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SRI NAMINĀTHACARITRA
357 ing a two-day fast. The Lord Nami's brilliant omniscience appeared on the eleventh day of the bright half of Märga in the constellation Aśvini because of the destruction of the destructive karmas. At once the gods made a samavasaraņa ornamented with an aśoka tree a hundred and eighty bows tall. There the Lord circumambulated the aśoka, bowed to the congregation, and sat down on the eastern lion-throne, facing the east. At once the Vyantaras created images of the Lord placed on lionthrones in the other directions. The holy fourfold - congregation remained in the proper places and the Indra of Saudharma bowed to the Blessed One and recited a hymn of praise.
Stuti (57–64) "Homage to you who are three-eyed because you see the whole world with an eye named 'omniscience.' Homage to you, Supreme Lord, endowed with thirtyfour supernatural powers, whose speech has thirty-five supernatural powers. We worship your speech, Lord, which conforms to all languages, charming with grāmarågas, Málava, Kaišiki, and others. At the sight of you people's snares of karma disappear, even though strong, like serpent-nooses at the sight of Tărkșya. At the sight of you people slowly, slowly ascend the series of guņasthānas like a ladder to emancipation. You are the source of joy, Master, when you have been remembered, heard, praised, meditated on, seen, touched, worshipped by any means whatever. Surely we had merit in the past with merit as a consequence, master, by which you, offering unusual happiness, were brought into our range of vision. Let my heavenly kingdom, et cetera, be entirely different in every way, but do not let the words of your teaching depart from my heart, lord.” .
After praising the Master's qualities in these words, Hari became silent, and the Teacher of the Three Worlds delivered a sermon.
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