Ashtapad Maha Tirth 01 Page 249 to 335

Author(s): Rajnikant Shah, Kumarpal Desai
Publisher: USA Jain Center America NY
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Chapter 3 Bhagwan Rushabhdev

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supArzva-caMdraprabhu-suvidhinAtha jina vaMdanA... jiNavara-supAsa ! rakkhasu, puDhavImalayammi caMdaNasariccha ! / siriyapaiTThanivakulA''hAravaratthaMma ! amhe vi / / 7 / / zrI pratiSTha rAjAnA kuLarUpI gRhanA pratiSThAstaMbharUpa ane pRthvI mAtArUpa malayAcalamAM caMdana samAna che supArzvanAtha ! mArI rakSA karo. 7 mahaseNakulamayaMko !, lakkhamaNAkukkhimANasamarAla ! / bhayavaM caMdappahajiNa !, tArasu amhe bhavodahio / / 8 / / mahAsena rAjAnA vaMzarUpI AkAzamAM caMdra samAna ane lakSmaNA devInI kukSirUpI sarovaramAM haMsa samAna evA he caMdraprabhu ! tame amArI rakSA karo. 8 suggIvataNaya ! rAmA-devI-NaMdaNavaNuvvikappatarU ! / suvihijiNo majjha disasu, paramapayapayAsagaM maggaM / / 9 / / sugrIvarAjAnA putra ane zrIrAmAdevI rUpa naMdanavananI bhUmimAM kalpavRkSa rUpa evA he suvidhinAtha! amAruM zIdhra kalyANa karo. 9

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1 // zrI RSamapatrAzA || prastAvanA : RSabhapaMcAzikA graMtha zrI RSabhadeva bhagavAnanI kAvyAtmaka stutino adbhUta graMtha che. temAM kavizrI dhanapAle alpa zabdomAM bhagavAna RSabhadevanuM jIvana caritra suMdara rIte varNavyuM che. nayanaMtuppapAyava ! caMdrAyava ! rApaMcavaLaR | sayataLiyAmALi ! titogavUDALi ! namo te ? / / Upcoming Vol. XXI (nagannannunpapApa ! candrAMtara ! rAgapaZnavanasyA sAlamunigrAmagrAmaLI- strino pUDAmaLe ! namaste) he jaganA jIvo prati vAMchita phaLa ApanAra hovAthI kalpavRkSa (samAna yogIzvara) ! rAgarUpI (sUrya vikAsI) kamalonA vana prati (tene nimIlana karanAra hothAvI) candra-prabhA (tulya paramezvara) ! he sakala (kaLAthI yukta evA) muni-gaNanA nAyaka ! he svarga, mRtyu ane pAtALa (athavA adholoka, madhyaloka ane urdhvaloka) rUpI tribhuvananI (siddhazilArUpI) cUDAne viSe (tenA zAzvata maMDanarUpa hovAne lIdhe) maNi (samAna RSabhadeva ! svAmin !) Apane (mAro trikaraNa zuddhipUrvaka) namaskAra ho. (1) dhanapAla jaya rosajalaNajalahara ! kulahara ! varanANadaMsaNasirINaM / mohatimiro,viLayara !, nayara ! muLaLaLaLaLa paDarALa ||ra|| (naya roSavAnanatadhara ! gRiha ! varajJAnavarzanatriyoH / mohatimiraughadinakara ! nagara ! guNagaNAnAM paurANAm ||) he krodharUpI agnine (zAMta karavAmAM) megha (samAna) ! he uttama (apratipAtI) jJAna ane darzananI (athavA jJAna ane darzanarUpI) lakSmIonA (AnaMda mATe) kula-gRha (tulya) ! he ajJAnarUpI aMdhakAranA samUhano (aMta ANavAmAM) sUrya (samAna) ! he (tapa, prazama ityAdi) guNonA samudAyarUpa nAgarikonA (athavA aneka guNonA samudAyonA nivAsa mATe nagara tulya ! Apa jayavaMta-sarvotkRSTa varto. (2) as 211 a Shri Rushabhpanchashika

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Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth diTTho kahavi vihaDie, gaMThimmi kavADasaMpuDaghaNaMmi / mohaMdhayAracArayagaeNa jiNa ! diNayaruvva tumaM / / 3 / / (dRSTaH kathamapi vighaTite granthau kpaattsmputtghne| mohAndhakAracArakagatena jina ! dinakara iva tvam / / ) (aneka bhavothI ekatrita thaela hovAthI) dvAranA yugala jevI gADha (rAga-dveSanA pariNAmarUpa) gAMThano jyAre mahAmahenate nAza thayo, tyAre te jinezvara ! (28 prakAranA) moharUpI aMdhakArathI vyApta thavA kArAgRhamAM 28 // bhane sUrya samAna mApana zana thathu. (3) bhaviakamalANa jiNaravi ! tuha daMsaNapaharisUsasaMtANaM / daDhabaddhA iva vihaDaMti, mohatamabhamaraviMdAI / / 4 / / (bhavyakamalebhyo jinarave ! tvdrshnprhrssocchvsdbhyH| dRDhavaddhAnIva vighaTante mohatamobhramara vRndaani||) (mithyAtvarUpI rAtrino nAza karanArA ane sanmArganA prakAza karanArA evA) he jina-sUrya ! ApanA darzanarUpI prakRSTa AnaMdathI vikasita thayelAM bhavya kamaLomAMthI-daDha baMdhAelA evA paNa-mohAndhakArarUpI bhrmron| samuhAyo chuutt| 53 14 che. (4) laThThattaNAhimANo, savvo savvaTThasuravimANassa / paI nAha ! nAhikulagara-, gharAvayArUmmuhe naTTho / / 5 / / (zobhanatvAbhimAnaH sarvaH srvaarthsurvimaansy| tvayi nAtha! nAbhikulakara, gRhAvatAronmukhe naSTa / / ) he nAtha ! jayAre Apa nAbhi (nAmanA sAtamA) kulakaranA gRhamAM avatAra levAne taiyAra thayA jyAre Apa temanA gharamAM avataryA, tyAre sarvAthasiddha nAmanA deva vimAnano suMdaratA (pradhAnatA) saMbaMdhI samasta garva gaLI gayo. (5) paI ciMtAdullahamukkhasukkhaphalae auvvkppdume| avainne kappataru jayaguru ! hitthA iva paotthA / / 6 / / (tvayi cintAdurlabhamokSasukhaphalade'pUrvakalpadrame / avatIrNe kalpataravo jagadguro ! hIsthA iva proSitAH // ) saMkalpa vaDe durlabha evA mokSanA sukharUpa phaLane ApanArA evA apA apUrva kalpavRkSa (A pRthvI upara) avataryA eTale ke vizvanA gurU ! kalpa vRkSo jANe zaramAI gayA hoya tema adazya thaI gayA.(6) araeNaM taieNaM, imAi osappiNIi tuha jmme| phuriaM kaNagamaeNaM, va kAlacakkikkapAsaMmi / / 7 / / (arakeNa tRtIyenAsyAmavasarpiNyAM tava janmani / sphuritaM kanakamayeneva kAlacakraikapArzve / / ) Shri Rushabhpanchashika - 212 -

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Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth kAla-cakranA eka paDakhe A avasarpiNI (kAla) mAM ApanA janmane viSe trIjo Aro suvarNamaya hoya tema zobhI rahyo. (7) jammi tumaM ahisitto, jattha ya sivasukkhasaMpayaM ptto| te aTThAvayaselA, sIsAbhelA girikulasya / / 8 / / (yatra tvamabhiSikto yatra ca zivasukhasaMpadaM prAptaH tAvaSTApadazailau, zIrSApIDau girIkulasya / / ) je suvarNanA giri upara Apano (janma) abhiSeka thayo te eka aSTApada (merU) parvate temaja jayAM Apa ziva sukhanI saMpatti (nirvANa)ne pAmyA me (vinItA nagarInI samIpamAM rahelo ATha pagathIAvALo) bIjo aSTApada parvata, e be parvato (samasta) parvatonA samUhanA mastakane viSe mukuTarUpa thayA. (8) dhannA savimhayaM jehiM, itti kayarajjamajjaNo hrinnaa| ciradharianaliNapattA'bhise asalilehiM diTTo si||9|| (dhanyAH savismayaM yairjhaTiti kRtarAjyamajjano hrinnaa| ciraghRtanalinapatrAbhiSekasalilairdRSTo'si / / ) he jagannAtha ! iMdra dvArA jaladI rAjyAbhiSeka karAyelA evA Apane vismayapUrvaka lAMbA kALa sudhI kamaLanAM patro vaDe abhiSeka-jaladhAraNa karavApUrvaka je (yugalikoe) joyA teo dhanya che. (9) dAviavijjAsippo, vjjriaasesloavvhaaro| jAo si jANa sAmia, payAotAo kayatthAo / / 10 / / (darzitavidyAzilpo vyaakRtaashesslokvyhaarH| nAtoDa iyAsAM svAmI pranAstAH vRtArtho ) jemaNe (zabda-lekhana-gaNita-gIta ityAdi) vidyAo ane (kuMbhakArAdika) zilpo dekhADyAM che, temaja jemaNe (khetI, pazu-pAlana, vANijya, lagna ityAdi) samasta prakArano loka-vyavahAra paNa sArI rIte samajAvyo che, evA Apa je prajAonA svAmI thayA cho, te prajA paNa kRtArtha che. (10) baMdhuvihattavasumaI vaccharamacchinnadibhadhaNanivaho / jaha taM taha ko anno niamadhuraM dhIra ! paDivanno / / 11 / / (baMdhuvibhaktavasumatiH vatsaramacchinnadattadhananivahaH / yathA tvaM tathA ko'nyo niyamadharAM dhIra ! prtipnnH||) jemaNe (bharatAdika putro ane sAmantorUpI) bAndhavomAM pRthvI vaheMcI ApI che tathA jemaNe eka varSa paryaMta niraMtara dhananA samUhanuM dAna karyuM che, evA Ape jevI rIte (dIkSA-samaye samasta pApamaya AcaraNanA tyAgarUpI) niyama dhurAne dhAraNa karI, tevI rIte he dhIra ! anya koNa dhAraNa karI zake? (11) - 213 - - Shri Rushabhpanchashika

