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During the second series of two days' fasting, Siva Rājarşi went to the place of penance and remained in religious medita. tion as before. On the break-fast day, he came to his hut, and sprinkling the South direction with holy-water containing grains of rice barley) he said:-May Yama Mahārāja ( the great king of Death) afford protection to Siva Rajarsi, who is doing penance. Then, he did all the religious ceremonies that he did on the first break-fast day.
In this way, Śiva Rājarşi did the third series of a two days fasting and having sprinkled the West direction with holy water, he said:-May Varuņa Maharāja (the god of waters, oceans and regent of west) afford protection to Siva Rajarsi who is doing penance. Then, he did all the religious ceremonies as before.
At the end of the fourth series of a two days' fasting Śiva Rājarşi sprinkled the North direction with holy water and said:May Vaisramaşa Mahārāja (god Kubéra) afford protection to Śiva Râjarsi who is doing penance. He did all the religious ceremonies as before.
Siva Rajarsi did penance for a long time. He exposed himself to rays of the Sun. He was self-restrained and celibate. He acquired Vibhanga Jnana and he was able to know and see all gross as well as, subtle objects as far as seven continents and seven oceans. By his ability to see this much, Śiva Râjarsi thought that he had attained Kévala Jnāna, I can know and see that there are seven continents and seven oceans in this Loka (universe) and that there are not more than seven continents and seven Oceans.
Śiva Rājarsi then went into his hut; he put on bark-garments and took his iron-pan spoon, triple staff kamaņçala (water pot) copper vessels, iron forceps etc, to Hastinā-pura Asrama and leaving them there, he went to Hastilāpura town, There, he declared his knowledge about seven continents and seven oceans,
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