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from Jayasingh Suri On account of his Starp intelligence he began to be well-versed in the studies of Āgamas Once while studying the sixth 'gāthā' (a verse) of the seventh chapter of Dasa-vaikälika, he began to think deeply. The said “gāthā' was as follows.
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The "Sachitta'-water should not be used, the cold water also should not be used; the warm and 'Pasu' water should be taken Meditating the significance of it and seeing the pots full of sachitta- water in the Upasraya, he came to the Guru and said, “ My lord, what do we say, and what do we do? We say one thing and do another." Saying so he quoted the above mentioned Gathā Then the Quru said, “ All these apply to the fourth 'Ara' (a stage of life) they are hard to follow in the fifth stage " Then he said to the Ouru, “ Is there benefit or loss by applying them in the fifth stage?” The Guru replied that there was definite benefit Then, Godu undertook the right way and when he was seen pursuing the rure rites, the Axru gave him the title of Ūpādhyāya and the name of Vijaya c'andra
Then getting permission of the Guru, three pupils started on a jounery undertaken to uplift the hol holy rites, They be gan to preach to the people according to the right principles and took a vow to take food if it was devoid of the 42 defects. Once they failed to have pure food with the result that 30 days passed away without eating, yet they moved not an inch from the right path. Coming to Păvă-gadha, and bowing down to
Virprabhu' they undertook fasting of · Sågårika' type on a lifeless rock situated outside the temple
At this time, two goddesses named C'akreswari and Padmāvati had gone to the country- Mahavideha 'to salute to Sim
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