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Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth sohasi pasAhiaMso kajjalakasiNAhiM jayaguru jddaahiN| uvagUDhavisajjiarAyalacchibAhacchaDAhiM va / / 12 / / (zobhase prasAdhitAMsaH kajjalakRSNAbhirjagadgurojaTAbhiH / apagUDhavisarjitarAjalakSmIbASpachaTAbhiriva / / ) | he jagadagura ! (rAjya samaye) AliMgana karAyelI ane (dIkSA-samaye) tyAga karAyelI evI rAjya lakSmInI jANe azrudhArA ja hoya tevI kAjaLanA jevI zyAma jaTA vaDe alaMkRta skaMdhavALA Apa zobhI rahyA cho. (12) lIna guru ! (rAjya sa Shri Rushabhpanchashika - 214 -

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2 / / karmayogI aura Atmadharma-praNetA bhagavAn bhagavAn RSabhadeva bhAratIya saMskRti meM jo prAcIna RSi, muni aura AtmavidyA ke siddhasta mahAtmA hue haiM, unameM bhagavAn RSabhadeva kA pramukha sthAna hai RSabhadeva bhAratIya saMskRti aura cintana ke vikAsa ke purodhA haiN| zramaNa saMskRti ke Adi pravartaka ke rUpa meM unheM prAcIna sAhitya aura purAtatva meM smaraNa kiyA gayA hai / bhArata meM pracalita jaina dharma ko sAmyatA ke prArambhika kAla meM zramaNa, vrAtya, Arhata, nirgrantha Adi nAmoM se jAnA jAtA thA / vaidika sAhitya meM ina zabdoM kA prayoga jaina dharma ke artha meM kiyA gayA hai aura bhagavAn RSabhadeva ko jainadharma kA Adi prarvataka mAnA gayA hai| jaina purANakAroM ne bhI bhagavAn RSabhadeva ke caritra meM yahI citraNa kiyA hai / unheM kRSi sabhyatA aura nAgarika jIvana kA janmadAtA bhI mAnA hai| bhagavAn RSabhadeva dvArA hI sthApita jaina dharma ko neminAtha, pArzvanAtha evaM mahAvIra ne apane yuga ke anusAra vibhinna rUpoM meM vikasita kiyA hai| jainadharma ke Adi praNetA bhagavAn RSabhadeva kA saMkSipta jIvana carita isa prakAra / / premasumana jaina * pUrvaja jaina mAnyatA ke anusAra sRSTi kA koI AdikAla nahIM hotA aura na hI koI aMtima kAla / sRSTi nirantara kAlacakra ke anusAra parivartita hotI rahatI hai| isI parivartana ke prArambhika kalpa meM bhagavAn RSabhadeva kA astitva svIkAra kiyA gayA hai, jise Adhunika itihAsakAra Adi mAnava kA pASANa yuga kahate haiM / usa samaya manuSya avikasita thA / use sAmAjika bodha nahIM thA / bhAI bahina hI pati-patnI ke rUpa meM rahane lagate the, ise yugaliyAM saMskRti kA kAla kahA jAtA hai| usa samaya vRkSoM se hI jIvana nirvAha ho jAtA thaa| ataH manuSya koI karma nahIM karatA thaa| isa kAraNa usa vana-saMskRti ko bhoga yuga bhI kahA gayA hai| jaina paurANika mAnyatA ke anusAra usa samaya caudaha kulakara hue haiM, jo tatkAlIna manuSyoM ko jIvana-nirvAha ke kAryoM kI zikSA dete the| aise kulakaroM meM caudahaveM kulakara zrI nAbhirAja hue, jinhoMne bhoga - bhUmi ke logoM ko karmUbhami kI ora gamana karanA sikhaayaa| inako manu bhI kahA gayA hai / inhIM nAbhirAja aura unakI patnI marudevI ke putra ke rUpa meM RSabhadeva kA janma huaa| * janma evaM parivAra RSabhadeva ke jIvana Adi ke sambandha meM jo vivaraNa tiloyapaNNatti, AdipurANa, harivaMzapurANa Adi prAcIna granthoM meM upalabdha haiM usake anusAra RSabhadeva kA jIva ASADha kRSNA dvitIyA ke dina mahArAnI : Karmayogi & Aatmadharma-praneta Bhagwan Rushabhdev Vol. VII Ch. 45-A, Pg. 2944-2948 as 215 a Bhagwan Rushabhdev

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Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth marUdevI ke garbha meM avatarita huaa| nau mAha pUrNa hone para caitra kRSNa navamI ke dina sUryodaya ke samaya marUdevI ne putraratna ko janma diyA, jisa para indra ityAdi devoM ne janmotsava mnaayaa| mAtA marUdevI ke dvArA dekhe gae svapnoM meM vRSabha (baila) kI pramukhatA hone ke kAraNa bAlaka kA nAma bhI vRSabhadeva rakha diyA gayA, jisakA artha hai- zreSTha dhrmprnnetaa| mAtA-pitA unheM RSabha nAma se pukArate the| aisI mAnyatA hai ki RSabhadeva janma se hI matijJAna, zrutajJAna aura avadhijJAna ke dhAraka the| unake zarIra aura bAlyakAla kI aneka vizeSatAe~ sAhityakAroM ne aMkita kI haiN| bhagavAn RSabhadeva tIrthaGkara paramparA ke prathama tIrthaGkara haiN| ataH mAnyatA ke anusAra unhoMne svayaM binA kisI ko guru banAe aneka vidyAoM aura kalAoM kI zikSA prApta kii| yuvAvasthA prApta hone para nAbhirAja ne yazasvatI aura sunandA nAmaka kanyAoM se RSabhadeva kA vivAha kiyaa| Avazyaka niyukti meM inake nAma sumaMgalA aura sunandA milate haiN| samaya Ane para mahAdevI yazasvatI ne putra bharata aura brAhmI nAmaka putrI ko janma diyaa| bAda meM inake 98 putra bhI hue| RSabhadeva kI dUsarI rAnI sunandA se putra bAhubalI aura putrI sundarI kA janma huaa| abhidhAna rAjendrakoza meM ina sau putroM ke nAma bhI milate haiN| zrImadbhAgavata meM bhI RSabhadeva ke sau putroM kA ullekha hai, jinameM bharata sabase bar3e the| * vidyA evaM kalAoM kI zikSA : bhagavAn RSabhadeva apane pitA nAbhirAja kI bhA~ti apane yuga kI janatA ko unake jIvana-nirvAha ke kSetra meM vibhinna karmoM kI zikSA pradAna karate rahate the| zikSA ke kSetra meM unakA vizeSa yogadAna mAnA jAtA hai| strI-zikSA ke RSabhadeva prathama guru haiN| RSabhadeva ne sAhitya ke tInoM aMgoM-vyAkaraNazAstra, chandazAstra aura alaMkArazAstra ke granthoM kI svayaM racanA kI aura unheM apanI putriyoM ko bhI pddh'aayaa| unhoMne brAhmI putrI ko lipividyA (varNamAlA) likhanA sikhAyA aura putrI sundarI ko aMkavidyA (saMkhyA) likhanA sikhaayaa| isa prakAra lipividyA aura aMkavidyA kA aviSkAra bhagavAn RSabhadeva dvArA huaa| unhoMne apane jyeSThaputra bharata ko arthazAstra aura nRtyazAstra sikhaayaa| vRSabhasena nAmaka putra ko gaMdharvazAstra kI zikSA dii| ananta vijaya nAmaka putra ko citrakalA kA abhyAsa kraayaa| prAcIna zAstroM se patA calatA hai ki RSabhadeva ne bahattara kalAoM aura causaTha vijJAnoM kI zikSA apane putroM ko dekara unakI zikSA kA prasAra janamAnasa meM bhI kiyaa| isa prakAra RSabhadeva ne zikSA ke dvArA bhogayuga ko karmayuga meM badalane ke lie apUrva zrama aura puruSArtha kiyaa| * kRSi saMskRti aura nAgara-sabhyatA kA pATha : kalpavRkSoM ke nirantara kamI hone ke kAraNa usa yuga ke manuSyoM ke jIvana kI AvazyakatAoM kI pUrti nahIM ho pAtI thii| ataH loga rAjA nAbhirAja ke pAsa ge| unhoMne prajA kI samasyAoM ke samAdhAna ke lie rAjakumAra RSabha ko saMketa kiyaa| taba RSabhadeva ne prajA ko karma karane kI zikSA dete hue asi, masi, kRSi, vidyA, vANijya aura zilpa ina chaH karmoM ko karane kI jAnakArI pradAna kii| AdipurANa aura Avazyaka cUrNi meM tatkAlIna AjIvikA ke vibhinna upAyoM aura kAryoM kA varNana prApta hotA hai / ina chaH karmoM se anAja to prApta hotA thA kintu use pakAkara kaise khAyA jAya, isase loga abhijJa the| taba RSabhadeva ne prajA ko agni ke upayoga kI jAnakArI karAI aura kumhAra ke pahiye (cAka) ke upayoga dvArA bartanoM ke nirmANa aura gati kI zikSA dii| isa prakAra ina vibhinna karmoM dvArA vana-saMskRti ke logoM Bhagwan Rushabhdev -262168

