Part 1: Incarnation as Nandiṣeṇa

There is a city, Kṣemapurī, in the province Ramaṇīya distinguishing East Videha in Dhātakīkhaṇḍadvīpa. Its king was Nandiṣeṇa, delighting the world, resplendent as the sun, the sole abode of splendor. Dharma was the minister, the right arm, as it were, of him always watchful in the business of the entire kingdom. When he destroyed persons, who had become thorns, for the people’s happiness, even his anger was for dharma. How much more the actions in question! And what was extraordinary, the Blessed One, the Holy Saint, constantly located within the sphere of his memory, became lying in his heart. He was always the refuge for removal of pain from the afflicted, but in no way at no time for the love-sick wives of others. As time passed, he, noble-minded, became tired of worldly existence and took initiation under Arindamana Ācārya. Observing his vow zealously, the great muni acquired the body-making karma of a Tīrthaṅkara by some of the sthānakas. The great muni fasted at the right time, died, and became a powerful god in the sixth Graiveyaka-heaven.