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# Uttarajjhayana 128.1.55

Uttarajjhayaṇa 128.1.55

- **Language:** Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit

### [128.1.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2.128.1.55)

avaujjhiūṇa māhaṇa | rūvaṃ viuvviūṇa indattaṃ /  
vandai abhitthuṇanto | imāhi mahurāhiṃ vaggūhiṃ ||55||

> Throwing off the guise of a Brâhmana, and making visible his true form, Sakra saluted him respectfully and praised him with these sweet words: (55)  
> "Bravo! you have conquered anger; bravo! you have vanquished pride; bravo! you have banished delusion; bravo! you have subdued greed. (56)  
> "Bravo for your simplicity, O saint! bravo for your humility, O saint! bravo for your perfect patience! bravo for your perfect liberation! (57)  
> "Here (on earth) you are the highest man, Reverend sir, and hereafter you will be the highest; exempt from all blemishes you will reach Perfection, a higher state than which there is none in this world." (58)  
> Thus praising the royal Seer, Sakra in perfect faith kept his right side towards him and paid reverence to him, again and again. (59)  
> After having adored the best sage's feet marked by the Kakra and the Aṅkusa, he flew up through the air, with his crown and his earrings prettily trembling. (60)  
> Nami humbled himself; enjoined by Sakra in person, the king of Vidêha left the house, and took upon him Sramanahood. (61)  
> Thus act the enlightened, the wise, the clever ones; they turn away from pleasures, as did Nami, the royal Seer. (62)  
> Thus I say.  
> — Hermann Jacobi 1895, Uttarâdhyayana Sûtra (Gaina Sûtras II, SBE 45)

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## Translations (1)

- [Uttarâdhyayana Sûtra (Gaina Sûtras II, SBE 45)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2~en-jacobi.9.0.p5) — Hermann Jacobi 1895, English

## Commentaries (5)

- [Uttarādhyayanaśiṣyahitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2!santisuri.v28.p269) — Śāntisūri, Sanskrit
- [Uttarajjhayaṇanijjutti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2!niryukti) — Bhadrabāhu & Bhadrabāhu II, Māhārāṣṭrī Prakrit
- [Uttarajjhayaṇacuṇṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2!curni) — Jinadāsagaṇi Mahattara, Māhārāṣṭrī Prakrit
- [Sukhabodhā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2!devendragani) — Devendragaṇi, Sanskrit
- [Uttarajjhayaṇa: ṭīkānusārī vivecana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2!deepratnasagar) — Muni Dīparatnasāgara, Gujarati

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