vijayenam muhuttenam jambhiyagaamassa nagarassa bahiyaa ujuvaaliyaae naiie tiire veyaavattassa ceiiyassa aduurasaamante saamaagassa katthakaranasmi saalapaayavassa ahe godohiyaae ukkuduyanisijjaaye aayaavanaaye aayaavemaanassa chatthenam bhattenam apaanayenam hatthuttaraahim nakkattenam jogamuvaagaenam jhaanamtariyaae vattamaanassa anamte anuttare nivvaaghaaye niraavarane kasine padipunne kevalavaranaanadamsane samupanne [120]
During the Vijaya muhurta {a certain time of the day}, outside the city of Jrmbhika on the banks of the river Rjuvalika, in proximity of a temple in disrepair, in the fields of a householder named Shyamaka, beneath a Shala tree {Latin name – vatica robusta}, seated in the godohika posture {seated with heels together, as if milking a cow} of meditation, practising the penance known as atapana {penance under the hot sun}, when he had completed two days of a three day fast known as Chhatta, under the constellation known as Hastottara, the meditating Vardhamana attained the boundless, excellent, agitation-free, obstruction-free, entire and perfect omnitude of knowledge and perception.
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