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Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth ne kRSi saMskRti aura nAgarika sabhyatA ke jIvana meM praveza kiyaa| usa samaya kI prajA ne ina kAryoM kI jAnakArI ke prati RSabhadeva ko prajApati kI upAdhi se bhI sambodhita kiyA hai| yathA prajApatiryaH prathamaM jIniviSuH zazAsa kRSyAdiSu karmasu prajAH / - (svayambhU strota) AjIvikA aura vyavasAya kI vyavasthA prArambha hone se samAja meM varNoM kA bhI nirmANa huA, jo kAryakuzalatA aura guNoM ke AdhAra para thA / jo vipatti se rakSA karate the ve kSatriya kahalAe, aura jo jIvana - nirvAha ke lie kRSi, vyApAra, pazupAlana Adi kArya karate the ve vaizya kahalAe / zilpa dvArA AjIvikA aura sevA karane vAle ko zudra kahA gyaa| mahAbhArata ke zAntiparva meM RSabhadeva ko Adideva bhI kahA gayA hai kyoMki ve chAtra dharma ke Adi prarvataka the| kSatriyoM meM se hI ahiMsA jIvana zailI ko apanAne vAle loga bAda meM brAhmaNa ke nAma se jAne ge| isI samaya Atapa, varSA aura zIta Adi se rakSA ke lie vibhinna bhavanoM, nagaroM aura janapadoM kA nirmANa huA / isa prakAra kabIloM kI sabhyatA se nAgara sabhyatA meM praveza karAne vAle RSabhadeva ko Adi brahmA bhI kahA gayA hai| * rAjya evaM daNDa vyavasthA jaise-jaise samAja nAgara-sabhyatA kA abhyAsI huA vaise hI vahA~ vivAha vyavasthA aura samAja-vyavasthA kI bhI AvazyakatA huI / RSabhadeva ne isa sambandha meM bhI mArgadarzana kiyA aura prajA kI icchA se jaba unheM pitA nAbhirAja ne rAjA banAyA taba RSabhadeva ne rAjyatantra aura daNDa vyavasthA kA bhI vidhAna kiyaa| usa samaya ke rAjAoM meM daNDadhara rAjA aura mahAmaNDalika rAjA ke pada bhI nirmita hue| kuruvaMza aura somavaMza kI sthApanA bhI huii| isa prakAra RSabhadeva ne samAja kI AvazyakatA ke anusAra vibhinna nAgarika vyavasthAoM kA sUtrapAta kiyaa| unake vividha lokopayogI kAryoM se prabhAvita hokara RSabhadeva ke lie ikSvAku, gautama, kAzyapa, purU, kuladhara, vizvakarmA Adi nAma bhI pracalita ho gae the| * tapasvI jIvana : : RSabhadeva ne karmabhUmi kI racanA karake jana kalyANa to kara liyA thA kintu ve AtmakalyANa ke mArga ko nahIM bhUle the| jIvana ke prasaMgoM se unheM saMsAra kI dazA aura manuSya jIvana kI sArthakatA kA bodha banA huA thaa| eka dina rAjadarabAra me nartakI nIlAMjanA kI acAnaka mRtyu dekhakara RSabhadeva ke mana meM sAMsArika bhogoM se vairAgya utpanna ho gyaa| anya granthoM se jJAta hotA hai ki upavana meM bhramaNa karate hue puSpoM kI kSaNikatA dekhakara unheM vairAgya janmA thaa| RSabhadeva ke virakti bhAva kI prazaMsA devoM ne bhI Akara kii| RSabhadeva ne jyeSTha putra bharata ko ayodhyA kA rAjya dekara aura anya putroM ko vibhinna dezoM ke rAjya dekara dIkSA grahaNa kara lii| jisa sthAna para unhoMne dIkSA lI thI vaha sthAna prajAga / prayoga ke nAma se prasiddha ho gayA / RSabhadeva ne muni avasthA meM kaThora tapasyA kii| unakI jaTAe~ bhI bar3ha giiN| isa kAraNa unakA kezI nAma bhI prasiddha ho gyaa| sAdhaka jIvana meM sarvaprathama rAjA zreyAMsa ne RSabhadeva ko jisa dina ikSurasa kA prathama AhAra diyA vaha dina akSaya tRtIyA ke nAma se prasiddha ho gyaa| purANoM se jJAta hotA hai ki RSabhadeva ne eka hajAra varSoM taka muni avasthA meM aneka dezoM meM vihAra kiyaa| anta meM purimatAla nagara, as 217 a Bhagwan Rushabhdev

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Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth prayAga ke udyAna meM eka vaTavRkSa ke nIce ve dhyAnastha ho ge| taba unheM phAguna sudI ekAdazI ko kevalajJAna prApta huaa| vahA~ para Akara kubera ne samavasaraNa kI racanA kii| devoM kI prArthanA para bhagavAn RSabhadeva ne divyadhvani dvArA upadeza dekara dharmacakra-prarvatana kiyA, jisase sabhI prANI lAbhAnvita hue| paramparA se jJAta hotA hai ki bhagavAn RSabhadeva ke saMgha meM muniyoM kI saMkhyA caurAsI hajAra thI aura sAr3he tIna lAkha AryikAe~ thiiN| zrAvaka-zrAvikAoM kI saMkhyA ATha lAkha thii| isase jJAta hotA hai ki RSabhadeva dvArA pratipAdita tatkAlIna jaina dharma lokadharma thaa| * kailAza parvata se nirvANa : bhagavAn RSabhadeva sarvocca jJAna prApta karane ke uparAnta sampUrNa deza meM bihAra karate hue janamAnasa ko dharma svarUpa samajhAte rhe| yaha vahI Atmadharma thA jo Age calakara zramaNa paramparA aura jaina dharma ke nAma se vikhyAta huaa| RSabhadeva ne pahale gRhastha jIvana meM prajA ke bhautika jIvana aura AhAra-vihAra ko badalA tathA AtmadarzI aura kevalajJAnI banakara janamAnasa ke AcAra-vicAra ko badala diyaa| isa prakAra RSabhadeva logoM ke lie mahAdeva ke rUpa meM sthApita ho ge| anta meM unhoMne kailAzaparvata para jAkara dhyAna lagAyA aura unheM mAgha kRSNA cartudazI ko nirvANa kI prApti ho gii| yahI tithi zivajI ke liMga-udaya kI mAnI jAtI hai, jisake smaraNa meM zivarAtri parva manAyA jAtA hai| kailAza parvata prAcIna bhAratIya saMskRti ke Adideva RSabha kA mokSa-prApti-sthala hone se tIrtha bana gyaa| aura RSabhadeva samagra bhAratavAsiyoM ke Adideva bana ge| jaina sampadrAya ke jisa prakAra ve prathama tIrthaMkara haiM usI prakAra vaidika paramparA ke logoM ke lie ve rAma aura kRSNa se bhI prAcIna kalyANakArI devatA haiM, jinheM viSNu bhagavAn kA avatAra mAnA jAtA hai| isIlie atharvaveda (19.42.4) meM kahA gayA hai ki- sampUrNa pApoM se mukta tathA ahiMsaka vRttiyoM ke prathama rAjA, Aditya svarUpa zrI RSabhadeva kA maiM AvAhana karatA huuN| ve mujhe buddhi evaM indriyoM ke sAtha bala pradAna kareM aho muMcaM vRSabha yAjJimAnAM virAjantaM prathamadhvarANAm / apAM na pAnamazvinA have dhiya indriyeNa indriyNdttbhogH|| * purAtatva aura samanvaya ke AdhAra : bhArata kI prAcIna paramparAoM aura sAhitya meM yogI RSabhadeva Atmadharma ke Adi mahApuruSa siddha hote haiN| purAtatvavid rAyabahAdura candA kA kathana hai ki sindhughATI kI moharoM meM eka mUrti meM mathurA se prApta RSabhadeva kI khaDgAsana mUrti ke samAna tyAga aura vairAgya ke bhAva dRSTigocara hote haiN| DaoN. rAdhAkumuda mukharjI bhI mAnate haiM ki mohanajodar3o ke kAyotsarga devatAoM kA sAmya RSabhadeva ke yogIrUpa se hai| ataH zaivadharma kI taraha jaina dharma kA mUla bhI tAmrayugIna sindhusabhyatA taka calA jAtA hai| DaoN. ena.ena vasu kA mata hai ki lekhanakalA aura brahmavidyA kA AviSkAra RSabhadeva ne kiyA thaa| aneka purAtatvavidoM ne niSkarSa diyA ki RSabhAdi 24 tIrthaGkaroM kI mAnyatA sudUra prAcInakAla meM pracalita thii| RSabhadeva kI isI prAcInatA ke kAraNa RSabhadeva aura ziva ke svarUpa evaM vyaktitva meM kaI samAnatAe~ dRSTigocara hotI haiN| zivapurANoM meM to spaSTa kahA gayA hai ki Adideva zivaliMga ke rUpa meM prakaTa huA hai aura zaMkara kA RSabha avatAra hogaa| zivajI kA digambaratva rUpa, jaTAdhArI, tapasvI, aparigrahI, nAndIvAhana, Bhagwan Rushabhdev -35 218

