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purpose of giving bis respects to the Ommscient Lord. On seeing that the god Vidyunmāli's beauty was more brilliant than that of all other gods, King Śréņika, folding his two hands in respectful salutation, requested Sramaņa Bhagavān Mahărira to explain him the cause of his surpassing brilliance and also as to what religious austerities he must have practised during his previous life.
Śramaņa Bhagavān Mahāvira, narrated the account of the previous life of Vidyunmāli. After hearing it, King Śréņika said "O Lord ! on leaving his divine existence, where will god Vidyunmāli be born in his future life?
Śramaņa Bhagavān Mahāvira then said, “On the seventh day from now, god Vidyunmāli, on leaving his divine existence will take birth as a son to Sheth Rishabha-datta of this town. On acquiring a Kévala gnāna, Perfect Knowledge, he will eventally acquire #Moksha Pada, the State of Final Emancipation. There will be no other Kévali after him.
The four wives of god Vidyunmāli, having respectfully bowed down said “O venerable Lord! what will be our afa Gati, Re-birth in future?
Śramaņa Bhagavān Mabāvira replied “You will be born as daughters of wealthy merchants and you will be married to Jambu Kumāra.
On hearing this excellent account, god Vidyunmāli and his four wives performed dancing in front of the Lord. The delighted god Vidyunmāli then went to his celestial residence in company with his four wives.
One day, when Sthavira Arya Sudharmā Swāmi, the fifth NOT Gañadbara of śramanı Bhagavān Mabāvira, came to gurt faft Vaibhāragiri, Mount Vaibhāra, one of the five monntains near Rājagriba, sifcuit Dhāriņi, the wife of Sheth
