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triya Kundagtáma nagara and the last Tirthankara during the present Avasarpini era. You will become a Vasudeva named Tripristha at Potanapura,-the first Vasulova,-and the sovereign of the three divisions of Bharata-ksetra Besides, you will also become the first Cakravartin at Mūkā Nagari in Mahā-viddha-ksdtra, and thirty-two thousad crowned kings will bow down at your feet. I do not pay homage to your assumed appearance as a religious mendicant, but I bow down at your feet, because you will become the last Ttrthankara.”
28. After praising him with increasingly affectionate speech, Bharata Cakravartin riling on his champion elephant went to Vinjtā Nagari. But here Martoi, becoming thrilled with joy on bearing his praise from the mouth of Bharata Cakravartin, leaving aside considerateness inherited by a birth in a noble family, abandoning politeness derived from reflecting on the meanings of the Scriptures of the Tirthankaras, forgetting even the bashfulness generally met with in human beings, resorting to an irresistible impulse of insanity, striking the triple-staff boastfully on the ground like & warrior in the battle-field, and widely opening his eyes with joy and dancing merrily in the midst of people in the presence of all the Sādbūs, began to say thus:
प्रथमो वासुदेवोऽहं, मूकायां चक्रवत्यहम् । चरमस्तीर्थराजोऽहं, ममाऽहो! उत्तम कुलम् ॥ १ ॥ आद्योऽहं वासुदेवानां, पिता मे चक्रवर्तिनाम् ।
पितामहो जिनेंद्राणां, ममाऽहो! उत्तम कुलम् ॥२॥ 1. Prathamo Vāsudėvo’ham Mūkāyām Cakravartyaham,
Caramastirtharājo'ham mamā'ho! uttanam kulam. 1. 2. Adyo'ham Vasudevāpām pitā mè Cakravartinām,
Pitānabo Jinèndrāņām mama' ho ! uttamam kulam. 2.
1. I will become the first Väsudeva. I will become a Cakravartin in Mākā Nagari. I will become the last Tirthařkara. 01 my family is excellent.
2. I will become the first Vāsuddva. My father is the first
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