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kailAza parvata zivadhAma, gaMgAvataraNa, Adi aneka prasaMga / vizeSatAe~ RSabhadeva ke jIvana se bhI jur3I huI haiN| donoM avaidika devatA hai aura loka devatA ke rUpa meM prasiddha haiM kAmadeva para donoM ne vijaya prApta kI hai aura AtmajJAna kA tRtIya netra prakaTa kiyA hai| ataH RSabhadeva kisI jAti, sampradAya, varga vizeSa ke devatA nahIM haiM, apitu ve Atmadharma ke Adi praNetA haiM jinhoMne karma aura dharma kI samAna rUpa se zikSA dI hai| vAstava meM RSabhadeva bhAratIya saMskRti ke samanvaya ke sUtra haiM, jisameM sabhI dharma sarovara Akara Azraya pAte haiM aura unameM anekAnta kA kamala khilatA hai| prAcIna manISI paM. sukhalAla saMghavI ne yaha niSkarSa ThIka hI diyA hai ki- "RSabha jIvana bahuta dIrghakAla se AryajAti kA Adarza mAnA jAtA rahA hai| aura samasta mAnava jAti kA vizuddha Adarza banane kI yogyatA bhI rakhatA hai|" RSabhadeva paripUrNa puruSa the| unhoMne kAma, artha, dharma aura mokSa ina cAroM puruSArthoM ko svayaM jiyA aura dUsaroM ke lie inake Adarza sthApita kiye| mAnavIya guNoM ke vikAsa kI sabhI sImAe~ unhoMne udghATita kI haiM, yahI saccA jaina dharma hai / mUrta aura amUrta jagat ke bIca, pravRtti aura nivRtti ke bIca, abhAva aura prabhAva ke bIca santulana sthApita karane kI kalA bhagavAn RSabhadeva ne mAnava ko sikhAyI yahI unakA avadAna hai / yahI unakI pahicAna hai| vartamAna yuga kA jainadharma to RSabhadeva dvArA prarUpita Atmadharma ke paudhe kI aneka phasaloM meM se eka anamola phala hai| sandarbha : 1. tiloyapaNNatti ( yativRSabha) 2. AdipurANa (jinasena) 3. harivaMzapurANa (jinasena) 4. Avazyaka niyukti, cUrNi evaM vRtti ( Agamodaya samiti ) 5. bhagavAn RSabhadeva eka parizIlana (vebendra mani) 6. jainadharma (paM. kailAzacandra zAstrI) 7. jainadharma kA prAcIna itihAsa (paM. balabhadra jaina) 8. bhAratIya saMskRti meM jainadharma kA yogadAna- (DaoN. hIrAlAla jaina) 9. cAra tIrthaMkara - (paM. sukhalAla saMghavI) 10. hindU sabhyatA (rAdhA kumuda mukharjI) 11. hindI vizvakoza, jilda evaM 3 12. dhammakahANuyogo muni kanhaiyAlAla "kamala" bhAga -1 - Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth 219 Bhagwan Rushabhdev

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// jaina mahApurANa : kalAparaka adhyayana / / pI. ela. vaidya prastAvanA : jaina purANoM meM mahApurANa niHsandeha sarvAdhika mahattvapUrNa aura vistRta hai| isa grantha meM lekhikA ne elorA kI jaina guphAoM evaM mahApurANa kI kalAparaka sAmagrI ke tulanAtmaka adhyayana kA yatheSTa prayatna kiyA hai| yahA~ isa lekha meM grantha ke tRtIya adhyAya meM se RSabhanAtha ke jIvana se sambandhita kucha ghaTanAoM kI vistArapUrvaka carcA kI hai| * RSabhanAtha (yA AdinAtha) : AdipurANa meM RSabhanAtha ko vRSabhadeva kahA gayA hai jo eka ora ziva aura dUsarI ora unake vRSabha lAMchana se sambandhita hai| jJAtavya hai ki RSabhadeva kA lAMchana vRSabha hai| vRSabhadeva vartamAna avasarpiNI kAla ke 24 tIrthaMkaroM meM Adya tIrthaMkara haiM aura inhIM se jaina dharma kA prArambha mAnA jAtA hai| Adya tIrthaMkara hone ke kAraNa hI inheM AdinAtha bhI kahA gayA hai| jaina purANoM meM inake jIvana, tapazcaraNa, kevalajJAna va dharmopadeza ke vistRta vivaraNa ke sAtha hI vaidika sAhitya jainetara purANoM tathA upaniSadoM Adi meM bhI inakA ullekha huA hai| paumacariya meM 24 tIrthaMkaroM kI vandanA ke prasaMga meM RSabhanAtha ko jinavaroM meM vRSabha ke samAna zreSTha tathA siddhadeva, kinnara, nAga, asurapati evaM bhavanendroM ke samUha dvArA pUjita batAyA gayA hai| isI prakAra eka anya sthala para RSabhanAtha ko svayaMbhU, caturmukha, pitAmaha, bhAnu, ziva, zaMkara, trilocana, mahAdeva, viSNu hiraNyagarbha, mahezvara, Izvara rudra aura svayaM sambuddha Adi nAmoM se devatA evaM manuSyoM dvArA vaMdita batAyA gayA hai| inheM prathama nRpa, prathama jina, prathama kevalI, prathama tIrthaMkara tathA prathama dharmacakravartI kahA gayA hai| zivapurANa meM ziva ke Adi tIrthaMkara RSabhadeva ke rUpa meM avatAra lene kA ullekha bhI huA hai| RSabhadeva ke sAtha vRSabha tathA ziva ke sAtha nandI samAna rUpa se jur3A hai| isI prakAra RSabhadeva kA nirvANa sthala kailAza parvata mAnA 1 2 3 4 hIrAlAla jaina, 'bhAratIya saMskRti meM jainadharma kA yogadAna', pR.11 AdipurANa, prastAvanA, pR. 13-14 / paumacariya 1.1 28, 49, 4.4 / jambUdvIpaprajJapti 2.30 / zivapurANa 4.47, 48 / Rushabhdev & Shiv in Jain Mahapuran Vol. IV Ch. 22-B, Pg. 1257-1263 Jain Mahapuran -36 220

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6 gayA hai aura ziva bhI kailAzavAsI mAne jAte haiN| mahAbhArata ke anuzAsana parva meM jahA~ eka ora ziva kA RSabha nAma AyA hai, vahIM dUsarI ora AdipurANa meM vRSabhadeva ko zuMbha, ziva mRtyuMjaya, mahezvara, zaMkara, tripurAri tathA trilocana Adi nAmoM se saMbodhita kiyA gayA hai| ziva ke mastaka para jaTAmukuTa aura RSabhanAtha ke sAtha kaMdhoM para laTakatI jaTAoM aura yakSa ke rUpa meM gAya ke mukhavAle gomukha yakSa kI parikalpanA bhI donoM kI ekAtmakatA kA saMketa dete haiN| gomukha yakSa kA vAhana vRSabha hai aura usake eka hAtha meM parazu dikhAyA jAtA hai| aisA pratIta hotA hai ki mahAyogI ziva ke svarUpa ke AdhAra para hI jaina paramparA ke Adi tIrthaMkara RSabhadeva kI kalpanA kI gyii| bhAgavatapurANa meM varNita RSabha kA sandarbha Rgaveda ke kezI aura vAtarazanA muni ke svarUpa se sAmyatA rakhatA hai| Rgveda kI eka RcA meM kezI aura vRSabha kA eka sAtha ullekha AyA hai| Rgveda meM ullikhita vAtarazanA muniyoM ke nAyaka kezI muni kA RSabhadeva ke sAtha ekIkaraNa ho jAne se jaina dharma kI prAcInatA para mahattvapUrNa prakAza par3atA hai| isa AdhAra para jaina dharma kI saMbhavita prAcInatA I. pU. 1500 taka mAnI jA sakatI hai| zrImadbhAgavata meM bhI RSabhadeva kA ullekha AyA hai jisake anusAra bAsudeva RSabharUpa meM nAbhi aura marudevI ke yahA~ avatarita hue / jainetara purANoM mArkaNDeya purANa kUrmapurANa, agnipurANa vAyumahApurANa" brahmANDapurANa, vArAhapurANa, 13 15 ' liMgapurANa, viSNupurANa tathA skandapurANa meM RSabhadeva ke aneka ullekha haiM jo ziva se sandarbhita 3 1 RSabha kA janma indra dvArA racita ayodhyA nagarI ke rAjA va caudaha kulakaroM meM antima kulakara nAbhirAja ke yahA~ huA thA / 22 zvetAmbara paramparA meM inakA janma caitra zukla aSTamI ke dina mAnA gayA hai / 23 zvetAmbara paramparA meM RSabha ke nAmakaraNa ke sambandha meM ullekha hai ki marUdevI dvArA svapna meM vRSabha ko dekhane tathA bAlaka ke urUsthala para vRSabha kA zubhalAMchana hone ke kAraNa hI unakA nAma RSabhadeva rakhA 5. 6. 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 22222 19 20 vahI, pR. 6 / RSabha tvaM pavitrANAM yoginAM niSkalaH zivaH / vArAhapurANa, adhyAya 74 / liMgapurANa, adhyAya 47 19-22 / viSNupurANa, dvitIyAMza, adhyAya 1. 27-28 / skandapurANa, mAhezvara khaNDa ke kaumArakhaNDa, adhyAya 37. 57/ 22 AdipurANa 12 3-6 / 23 skandapurANa, mAhezvara khaNDa ke kaumArakhaNDa, adhyAya 37, 57 / 21 AdipurANa 25.100-217/ hIrAlAla jaina, pU. ni., pR. 15 / karkadeva vRSabhIyukta AsId, avAvacIt sArathirasya kezI, (Rgveda 10. 102, 6) / hIrAlAla jaina, pU. ni., pR. 17/ vahI / zrImad bhAgavata 1-3.13 (hastImala, pR. 54 ) / mArkaNDeyapurANa, adhyAya 50.39-40, pR. 58-59 / kUrmapurANa, adhyAya 41. 37-38 / agnipurANa, adhyAya 10. 10-11 / vAyumahApurANa pUrvArdha, adhyAya 33. 50-51 / brahmANDapurANa pUrvArdha, anaSaigapAda, adhyAya 14.59-60 / Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth as 221 a Jain Mahapuran

