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CHAPTÉR TWELVE“ Lifting up the Master's bier, Purandara brought it there and cast the body of Sri Nemi Svāmin on the pyre.
At Sakra's command the Agnikumāras set fire to the pyre and the Vāyukumāras made it blaze quickly. The Abdas 305 extinguished the fire at the right time with water from the. Ocean of Milk; and the Indras, Sakra, Iśāna and others took the Lord's teeth. The other gods took the remaining bones, the goddesses the flowers, the kings the garments, and the people the ashes of Nemi. Indra engraved the Master's marks and name on the Master's cremation slab of vaidūrya with his thunderbolt. Maghavan erected a pure, lofty shrine, provided with a statue of Sri Neminātha, on the slab. After doing so, the gods, Sakra and others, went to their respective places.
Emancipation of the Pāndavas (125-127)
And now, the Pāņdavas arrived at the city Hastakalpa at that time. They said to each other with satisfaction: '“ The mountain is twelve yojanas from here. After seeing Nemi at dawn, we shall break our month's fast.” Then they heard from the people in this Hastipura that Lord Nemi had reached emancipation—the Blessed One, accompanied by various sādhus.
When they heard that, Pāņļu's sons, deeply grieved, went to Mt. Vimala and observed a fast unto death. With omniscience arisen, they reached emancipation, but Drupada's daughter went to Brahmaloka to a magnificent abode.
The twenty-second Arhat, the ninth Sārngabhst and Sirapāņi and their enemy (Prativāsudeva), whose glory is unequaled, the four-of whom each one has come to their ears for the astonishment of the three worlds-have been celebrated in this book (by me) after considering thoroughly with reference to the doctrine of the Jinas.
305 121. Meghakumāras.
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