Part 11: Puruṣasiṃha’s mendicancy

After he had made this speech to them, his father and mother, delighted, gave him permission to take the vow, saying, “Good! Good!” His father joyfully held the departure-festival, and he went to the muni for initiation as one desiring fruit goes to a tree. Pronouncing the sāmāyika at the feet of the muni, Puruṣasiṃha adopted mendicancy, a boat for crossing the ocean of existence. By avoidance of negligence, wishing protection for all creatures, he guarded closely his mendicancy like a king his kingdom. By several sthānas of the twenty sthānakas, he acquired brilliant body-making karma of a Tīrthakṛt. After he had wandered for a long time, and had died by fasting, he became a powerful god in the palace Vaijayanta.