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what sowever as mine." While he was, thus, completely engrossed in meditation with an equilibrium of mind, Gapadhara Mahirāja Indrabhūti Gautama acquired as Kéyalam,- Perfect Knowledge. It is said,
मुक्खमग्गपवण्णासं सिणेहो वज्जसिंखला ।
वीरे जीवंतए जाओ, गोअमो जं न केवलो ॥ १॥ 1. Mukkha-nagga-pavannāņam siņého vajjasinknală;
Vire jivantaé jão Goamo jam na Kévali. 1. Por persons desirous of acquiring the A Mukkha magga,-the Path of Final Liberation,-affection is a bondage of adamant. Because, so long as, Vira Parmātma lived, Gautama could not become a Kévalin.
In the morning, Indra and others celebrated the festival of the auspicious occasion of the acquisition of Perfect Knowledge. Here a poet says: -
अहंकारोऽपि बोधाय, रागोऽपि गुरुमक्तमे। विषादः केवलायाभूत, चित्रं श्री गौतमप्रभोः ॥१॥
1. Ahamkāro api bodhāya, rāgo api guru bhaktayé;
Vishādan Kévalāyābhūt, chitram Sri Gautama prabhoh.
1. The sell-conceit of Ganadhara Mahārāja Indrabhūti Gautama ( shown at the moment of hearing the mention of another ne Sarvajnna, Omniscient) resulted in the acquisition of Right Knowledge; his affection (for Sramaşa Bhagavān Mahāvīra) resulted in faithful devotion towards his Master, and his despair ( at the moment of hearing the faafar NirvāņaFinal Emancipation of Sramaņa Bhagavān Mahāvīra, ) bore fruit, in the form of 2007 Kévala Jhāna,-Perfect Knowledge. Every thing relating to Gaşadhara Bhagavān Sri Gautama Prabhu is wonderful.
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