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the sense-organs restrained; his body contracted, and both the arms stretched, and keeping both his legs very close, and firm, Sramaņa Bhagavăn Mahāvira, one night, began a great yogic feat.
At that time, Purandara (!ndra ) happily sitting on his lion-sealed throne shining by the mass of rays of various kinds of emeralds and jewels, -Burrounded by several crores of gode and goddesses, and appearing extremely elegent by his diadem and other ornaments on his body, instantly left off his seat on seeing, through the medium of Avadhi jñāna, Sramaņa Bhagavān Mahăvira standing in deep religions meditation, and having repeatedly bowed down low as far as his foot-stool with great devotion, he eulogized the bigly praise-worthy qualities of of śramana Bhagavān Mabăvira with an elegant extremely laudatory speech capable of evolving the existing virtuous qualities for a long time, and being unable to conceal within his heart, bis extraordinarily virtuour ascetic fife, he again began to praise him tbus:- "O gode! Sramaga Bhagavān Mabāvira is equipped with five kinds of samiti (carehilness in movements), restrained by three varieties of guptis (checks-control), perfectly free from anger, perfectly free from pride, perfectly free from avarice-dependent on none-indifferent to mundane matters possessing nothing-sporless like a conch-naturally brilliant like genuine gold-possessing unhindered course like the Soul-suppo rtless like the sky-uvobstructable like the wind-pure-hearted like the waters of deep oceans-free from greasy maiter like a leaf of the lotus-with-organs well-guarded like the limbs of a to: toise alone like the one horn of a rhinoceros-perfectly free like a bird-not at all careless like the bhāranda ( a febulous bird posse. sfing a high degree of carefulness)-immovable like Mindară-cale, deep like an elephant unapproachable like the lion-bearing a burden like a bull-enduring everything like the earth-shining by luster like a blazing fire sprinkled with ghee and honey - Venerable Saint is not hindered by any of the four varieties of bindrances. The four hindranees are those relating (1) To dravya (substance; object) (2) To ksétra (piace) (3) To kāla (time and 4 To bhāva (intention ). The hindrayces relating to dravyas
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