sagara and the rest, like yourself, Bhagavān again said without being requested by Bharata Cakravartin “There will be nine Baladdvas and nine Vasudevas in Bharataksetra." On seeing the assembly full of a large number of gods, of Sadhûs enfeebled by fasting of two three or more days and also of devout laymen, Bharata Cakravartin asked Bhagavān Śri Risabha-deva,-the great illuminator of the three worlds “O Worshipful Lord ! Is there any boily in this assembly who will acquire the magnificence of the exalted position of a Tirthankara ? or the immense wealth with the fourteen excellent gems of a Cakravartin or the status of a Vasudeva, in the Bharata-kşetra ?
Bhagavān Sri Rişubha-deva Swāmin then showing Marici, dressed as a Parivrājaka and sitting in a corner, said "This son of yours will become the twenty-fourth Tirthankara. He will become the first Vasudeva named Triprıştha, the owner of half the portion of Bharata-ksetra full of numerous prosperous cities towns and villages. Besides, he will also become a Cakravartin named forfax Priyamitra, in plaatio Mūkā Nagari in Mahāviddha, possessing immense affluence.”
Rejoicing greatly on hearing this, Bharata Narendra, bowel down respectfully before the lotus-like feet of Bhagavān Sri Rişabha-udva, and accompanied by numerous valient generals, be
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