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renouncing all sins 289 like a wrong road; experiencing pleasures of the senses at a suitable moment, constantly giving faultless thought to the kingdom; each one remaining in his own city, but in one place in thought.
One day Amitatejas was keeping pauṣadha in the pausadha-house near the temple and described the religion of the Arhats to the Vidyadharas. At that time two flying munis, like two arms of dharma, came there with the intention of worshipping the Jina's statue in the temple. When he saw them come flying, King Amitatejas rose to show them honor and worshipped them, delighted at the wished-for sight. The excellent munis circumambulated the Jina three times, worshipped, and said to Amitatejas: "Like water in a desert a human birth is hard to attain. When it has been attained, it certainly must not be passed in vain from lack of discernment. Negligence toward the religion of the Jina must not be shown at all. There is no other grantor of desires, one after the other, except the religion of the Jina."
After saying this, the two returned through the air, the sight of them desired by all, like rainy-season clouds that have rained.
Every year Srivijaya and Amitatejas held three special festivals in the temples of the holy Arhats. Of these, the gods held two eight-day festivals in Nandiśvara and other persons in their respective shrines in Caitra and Āśvina. Then Tripṛṣṭha's son and Amitatejas held a superior eight-day festival in their own shrines in Caitra and Aśvina. But they held a third festival-a continual one in the shrine of Nabheya (Rṣabha) and on the spot of Bala's omniscience on Mt. Siman.
One day Amitatejas was in his own palace, like the sun on Sumeru, attended by his ministers. He, to whom the matchless Jaina religion was dear, saw a muni, who had limbs swollen..." This seems to suit much better here. Perhaps also in 2. 1. 153 it should be taken as S. anacardium.
289 450. Vyasana. Abhi. 3. 99 com., 'gambling, others' wives, etc.'
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