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___ In addition to the above-named twenty-four (24) Tirthaikaras, there will be twelve (12) Cakravartins, nine (9) Vasudevas, nine (9) Prativāsudevas, and nine (9) Bala-dévas, making a total of Sixty-three (63) Trisasthi Salaka Purusah (Sixty-three Eminent Personages), during the future Utsarpini kāla. During the earlier portion of the Susama-dusama (fourth) ara, there will be a gradual diminution of a feeling towards piety and religious fu. nctions. The bodies of dwellers will be tall, and they will live for a very long time. They will live in forests, and they will maintain themselves on divine materials.
After the lapse of Utsarpipi Kāla, the period of Avasarpini Kāla will again commence. There will be a diminution in the natural attributes and inherent qualities of all substances,
Endless Utsarpiņis and Avasarpinis must have passed in this Samsāra Those fortunate individuals, who having renounced the world, engage themselves in the practice of the True Relil. gion, and who having successfully passed through the different periods of the Kala Cakra (Cycle of Time), have attained their most cherished Liberation, are really happy.
तह निक्कसायनामो तेरसमो वासुदेवजीवो उ। बलदेवो पुण होही चोहसमो निप्पुलायजिणो ॥ ८८ ।। निम्ममजिणो अमोहो पनरसमो होइ रोहिणीजीवो। मुलसासावियजीवो सोलसमो चित्तगुत्तो य ॥ ८९ ॥ सत्तरसमो समाही रेवइजीवो उ विगयमववारी। संबरजिणो जयहिओ अट्ठारसमो मियालीओ ॥९० ॥ २२९० ॥ दीवायणस्स जीवो नियटिअरहा य अगुणवीसइभो । कण्हो गयभयतण्हो वीसइंमो देवसेणजिणो ॥ ९१ ।। तत्तो य एग्रवीसो नारयजीवो विवेगजिणचन्दो। बावीसइमो विमलो अपरजिओ विगयकम्ममलो ॥ ९२ ॥ 86
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