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divisions-Sārasvatas, Adityas, Vahnis, Aruņas, Gardatoyas, Tuşitas, Avyābādhas, Maruts, and Ristas, living at the end of Brahmaloka, having additional ornaments made by folded hands like lotus-buds on their heads, came to the feet of the Lord of the World. They spoke as follows: “O you who have lotus-feet sunk in the water of light from the crest-jewels of Sakra, O light for the path of mokşa lost in Bharatakşetra, just as the first laws for the people have been established, O Lord, likewise establish a dharmatirtha. Remember your own task.” After making this request of the Lord, the gods went to their respective abodes in the Brahmaloka. The Master also went at once to his own palace from the garden Nandana with the desire to be a wandering mendicant.
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