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royal splendour, relatives and friends. You discarded your attachment for the body....you carried out a severe and austere Tapascharya (spiritual endeavour). You performed a profound meditation on the soul. You voluntarily bore with countless discomforts and ordeals. You showed inordinate patience and heroism in the severe austerity of annihilating Karmas; and you became the Omniscient Vitrag!
After contemplating on the Chadmasthavastha of the Lord thus, you must begin to contemplate on the Kaivalyavastha of the Lord.
KAIVALYAVASTHA (THE OMNISCIENT STATE)
"Oh Mighty mentor of the three worlds! As soon as you became an omniscient Vitrag, gods descended from heaven to earth; and constructed the divinely magnificent Samavasaran. You sat on the throne in the Samavasaran. In the serene shadow of the sublime Ashoka (peepal) tree. ...with three magnificent divine umbrellas over you....with a resplendent halo of divine glory behind your head....with Yakshas (demigods) waving divine chamars or fans, with the noise of trumpets, blown by gods in the firmament, with celestial jubiliations and a sublime shower of celestial flowers – you sat on the throne of the samavasaran. What a tremendous upsurge of infinite merit (punya)!
"Oh you ocean of compassion! How sublime is your Kevaljnan (supreme knowledge)! How divine is your voice ! Wherever you place your steps all the maladies that torment humanity disappear miraculously. Even the greatest gods render service to your feet. You have shown to the world the path of moksha; you have shown the path of the Supreme felicity and serenity. What a supreme benefaction, you have bestowed upon us out of your bounty and grace! You are above all attachments and hatred; yet you are a boundless ocean of compassion, Oh Bhagwan! Rain your grace upon me. “O thou Lord of life send my roots rain.... Elevate me.... Enlighten me.... Brighten me".
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