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times a day. When he has had read the grant to the statue, he will confirm what was given by Udayana. For the installation of the statue in that same place, the king, guileless, will have a palace of crystal made. The palace caused to be made like the heir-apparent of Aṣṭāpada, to be honored, will cause astonishment to the world. The king, because of the statue being installed, will flourish in power, wealth, and knowledge leading to emancipation. By devotion to gods and to gurus, like your father, Kumārapāla will become king in Bharata, Abhaya."
Initiation and death of Abhaya (97–107)
After hearing this and bowing to the Blessed One, Abhaya went to Śreņika and began to speak: "If I become king, father, then I can not be a yati, since Śri Vira said that Udayana would be the last royal sage. Since I have obtained Śri Vira as master and the state of being your son, if I, distracted, do not cut off the pain of existence, then who else is base? I am Abhaya by name, father, but I am fearful of existence. So I am taking refuge with Vira_who gives fearlessness to the world. Give orders. Enough for me of sovereignty, the cause of arrogance and pleasure, since the sages say that happiness depends chiefly on contentment." When Abhaya, though urged persistently, did not take the kingdom, then he was allowed joyfully by the king to take the vow. Abandoning the kingdom like straw, he took initiation-the seat of contentment and happiness--at the feet of Vira, the last Tirthakeśa. Since Abhaya had taken the vow, Nandā obtained permission from King Śrenika and took the vow at the feet of Śri Mahavira. The two earrings and the two divine garments were given to Halla and Vihalla by Nanda wandering as a mendicant fearlessly.
Then for the sake of enlightening bhavyas, the Blessed One wandered over the earth, attended by gods and asuras. After observing the vow accompanied by many special vows
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