Part 5: Emancipation (mokṣa) of the Pāṇḍavas

And now, the Pāṇḍavas arrived at the city Hastakalpa at that time. They said to each other with satisfaction: “The mountain is twelve yojanas from here. After seeing Nemi at dawn, we shall break our month’s fast.” Then they heard from the people in this Hastipura that Lord Nemi had reached emancipation—the Blessed One, accompanied by various sādhus.

When they heard that, Pāṇḍu’s sons, deeply grieved, went to Mt. Vimala and observed a fast unto death. With omniscience arisen, they reached emancipation, but Drupada’s daughter went to Brahmaloka to a magnificent abode.

The twenty-second Arhat, the ninth Śārṅgabhṛt and Sīrapāṇi and their enemy (Prativāsudeva), whose glory is unequaled, the four—of whom each one has come to their ears for the astonishment of the three worlds—have been celebrated in this book (by me) after considering thoroughly with reference to the doctrine of the Jinas.