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fourth compartment of the wooden vessel. But being destitute of sal jñana (Right Knowledge) he was not able to destroy his evil Karmas in a way that a Jaina sadhu would do with slight penance although he was alway's busy with very difficult penance. Iron is converted into go!d by skill in alche ny. When his body was greatly emaciated and dried up, leaving chiefly bones and skin on accouut of severe ignorant penance, Puraņa thought:- Now, my body has become greatly debilitated, but here is still some manly vivour iv me, let me, therefore, go to a suitable locality and remajn there without food and drink' With this idea in his mind, he left bis wooden utensil in a solitary place, and, going to the North-Eastern part of Bibhéla Sannivéss, Purapa tock a vow to abstain from food and drink.
At that time, the capital town of Camaracancă was without its Indra (the presiding deity) Having led the life of a wandering mendicant for nearly twelve years, tormenting his body through ignorant pamce, Purana died consuming his body by one month's abstinence of food and drink during his death-bed sickness, and he was born as a Camaréndra in Camara. cancā When Camarèncira 613 calmly looking at the varlous porticns of his cllestial abode illumined by the rays of a variety of emaralds and diamonds marie beautiful with fully-exparded flowers, and made attractive try the yāk chowries constantly kept waiving by the handsome lands of beautiful celestial dameels gracefully moving about rere ani there, he saiv Saudhamendra with vagra-thunder bolt in band being respectfully served by eighty-four thousand samānika dévas (gods possessing similar affluence as the Indra) and millions of other gods and goddesses with their hands folded and held in the form of an anjali in front of their forcheads; looking at divine females dancing merrily in accordance with the musical tunes of clapping of bands cornbined with the sound of dron and other musical instruments; and enjoying undreint-of happiness-seated on his lion-seated throne in the Sudharma a sStinbly-hall of the Saudharmavatamsaka vimāna (celeetial chariot) in Sisudharna déva-loka (heaven) lovely with divine splendour; fragrant with the enveloping dense clouds
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