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Cakravartin marched onward with the object or conquering the six continents. When the Cakravartin returns to his capital town, ofter the conquest of the six continents, all the kings of the six continents and gods, elevate him to the exalted position of a Cakravartin amid great celebration. The acquisition of such a distinguished condition is the blessed consequence of meritorious deeds done in previous lives.
Twenty-fourth Previous Bhava During the preceding bhava, Priyamitra Muni led a strict exemplary ascetic life and observed severe austerities for cue crore years. After death, the soul of Nayasāra, as Priya-mitra Muni of the preceding Bhava, assumed a celestial form, in the next bhava (twenty-fourth previous bbava of Śramana Bhagavān Mahāvira) as a maharddhic god-a god possessing great affluence of vimānas, celestial enjoyments, dramatic performances, superior body-lustre, etc, as well as, superior natural powers, in the rate foreta Sarvărtha Vimāna of Halu t Mabā -sukra déva-loka(seventh déva-loka) with an age-limit of seventeen Sägaropamu.
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