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* Jambū Swāmi was sixteen years old at the time of his Diksā. He was an ordinary Sadhu for twenty years, and a Kevali for forty-four years. Jambu Swami, having appointed Prabhava Swami as the chief Pontiff, acquired Final Liberation when he was eighty years old. The poet says:- . . . .
, जम्बूसमस्तलारक्षो, न भूतो न भविष्यति ।
शिवाध्ववाहकान् साधून, चौरानपि चकार यः॥ १ ॥ 1. Jambū samastalarakso, na bhūto na bhavisyati;
Sivad hva vāhakán sadhün, caurānapi cakara yah.
1. There did not exist, and will not exist a watchman like Jambū who made even robbers, ay ascetics walking along the path of fere Siva, Eternal welfare.
सम्यक्त्वशीलतुंबाभ्यां भवाब्धिस्तीयंते सुखम् ।
ते दधानो मुनिर्जम्बू, स्त्रीनदीषु कथं ब्रुडेत् ? ॥ १ ॥ ... 1. Samyaktvasilatumbābhyam bhavābdhistiryate sukham:
Te dadhāno muni r-Jambū, strî nadîşu katham brudet ?
1. The ocean of worldly existence is happily crossed by long gourds in the form of right belief and chastity. How can Jambū Muni bearing these means) be drowned in rivers in the form of females. ..
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. .... . . . . लोकोत्तरं हि सौभाग्य, जम्बूस्वामिमहामुनेः ।
अद्याऽपि यं पतिं प्राप्य, शिवश्री न्यमिच्छति ॥ १ ॥ ____ 1. Lokottaram hi saubhagyam Jambi Swami mahamuneh;
Adyapi yam patim prapya, Sivasri r-nānyamicchati.
1. The good fortune of the great sage Jambū Swāmi is really extraordinary. (As) the prosperity of Final happiness, doers :not desird.. any one else, even till now, after having 'acquired him as ( her) husband.
