Passage 15

In English

As soon as Mahavira reached marriageable age, he was married to a girl called Yashodhara. At the age of thirty, he renounced his marital life and for twelve years he preached the philosophy of the Jain religion. With the sacred thought of spreading Jainism, with sincere perseverance, he started preaching in Gujarat. Then he went to Magadha kingdom and later went to Rajasthan. He spread Jainism mainly in Bihar, Gujarat, and Rajasthan.