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Descending from his abode in Lântakakalpa Dévaloka, after how many bhavas (existences) will he attain Mokşapura nivasa (a residence in the town of Final Emancipation ?) The Jinésvara replied :--After wandering for five bhavas (worldly existences) as a god, a brute, and as a human being, and having acquired saymaktva ( right knowledge ) he will attain moksa-sukha ( the happiness of Final Emancipation). Therefore, O beloved of the gods | After hearing this account of Jamali Muni, you should always be ready in rendering service to your Dharma Guru (Religious preceptor ).
Having given this valuable advice to sādhus, Šramaņa Bhagavăna Mahāyira--the protector of living beings-began to move about to villages and towns with the object of instructing the the multitude of devout persons in religious matters.
Śramana Bhaganvāna Mahāvira then went to Vaisāļi and lived at Vaisāli during the fourteenth rainy season of his ascetic life. At the close of the rainy season, he went in the direction of Vatsa ( Country in the west of Allāhābād ) déşa.
FIFTEENTH YEAR OF ASCETIC LIFE (B. C. 554-53 )
1. King Satanika-Mrigävati-Udayana Kumāra Caņda Pradyota 2. Jayanti Srāvikā Diksā of Jayanti. 3. Sumanobhadra and Sup. ratistha 4. Ananda Grihapati
1. King Satânika-Mrigāvati-Udayana Kumāra
Caņda Pradyota Having passed the fourteenth Rainy Season at Vaišāli, the Venerable śramaņa Bhagavāna Mahăvira went in the direction of Vatsa-desa ( country in the west of Attahabad ). We have seen in a previous chapter of this book, that when Sramaņa Bhagavāna Mahāvira went to Kausāmbi before his acquisition of Kévala Jnāna, the country was being governed by King Satânika
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