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OMNISCIENCE OF MAHĀVĪRA
333 son, Udāyin, on the throne. Udāyin governed the people by the proper path, his commands unbroken, spreading the Jain doctrine on earth. His enemies, unable to endure his splendor as he occupied his place, a sun in brilliance, entered a mountain-cave like owls. Wonderful power of his developed by dharma, liberality, fighting and dividing, for an example of past, present, and future kings. At no time did he suffer from fear arising from his own or an enemy's circle, but on the other hand, he was always afraid of breaking the lay-vows. Maintaining his purity by fasts of one-day, et cetera on the four moon-days engaged in sāmāyika,251 he remained comfortably in the fasting-house. “Arhat, god, teacher, and sādhu,” to be meditated on like the words of a charm, did not leave his heart day and night. With his commands unbroken, always compassionate, King Udāyin ruled this three-part world, successful. Wise, he purified himself by sipping constantly the preaching, resembling nectar, of Sri Vira Svāmin.
The retinue of the Master, the last Arhat, as he wandered over the earth, from the manifestation of omniscience was as follows: fourteen thousand sādhus; thirty-six thousand sādhvis with tranquil minds; three hundred ascetics who knew the fourteen pūrvas; thirteen hundred with clairvoyance; seven hundred with the art of transformation; the same number of those who will go to the Anuttara heaven; the same number of omniscients; five hundred with mind-reading knowledge; four hundred disputants; one lac and fifty-nine thousand laymen; three lacs and eighteen thousand laywomen. Nine ganadharas, except the great munis Gautama and Sudharman, had gone to the bliss of emancipation. The Master, his feet served by gods, asuras, and Vidyādharas, the Blessed One, went to the city Apāpā.
251 431. The effort to avoid commission of any sin. See I, n. 122.
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