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an ascetic, ever ready in service at the feet of the Guru, regardless of life or death, and completely conquering his enemy-the five senses-then, remained for a long time in the service of his Guru One day, knowing him to be a suitable person, as he was well-versed in various Sūtras and their correct meanings, and was well-behaved in various ways, the Guru Mahārāja permitted him to go about alone, and while observing fasting of two days, three days, and more days, bearing patiently a number of endurances; going about to towns and villages without any hindrance like a man devoid of affection or hate, practising वीरासन Virasana (A posture of a man sitting on a chair etc, when it is removed from him), geraa Kurkutāsana, a posture resembling a cock, and many other postures, exposing himself daily for some time to the rays of the Sun, carefully protecting living beings considering their life more valuable than his own, and taking very pure and tasteless food devoid of forty-two defects, he went in due course of time, to Mathură Nagari, which was full of varieties of enjoyable objects like Amarāvati, (the city of gods).
While living there in a lonely locality free from females, lower animals, and eunuchs, and in company of ascetics intent on severe austerities, Viśvabhūti Muni passionately began to contemplate thus for a life-long religious observance:
एसोsमिकखइ सुहाई जिओ दुहाई दूरेण मोतुममिबंद तुच्छबुद्धी । एवं न जाणइ जहा न कहिंपि धम्मसंबंधसिद्धिविरहेण भवंति ताई ॥ १ भोगे समीहइ करेइ रई कहासु, देसित्थिपत्विवसुभोयणसंगयासु । सीउण्हदंसमसमाइपरिसहे य, सम्मं तितिक्खड़ न मूढमई पमाया ॥ २ ॥ मत्त वरं निसियधारकरालकालकंतिच्छडालकरवाळकरो सुद्धो । घायत्वमुज्जुयमई वरमगभोगभोगीसरो डसिमरो बाच्छो ॥ ३ ॥ उद्दंडमारूयपईवियदी हजाळामाळाउलो य जळणो वरसंगळग्गो । नीसेसदोसनिळओ न खणपि नूणं, जुत्तो न गंतुमहमो हि इमो पमा यो ॥४॥ एए हि समुह मणुयाण दिति विव्वाचि एणभषगोपरमेव मनुं ।
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