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Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth. gayA | 24 digambara paramparA meM svapna sandarbha ke sAtha hI yaha bhI ullekha hai ki indra ne inakA nAma vRSabhadeva rakhA thA / 25 aisA ullekha hai ki RSabha kA koI vaMza nahIM thA kyoMki jisa samaya unakA janma huA usa samaya mAnava samAja kisI kula, jAti yA vaMza meM vibhakta nahIM thA / 26 jaba ye lagabhaga eka varSa ke the aura eka dina pitA kI goda meM baiThe the usI samaya hAtha meM ikSudaNDa lie indra vahA~ upasthita hue| use prApta karane ke liye RSabha ne dAhinA hAtha Age bar3hAyA / indra ne ikSu-bhakSaNa kI RSabha kI ruci jAnakara unake vaMza kA nAma ikSvAkuvaMza rkhaa| jJAtavya hai ki ikSvAkuvaMza meM hI adhikAMza tIrthaMkaroM kA janma huA thaa| 27 yauvanAvasthA meM yazasvatI tathA sunandA nAmaka do rUpavatI va guNavatI rAjakanyAoM ke sAtha RSabha kA vivAha huA / 28 vRSabha ke pUrva tatkAlIna samAja meM koI vaivAhika prathA pracalita nahIM thI / 29 sarvaprathama RSabha ne hI bhAvI mAnava samAja ke hitArtha vivAha paramparA kA sUtrapAta kiyA aura mAnava mana meM baDhatI huI vAsanA ko vivAha sambandha ke mAdhyama se sImita aura niyojita kara diyA / 20 RSabhadeva kI yazasvatI nAmaka mahAdevI se prathama cakravartI bharata sahita anya 99 putra evaM brAhmI nAma kI putrI tathA dUsarI rAnI sunandA se bAhubalI nAmaka putra tathA sundarI nAma kI putrI utpanna huyIM / 31 jaina mAnyatA ke anusAra RSabha ne hI sarvaprathama karmayuga kA Arambha kiyA thA inakI rAjya vyavasthA se pUrva mAnava kalpavRkSa ke phala va apane Apa utpanna kandamUla Adi ke bhojana para hI nirbhara thaa| RSabhadeva ne sarvaprathama asi masi, kRSi, vidyA, vANijya tathA zilpa ina chaha kAryoM ke dvArA prajA ko AjIvikA kA upadeza diyA / 32 zastra dhAraNa kara sevA karanA asikarma, likhakara AjIvikA karanA masikarma, jamIna ko jotanA - bonA kRSikarma, par3hA kara athavA nRtya-gAyana dvArA AjIvikA karanA vidyAkarma, vyApAra karanA vANijyakarma tathA hasta kI kuzalatA se jIvikopArjana zilpakarma kahalatA hai|" zilpakarma dvArA AjIvikA kA sandarbha jaina paramparA meM prArambha se hI kalA ke mahatva ko spaSTa karatA hai / karmayuga kA Arambha karane ke kAraNa RSabha kRtayuga' tathA 'prajApati' kahalAye haiN| karmabhUmi ke samAna RSabha varNavyavasthA ke bhI janaka the / 35 34 RSabha ke saMsAra ke prati virakti evaM dIkSA grahaNa karane ke sambandhoM meM ullekha milatA hai ki eka dina jaba ve sabhAmaNDapa meM siMhAsana para birAjamAna the usI samaya indra ne unake mana ko rAjya va sAMsArika bhogoM se virata karane ke uddezya se nIlAMjanA nAma kI eka kSINa Ayu nRtyAMganA ko RSabha ke samakSa upasthita kiyA jo nRtya karate samaya hI mRtyu ko prApta ho gayI / 26 isa ghaTanA se RSabha ko AvazyakacUrNi (jinadAsakRta), pR. 151 / 25 AdipurANa 14.160-161; harivaMzapurANa 8.204-211 / 22222 & 24 26 27 28 hastImala, pU. ni. pR. 15 / Avazyaka niyukti gAthA 186 : niyukti dIpikAgAthA 181 / AdipurANa 15.50-70 / hastImala, pU. li., pR. 16 / Avazyaka niyuktigAthA, 199, pR. 193 / AdipurANa 16. 4-7 AdipurANa 16-131-146, 179-180 29 30 31 32 harivaMzapurANa 9 25-39/ 33 34 35 36 Jain Mahapuran AdipurANa 16. 181-182 / AdipurANa 16.189-190/ AdipurANa 16. 183 harivaMzapurANa 9.25-39 / AdipurANa 17 1-9 -85 222 a -

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Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth samasta bhogoM se virakti ho gyii| isa avasara para lokAntika devoM ke Agamana tathA indra dvArA RSabha ke dIkSA athavA tapaH kalyANaka karane kA ullekha milatA hai|38 RSabha apane jyeSTha putra bharata ko sAmrAjya pada tathA bAhubalI ko yuvarAja pada para adhiSThita kara svayaM indra dvArA uThAye gaye pAlakI meM baiTha siddhArthaka nAmaka vana meM gaye aura vahA~ vastra, mAlA va anya AbhUSaNoM kA tyAga kara, paMcamuSTiyoM se keza-luMcana kara digambara rUpa dhAraNa kara dIkSA grahaNa kii|39 indra RSabha ke keza kSIrasAgara meM pravAhita kara tathA aneka prakAra se unakI stuti kara svarga cale gye| RSabha ke sAtha cAra hajAra anya rAjA bhI dIkSita hue the| ullekhanIya hai ki zvetAmbara paramparA meM RSabha ke cAra muSTi keza-luMcana kA ullekha milatA hai| indra kI prArthanA para RSabha ne eka muSTi keza sira para hI rahane diyA thaa| uparyukta paramparA ke kAraNa hI kuSANakAla se sabhI kSetroM kI mUrtiyoM meM RSabhanAtha ke sAtha kandhoM para laTakatI huI jaTAe~ dikhAI gyiiN| kalpasUtra evaM triSaSTizalAkApuruSacaritra meM spaSTa ullekha hai ki RSabha ke atirikta anya sabhI jinoM ne dIkSA ke pUrva apane mastaka ke sampUrNa kezoM kA pA~ca muSTiyoM meM luMcana kiyA thA / 10 yadyapi digambara paramparA meM RSabha ke paMcamuSTi keza meM luMcana kA ullekha huA hai kintu mUrta udAharaNoM meM elorA, devagar3ha, khajUrAho tathA anya sabhI digambara sthaloM para zvetAmbara udAharaNoM ke samAna hI RSabha ke kandhoM para laTakatI huI jaTAe~ dikhAyI gyiiN|41 / dIkSA dhAraNa karane ke pazcAt RSabha chaha mAha taka upavAsa kA vrata lekara tapoyoga meM adhiSThita ho gye|42 triSaSTizalAkApuruSacaritra meM kevala sAta dinoM ke mahopavAsa vrata kA ullekha hai|43 chaha mAha ke mahopavAsa vrata ke bAda bhI unakA zarIra pahale kI taraha hI dedIpyamAna banA rahA tathA keza saMskAra rahita hone ke kAraNa jaTAoM ke samAna ho gaye the|44 . aneka varSoM taka vibhinna dezoM meM vihAra karane ke bAda RSabha purimatAla nAmaka nagara meM pahu~ce aura vahA~ zakaTa nAmaka udyAna meM eka vaTa vRkSa ke nIce citta kI ekAgratA tathA vibhinna mohanIya karmoM para vijaya prApta kara phAlguna kRSNA ekAdazI ke dina uttarASADhA nakSatra meM unhoMne kevalajJAna kI prApti kii|45 tatpazcAt RSabha vibhinna devoM dvArA nirmita samavasaraNa ke tIsare pITha para sthita siMhAsana para virAjamAna hue aura kaivalya prApti ke pazcAt pahalA upadeza diyaa|46 samavasaraNa meM vibhinna tattvoM kA nirUpaNa karane ke bAda RSabha gaNadharoM ke sAtha aneka varSoM taka kAzI, avanti, kurU, kauzala, suhyA, puNDa cedi, mAlava, dazArNava vidarbha Adi dezoM meM vihAra karate rahe aura Ayu kI samApti ke caudaha dina pUrva pauSa mAsa kI pUrNamAsI ke dina kailAza parvata para virAjamAna hue|47 yahIM para mAghakRSNa caturdazI ke dina abhijita nakSatra meM aneka muniyoM ke sAtha unheM nirvANa prApta huaa|48 38 40 AdipurANa 17. 10-28) AdipurANa 17. 46-47, 72-74 / AdipurANa 17.76-77, 94, 182-190,194-201 / kezaloMca karate samaya indra ke kahane para vRSabhadeva ne kucha keza chor3a diye the jinakA ullekha pahale kiyA jA cukA hai| kalpasUtra 195, triSaSTizalAkApuruSacaritra 3.60-70 / mArutinandana tivArI, elimenTsa oNpha jaina AikanogrAphI, pR. 24, 32 / AdipurANa 18. 1-2 / triSaSTizalAkApuruSacaritra 1.6, 459-493 | AdipurANa 18. 1-2 AdipurANa 20. 218-268 / AdipurANa 23. 75 AdipurANa 25. 28747. 322-323 / AdipurANa 47. 338-342 / 47 48 -33 2232 Jain Mahapuran

