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(bathing chamber). You come into the bathing chamber, and let us do your anointing ceremony."
Having accepted the request of the servant-gods, the god went into the bathing-chamber and took his seat on a lionseated-throne equipped with a foot-stool. The servant-gods gave him a bath and anointed him with divine waters. He, then, was taken into the chamber of divine garments and ornaments. There, he wore two divine garments, applied divine perfumes to his body, and put on a diadem and other divine ornaments, From there, the god went into the Vyavasāya Sabhā (assemblychamber) and read some books there. Then, taking fragrant flowers and other articles of worship, he went into the Siddhāyatana (eternal temple of Siddhas) and worshipped one hundred and eight images of Arihant Bhagavāns successively with waterablutions, with fragrant substances, flowers, obeisance and eulogic hymns. Then, entering the Sudharma sabha he listened to the singing and dancing of divine actors The god, then, began to enjoy the divine pleasures of senses in his Vimana.
Occasionally, the god went to Mahāvidéha and other sacred places on the auspicious days of Janma (birth), Dikṣa (renunciation) etc, of Tîrthankara Bhagavāns with the; object of worshipping with eulogic hymns the existing Jinéśvaras there, and rendering them service.
All the gods, except the gods who are to be Tirthankaras, In their future life, suffer from great anguish through infatuation when six months remain for the termination of their divine existence. They feel annoyance and lasitude because they know that they will lose all divine happiness and that they will not get such prosperity in any other condition of life. The flower. garlands on their necks become withered and the beauty of their face becomes lusterless.
On the other hand, gods, who are to be Tirthankara in their future life, do not in the least, get infatuated on
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