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Mukesh Chhajer
In a simple act of providing sustenance To wandering and hungry, forlorn ascetics Barefoot walking through the parched land In return, received the message of enlightenment
Hereafter, it will be twenty seven births Before crossing the threshold of supreme knowledge
After a stay in heaven Saudharm Kalpa The soul was born in an auspicious gotra Prince Marichi, son of Bharat Chakravarti Grandson of Tirthankar Rishabhdev First among the twenty four of this era Who brought back for suffering souls The science of liberation, long forgotten The Omniscient One foretold his destiny The young prince puffed up, with pride and vanity Thereafter he followed a circuitous path To start a cycle of karmic evolution
In the process, he traveled through many worlds As human, tiryancha, deva and even as infernal being The laws of karma are ever, unforgiving Before being born as Triprishtha Vasudev Brave and courageous, scourge of enemies Conquering three continents of the Bharat-kshetra To become the first Vasudev of this time cycle
Later born as Priyamitra Completed the conquest that was unfinished The world bowed to his wishes As he was hailed, Chakravarti
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