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// RSabhadeva : eka parizIlana // vigata : aSTApada aura RSabhadeva saMbandhI mAhitI devendra muni zAstrI nityAnubhutanijalAbhanivRttatRSNaH zreyasyatadracanayA cirasuptabuddheH lokasya yaH karuNayAbhayamAtmalokamAkhyAnnamo bhagavate RSabhAya tasmai // - zrImadbhAgavata 516 / 19 / 569 prathama khaNDa bhAratIya sAhitya meM RSabhadeva jaina sAhitya meM RSabhadeva vaidika sAhitya meM RSabhadeva itara sAhitya meM RSabhadeva * bauddha sAhitya meM RSabhadeva * itihAsa aura purAtattva ke Aloka meM * pAzcAtya vidvAnoM kI khoja Rushabhdev Vol. IV Ch. 23-A, Pg. 1375-1458 Rushabhdev : Ek Parishilan -36 224

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. jaina sAhitya meM RSabhadeva * Agama sAhitya meM RSabhadeva * niyukti sAhitya meM RSabhadeva * bhASya sAhitya meM RSabhadeva * cUrNi sAhitya meM RSabhadeva * prAkRta kAvya sAhitya meM RSabhadeva * saMskRta sAhitya meM RSabhadeva * Adhunika sAhitya meM RSabhadeva bhAratavarSa ke jina mahApuruSoM kA mAnava-jAti ke vicAroM para sthAyI prabhAva par3A hai, unameM bhagavAn zrI RSabhadeva kA sthAna pramukha hai| unake apratima vyaktitva aura abhUtapUrva kRtitva kI chApa jana-jIvana para bahuta hI gaharI hai| Aja bhI agaNita vyaktiyoM kA jIvana unake vimala vicAroM se prabhAvita va anuprerita hai| unake hRdayAkAza meM camakate hue AkAza-dIpa kI taraha ve suzobhita haiN| jaina, bauddha aura vaidika sAhitya unakI gauravagAthA se chalaka rahA hai| itihAsa aura purAtatva unakI yazogAthA ko gA rahA hai| unakA virATa vyaktitva kabhI bhI deza, kAla, sampradAya, paMtha, prAnta aura jAti ke saMkIrNa ghere meM Abaddha nahIM rhaa| jaina sAhitya meM ve Adya tIrthaGkaroM ke rUpa meM upAsya rahe haiM to vaidika sAhitya meM unake vividha rUpa prApta hote haiN| kahIM para unheM brahmA mAnakara upAsanA kI gaI hai to kahIM para viSNu aura kahIM para mahezvara kA rUpa mAnakara arcanA kI gaI hai| kahIM para agni, kahIM para kezI, kahIM para hiraNyagarbha aura kahIM para vAtarazanA ke rUpa meM ullekha hai| bauddha sAhitya meM unakA jyotirdhara vyaktitva ke rUpa meM ullekha huA hai| islAma dharma meM jinakA Adama bAbA ke rUpa meM smaraNa kiyA gayA hai jApAnI jise rokazava' kahakara pukArate haiN| madhya eziyA meM vo 'bADa Ala' ke nAma se ullikhita haiN| phaNika unake lie rezepha' zabda kA prayoga karate haiN| pAzcAtya dezoM meM bhI unakI khyAti kahI para kRSi ke devatA, kahIM para bhUmi ke devatA aura kahIM para 'sUryadeva' ke rUpa meM vizruta rahI hai| ve vastutaH mAnavatA ke jvalaMta kIrtistambha haiN| bhagavAn RSabhadeva kA samaya vartamAna itihAsa kI kAla-gaNanA paridhi meM nahIM aataa| ve prAga-aitihAsika mahApuruSa haiN| unake astitva ko siddha karane ke lie purAtattva tathA jaina tathA jainetara sAhitya hI prabala pramANa hai| unhIM ke prakAza meM agale pRSThoM meM cintana kiyA jA rahA hai| sarvaprathama jaina sAhitya meM jahA~jahA~ para RSabhadeva kA ullekha prApta hotA hai usa para anuzIlana kiyA jA rahA hai| * Agama sAhitya meM RSabhadeva : 1. sUtrakRtAMgasUtra Adhunika bhASA vaijJAnikoM ne AcArAMga va sUtrakRtAMga ke prathama zrutaskandha ko bhagavAn mahAvIra kI mUlavANI ke rUpa meM svIkAra kiyA hai| AcArAMga meM bhagavAn RSabhadeva ke sambandha meM kucha bhI ullekha nahIM miltaa| sUtrakRtAMga kA dvitIya adhyayana 'veyAliya' hai| isa adhyayana ke sambandha meM yadyapi mUla Agama - 225 - Rushabhdev : Ek Parishilan

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Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth meM aisA koI saMketa nahIM hai, ki yaha adhyayana bhagavAn RSabhadeva ne apane putroM ko kahA thA, tathApi AvazyakacUrNi', AvazyakahAribhadrIyAvRtti evaM AvazyakamalayagirivRtti tathA sUtra-kRtAMgacUrNi Adi granthoM meM spaSTa rUpa se yaha varNana hai, ki bhagavAn RSabhadeva ne prastuta adhyayana apane aTThAnaveM putroM ko kahA, jisase unheM sambodha prApta huaa| vaitAlika kA artha hai jagAne vaalaa| yaha adhyayana anantakAla se soI huI AtmA ko jagAne vAlA hai| jaisA nAma hai vaisA hI guNa isa adhyayana meM rahA hai| Aja bhI isa adhyayana ko par3hakara sAdhaka Ananda vibhora ho jAtA hai aura usakI AtmA jAga jAtI hai| bhagavAn ne kahA- putro ! Atmahita kA avasara kaThinatA se prApta hotA hai| bhaviSya meM tumheM kaSTa na bhoganA par3e ataH abhI se apane viSaya-vAsanA se dUra rakhakara anuzAsita bno| jIvana-sUtra TUTa jAne ke pazcAt punaH nahIM jur3a paataa| eka hI jhapATe meM bAja jaise baTera ko mAra DAlatA hai vaise hI Ayu kSINa hone para mRtyu bhI jIvana ko hara letI hai| jo dUsaroM kA paribhava arthAt tiraskAra karatA hai vaha saMsAra vana meM dIrghakAla taka bhaTakatA rahatA hai| sAdhaka ke lie vandana aura pUjana eka bahuta bar3I daladala ke sadRza hai|10 bhale hI nagna rahe, mAsa-mAsa kA anazana kare aura zarIra ko kRza evaM kSINa kara DAle kintu jisake antara meM dambha rahatA hai vaha janma-maraNa ke ananta cakra meM bhaTakatA hI rahatA hai| jo kSaNa vartamAna meM upasthita hai vahI mahatvapUrNa hai ataH use saphala banAnA caahie|2 samabhAva usI ko raha sakatA hai jo apane ko hara kisI bhaya se mukta rakhatA hai|13 putro ! abhI isa jIvana ko smjho| kyoM nahIM samajha rahe ho, marane ke bAda paraloka meM sambodhi kA milanA bahuta hI durlabha hai| jaise bItI rAteM phira lauTakara nahIM AtIM isI prakAra manuSya kA gujarA huA jIvana phira hAtha nahIM aataa|14 marane ke pazcAt sadgati sulabha nahIM hai|15 ataH jo kucha bhI satkarma karanA hai, yahIM kro| AtmA apane svayaM ke karmoM se hI bandhana meM par3atA hai| kRtakarmoM ke phala bhoge binA mukti nahIM hai|6 mumukSu tapasvI apane kRta-karmo kA bahuta zIghra hI apanayana kara detA hai, jaise kI pakSI apane paMkhoM ko phar3aphar3A kara una para lagI dhUla ko jhAr3a detA hai|17 mana meM rahe hue vikAroM ke sUkSma zalya ko nikAlanA kabhI-kabhI bahuta hI kaThina ho jAtA hai|8 buddhimAna ko kabhI kisI se kalaha- jhagar3A nahIM karanA caahie| kalaha se bahuta bar3I hAni hotI hai| san 1916 / rAka-Agamodaya samiti 1, kANDa 1 evaM veyAliyaM ajjhayaNaM bhAsaMti 'saMbujjhaha kiM na bujjhaha' evaM aTThANauIvittehiM aTThANauI kumAra pvviytti| AvazyakacurNi, pR. 210 pUrvabhAga, prakAzaka - RSabhadeva kezarImalajI zvetAmbara saMsthA, ratalAma, san 1928 / 2 AvazyakahAribhadrIyAvRtti, prathama vibhAga, pR. 152, prakAzaka-Agamodaya samiti, san 1916 / 3 AvazyakamalayagirivRtti, pUrvabhAga, pR. 231, prakAzaka-Agamodaya samiti, san 1928 / 4 vaitAlikA bodhkraaH| -amarakoza, kANDa 2. varga 9 zloka 97 / 5 sUtrakRtAMga 1 / 2 / 2 / 30 6 vahI 12 / 37 7 sUtrakRtAMga 1 / 2 / 3 / 10 8 vahI 1212 9 vahI 1 / 221 10 vahI 1 / 22 / 11 11 vahI 12 / 19 12 vahI 12 / 3 / 19 13 vahI 1 / 2 / 2 / 17 14 saMbujjhaha kiM na bujjhaha? saMbohI khalu pecca dullhaa| No hUvaNamaMti rAiyo, no sulabhaM puNarAvi jIviyaM / / -sUtra. 1 / 2 / 11 15 sUtra. 1 / 2 / 1 / 3 16 vahI 12 / 14 17 vahI 121115 18 vahI 1 / 2 / 2 / 11 Rushabhdev : Ek Parishilan -26 226 -

