Uttarajjhayana 197.1.p591

197.1.p591

U/29 sammattaparakkame ekonatriṃśam adhyayanam /
suyaṃ me āusaṃ teṇaṃ bhagavayā evam akkhāyaṃ | iha khalu

O long-lived (Gambûsvâmin)! I (Sudharman) have heard the following discourse from the venerable (Mahâvîra).
Here, forsooth, the Venerable Ascetic Mahâvîra, of the Kasyapa Gôtra, has delivered this lecture called the exertion in righteousness. Many creatures, who truly believe in the subject (taught in this lecture), put their faith in it, give credence to it, accept it, practise it, comply with it, study it, understand it, learn it, and act up to it according to the precept (of the Ginas) --have obtained perfection, enlightenment, deliverance, final beatitude, and have put an end to all misery.
This lecture treats of the following subjects: