The petition to Lord Ādinātha

Emperor Bharata and others come to Ṛṣabhanātha's assembly (samavasaraṇa), bow and recall that in the earlier enjoyment-lands people lived happily on wish-fulfilling trees and went to heaven, while in the present land of action many humans have lives that can be cut short and live in great fear from the aggravation of vāta, pitta and kapha. Afflicted by cold, heat and rain, fallen into wrong food and not knowing the order of diet and medicine, they ask what the way is to remove disease and protect health.