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sUtrakRtAMganiyukti" meM kahA hai ki bhagavAn ke preraNAprada udbodhana se prabuddha hue aThAnaveM putra mahAprabhu RSabha ke caraNoM meM dIkSita ho gye| jinatva kI sAdhanA ke, amRta-patha ke yAtrI ho gaye / unakA jIvana badala gayA aura ve Atma-rAjya ke rAjA ho gaye / 2. sthAnAMgasUtra isa sUtra kI racanA koza zailI meM kI gaI hai| inameM saMkhyAkrama se jIva, pudgala Adi kI sthApanA hone se isakA nAma sthAna hai bauddhoM kA aMguttaranikAya bhI isI prakAra kI zailI meM grathita huA hai| isa Agama meM eka se dasa sthAnoM taka kA varNana hai / yadyapi isameM bhagavAn RSabhadeva kA kramabaddha varNana nahIM milatA hai, tathApi yatra-tatra unakA ullekha prApta hotA hai aura unake jIvana kI mahattvapUrNa vizeSatAoM kA bhI patA calatA hai| jaise antakriyAoM kA varNana karate hue bharata cakravartI va marUdevI mAtA kA dRSTAnta ke rUpa meM nAmollekha kiyA hai| bharata cakravartI laghukarmA, prazasta mana-vacana-kAyA vAle, duHkhajanaka karma kA kSaya karane vAle, bAhya va Abhyantara janya pIr3A se rahita, cirakAlika pravrajyA rUpa karaNa dvArA siddha, buddha, mukta hue / cauthI antakriyA meM marUdevI mAtA kA dRSTAnta diyA gayA hai, ve laghukarmA evaM alpaparyAya se parISaha - upasargoM se rahita hokara siddha, buddha huI / 20 Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth caturtha sthAna ke tRtIya uddezaka meM bharata nareza ko 'uditodita' kahA gayA hai / 21 prathama evaM antima tIrthaGkaroM ke mArga pAMca kAraNoM se durgama batAye haiM- kaThinAI se kahA jAne vAlA, durvibhAjya vastutva ko vibhAgazaH saMsthApana karanA duHzakya hai, durdarza-kaThinAI se dikhAyA jAne vAlA, dustitikSa arthAt kaThinAI se sahA jAne vAlA, duranucara- kaThinAI se AcaraNa kiyA jAne vAlA / paJcama sthAna ke dvitIya uddezaka meM kauzala dezotpanna RSabhadeva bhagavAn, cakravartI samrAT bharata, bAhubalI, evaM sundarI kI U~cAI pAMcasau dhanuSa kI kahI gaI hai| SaSThama sthAna meM caturtha kulakara abhicandra kI U~cAI chahasau dhanuSa aura samrATa bharata kA rAjyakAla lakSa pUrva taka kA varNita kiyA hai| saptama sthAna meM vartamAna avasarpiNI ke sAta kulakara vimalavAhana, cakSuSmAn, yazasvAna, abhicandra, prasenajit, marUdeva, nAbhi tathA inakI bhAryAoM ke nAma- candrayazA, candrakAntA, surUpA, pratirUpA, cakSukAntA zrIkAntA evaM marudevI kA ullekha kiyA hai| vimalavAhana kulakara ke samaya upabhogya sapta kalpavRkSa themattAMgaka, bhRGga, citrAMga, citrarasa, maNyaGga, anagna Adi / samrATa bharata ke pazcAt ATha rAjA siddha-buddha hue- Adityayaza, mahAyaza, atibala, mahAbala, tejovIrya, kIrtivIrya, daNDavIrya aura jalavIrya / navama sthAna meM vimalavAhana kulakara kI nau sau dhanuSya kI U~cAI kA varNana hai tathA zrI RSabhadeva ke caturvidha saMgha kI sthApanA avasarpiNI kAla ke nau koTAkoTi sAgaropama pramANa kAla vyatIta hone para huI, usakA varNana hai / 19 kAmaM tu sAsaNamiNaM kahiya aDDAvayaM mi usabheNaM / aANautisuyANaM soINaM te vi paThavaiyA / / - sUtrakRtAMganiyukti 39 1 uttarAdhyayana 36 / 53 / 21 2 Avazyakaniyukti gA. 311 / 3 dekhie- lekhaka kA 'jaina AgamoM meM Azcarya' lekha / 20 sthAnAMgasUtra, 4 sthAna, paM. 30 sU. 235, pR. 133 - muni kanhaiyAlAla sampAdita, prakAzaka- Agama anuyoga, sAMDerAva (rAja.) san 1972 vahI, 4 sthAna, u. 3 $227 Rushabhdev Ek Parishilan

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Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth, dazama sthAna meM dasa AzcaryakArI bAtoM kA varNana hai, jo anantakAla ke bAda prastuta avasarpiNI kAla meM huI thIM / isameM eka Azcarya bhagavAn RSabhadeva ke samaya kA mAnA jAtA hai, ki bhagavAn RSabhadeva ke tIrtha meM utkRSTa avagAhanA vAle 108 muni eka sAtha, eka hI samaya meM siddha hue the| yahA~ para isalie Azcarya mAnA gayA hai ki bhagavAn RSabha ke samaya utkRSTa avagAhanA thii| utkRSTa avagAhanA meM kevala eka sAtha do hI vyakti siddha ho sakate haiM / 22 prastuta sUtra meM eka sau ATha vyakti utkRSTa avagAhanA meM mukta hue, ataH Azcarya hai / Avazyaka niyukti meM RSabhadeva ke dasa hajAra vyaktiyoM ke sAtha siddha hone kA ullekha hai| 22 usakA tAtparya yahI hai dasa hajAra anagAroM ke eka hI nakSatra meM siddha hone ke kAraNa unakA RSabhadeva ke sAtha siddha honA batAyA hai| eka samaya meM nahIM / 24 3. samavAyAMgasUtra 25 isakI saMkalanA bhI sthAnAMga ke samAna hI huI hai| isake aThArahaveM samavAya meM brAhmIlipi ke lekhana ke aThAraha prakAra batAye haiM teIsaveM samavAya meM RSabhadeva ko pUrvabhava meM caudaha pUrva ke jJAtA tathA cakravartI samrATa kahA hai| caubIsaveM samavAya meM RSabhadeva kA prathama devAdhideva ke rUpa meM ullekha hai / paccIsaveM samavAya meM prathama aura antima tIrthakaroM ke paJca mahAvratoM kI paccIsa bhAvanAoM kA nirUpaNa hai / 26 chiyAlisaveM samavAya meM brAhmIlipi ke chiyAlIsa mAtRkAkSaroM kA ullekha hai| tresaThaveM samavAya meM bhagavAn RSabhadeva kA 63 lAkha pUrva taka rAjya-pada bhogane kA, satahattaraveM samavAya meM bharata cakravartI ke 77 lAkha pUrva taka kumArAvasthA meM rahane kA tirAsIveM samavAya meM bhagavAn RSabhadeva evaM bharata ke 83 lAkha pUrva taka gRhasthAvasthA ke kAla kA tathA caurAsIveM samavAya meM RSabhadeva, bharata, bAhubalI, brAhmI evaM sundarI kI sarvAyu 84 lAkha pUrva kI sthitivarNita kI gaI hai / bhagavAn ke caurAsI hajAra zramaNa the / 3 navAsI samavAya meM arihaMta kauzalika zrI RSabhadeva isa avasarpiNI ke tRtIya suSama vRSama Are ke antima bhAga meM navAsI pakSa zeSa rahane para nirvANa ko prApta hue; isakA ullekha hai| tathA bhagavAn RSabhadeva aura antima tIrthakara bhagavAn mahAvIra kA avyavahita antara eka koTAkoTi sAgaropama kA varNita hai| inake atirikta unake pUrvabhava kA nAma, zivikA nAma, mAtA-pitA ke nAma, sarvaprathama AhAra pradAtA kA nAma, prathama bhikSA evaM saMvatsara meM prApta huI isakA ullekha, jisa vRkSa ke nIce kevalajJAna utpanna huA vaha (nyagrodha) vRkSa kI (tIna kosa ) U~cAI, prathama ziSya, prathama ziSyA, bharata cakravartI aura unake mAtA-pitA tathA strIratna kA nAmollekha isa aMga meM kiyA gayA hai| 4. bhagavatIsUtra bhagavatIsUtra Agama - sAhitya meM sarvAdhika vizAlakAya grantharatna hai| isameM aneka viSayoM para talasparzI carcAe~ kI gaI haiN| bhagavAn RSabhadeva se sambandhita varNana isameM yatra-tatra hI dekhane ko milatA hai| sarvaprathama isameM maMgalAcaraNa ke rUpa meM 'brAhmI lipi ko namaskAra kiyA gayA hai| 22 uttarAdhyayana 36 / 53 23 24 25 26 samavAyAMgasUtra, 25 vAM samavAya / 27 bhagavatIsUtra 2018 69, aMgasuttANi bhAga 2, bhagavaI jaina vizva bhAratI, lADanUM (rAja.) / S 228 24 Avazyaka niyukti gA. 311 dekhie - lekhaka kA 'jaina AgamoM meM Azcarya' lekha / ThANAMga, samavAyAMgaH sampAdaka dalasukha mAlavaNiyA, ahamadAbAda, san 1955 / Rushabhdev: Ek Parishilan

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bhagavatI sUtra meM prathama aura antima tIrthaGkara bhagavAn kA paJca mahAvrata yukta tathA pratikramaNa sahita dharma ke upadeza kA kathana kiyA gayA hai| bhAvI tIrthaGkaroM meM antima tIrthaGkara kA tIrtha kauzalika bhagavAn RSabhadeva arihanta ke jina paryAya jitanA ( hajAra varSa nyUna lAkha pUrva) varNita kiyA hai| isake atirikta bhagavatI sUtra meM bhagavAn RSabhadeva kA kahIM bhI ullekha nahIM hai| 5. prajJApanAsUtra prajJApanA jaina Agama - sAhitya meM caturtha upAMga hai| isameM bhagavAn RSabhadeva ne apanI putrI brAhmI ko jisa lipi-vidyA kA jJAna karAyA thA, una aThAraha lipiyoM kA nirdeza prastuta Agama meM kiyA gayA hai| lipiyoM ke sambandha meM hamane pariziSTa meM vistAra se vivecana kiyA hai| 19 6. jambUdvIpa prajJaptisUtra isameM bhagavAn RSabhadeva kA varNana sarvaprathama vistRta rUpa se citriti kiyA gayA hai| kulakaroM kA ullekha karate hue isameM pandraha kulakaroM ke nAma nirdeza kiye haiM- ( 1 ) sumati, (2) pratizruti, (3) sImaMkara, (4) sImaMdhara, (5) khemaMkara, (6) khemaMdhara, (7) vimalavAhana, (8) cakSuvaMta, (9) yazaH vaMta, (10) abhicandra, (11) candrAbha, (12) prasenajita, (13) marudeva, (14) nAbhi, (15) RSabha / Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth ukta pandraha kulakaroM ke samaya pracalita daMDanIti tIna prakAra kI thI- prathama pA~ca kulakaroM ke samaya 'ha' kAra daNDanIti, dvitIya pA~ca kulakaroM ke samaya 'mA' kAra daMDanIti evaM antima pA~ca kulakaroM ke samaya 'dhik' kAra daMDanIti pracalita thI / bhagavAn RSabhadeva se sambandhita unake kumArakAla, rAjyakAla, bahattara kalAoM evaM cauMsaTha kalAoM kA upaveza, bharata kA rAjyAbhiSeka, bhagavAn kA pravrajyA grahaNa, kezaloMca, dIkSAkAlIna tapa, unake sAtha dIkSita hone vAloM kI saMkhyA, eka varSa paryanta devadUSya dhAraNa, upasarga, saMyamI jIvana kA varNana, saMyamI jIvana kI upamAe~, kevalajJAna kA kAla, sthAna, upadeza, gaNa, gaNadhara evaM AdhyAtmika parivAra kA varNana hai uttarASAr3hA nakSatra meM unake pA~ca pradhAna jIvana prasaMga hue aura nirvANa abhijit meM huaa| saMhanana, saMsthAna, UMcAI, pravrajyAkAla, chadmastha jIvana, kevalI jIvana Adi kA ullekha hai| nirvANa kA dina (mAghakRSNA trayodazI), nirvANa sthAna, bhagavAn ke sAtha nirvANa hone vAle muni, nirvANa kAla kA tapa, nirvANotsava Adi viSaya para isa sUtra ke dvitIya vakSaskAra meM paryApta usake pazcAt tRtIya vakSaskAra meM bharata cakravartI kA evaM bhAratavarSa nAmakaraNa ke hetu kA savistRta varNana hai / 7. uttarAdhyayanasUtra I uttarAdhyayana bhagavAn mahAvIra ke antima pravacanoM kA saMgraha hai isameM bhagavAn RSabhadeva ke sambandha meM vistRta carcA nahIM hai, kintu aThArahaveM adhyayana meM samrATa bharata kA ullekha hai, jinhoMne bhAratavarSa ke zAsana kA evaM kAma-bhogoM kA parityAga kara pravrajyA grahaNa kI thI / 30 prastuta Agama ke tevIsarve adhyayana meM 'kezI gautamIya' kI aitIhAsika carcA hai usameM gaNadhara gautama kezI zramaNa se kahA- prathama tIrthaGkara ke sAdhu Rju aura jar3a hote haiM, antima tIrthaMkara ke sAdhu vakra aura jar3a hote haiM, madhya ke bAIsa tIrthaMkaroM ke sAdhu Rju aura prAjJa hote haiN| prathama tIrthakara ke muniyoM dvArA 28 paNNavaNAsuttaMH muni puNyavijayajI dvarA sampAdita, mahAvIra jaina vidyAlaya, bambaI - 36, san 1972 / 29 (ka) AcAryazrI amolakaRSijI mahArAja, haidarAbAda vI. saM. 2446 / (kha) zAnticandra vihita vRtti sahita devacanda lAlabhAI jaina pustakoddhAra phaMDa bambaI, san 1920, dhanapatasiMha, kalakattA, san 1885 / uttarAdhyayanasUtra, 18 adhyayana, gAthA 34 / 30 - $ 229 Rushabhdev Ek Parishilan

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Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth. AcAra ko yathAvat grahaNa kara lenA kaThina hai, antima tIrthaMkara ke muniyoM dvArA kalpa ko yathAvata grahaNa karanA va usakA pAlana karanA kaThina hai, parantu madhya ke tIrthaGkaroM ke muniyoM dvArA kalpa ko yathAvat grahaNa karanA evaM usakA pAlana karanA sarala hai / yahA~ para bhagavAn RSabhadeva ke zramaNoM ke svabhAva kA citraNa kiyA gayA hai, kintu svayaM RSabhadeva kA nahIM / 31 prastuta sUtra ke paccIsaveM adhyayana meM jayaghoSa muni ne vijayaghoSa brAhmaNa se kahA- 'vedoM kA mukha agnihotra hai, yajJoM kA mukha yajJArthI hai, nakSatroM kA mukha candramA hai evaM dharmoM kA mukha kAzyapa RSabhadeva haiM / 32 jisa prakAra candramA ke sammukha yaha Adi hAtha jor3e hue vandanA - namaskAra karate hue aura vinIta bhAva se mana kA haraNa karate hue rahate haiM usI prakAra bhagavAn RSabhadeva ke sammukha saba loga rahate haiM / 33 8. kalpasUtra" kalpasUtra dazAzrutaskandha kA aSTama adhyayana hai, isameM caubIsa tIrthakaroM kA saMkSepa meM paricaya diyA gayA hai| bhagavAn RSabhadeva ke paJcakalyANaka kA ullekha kiyA hai, usake pazcAt unake mAtA-pitA, janma, unake pA~ca nAma aura dIkSA grahaNa karane kA ullekha hai / yahA~ yaha smaraNa rakhanA cAhiye ki RSabhadeva ne dIkSA ke samaya cAramuSTi kezaloMca kiyA thA jisakA isameM ullekha hai / anya tIrthaGkaroM ke samAna paJcamuSTi kezaloMca nahIM kiyA / dIkSA ke eka hajAra varSa pazcAt unheM kevalajJAna huA / prastuta sUtra meM unakI ziSya - sampadA kA bhI vistRta varNana kiyA gayA hai| kalpasUtra ke mUla meM RSabhadeva ke pUrvabhavoM kA ullekha nahIM hai, kintu kalpasUtra kI vRttiyoM meM unake pUrvabhava va anya jIvana prasaMgoM para vistAra se prakAza DAlA gayA hai| * niryukti sAhitya meM RSabhadeva : mUla granthoM para vyAkhyAtmaka sAhitya likhane kI paramparA bahuta hI prAcIna hai / samavAyAMga, sthAnAMga aura nandI meM jahA~ para dvAdazAMgI kA paricaya pradAna kiyA gayA hai vahA~ para pratyeka sUtra ke sambandha meM 'saMkhejjAo nijjuttIo' yaha ullekha hai / isase yaha spaSTa hai ki niyuktiyoM kI paramparA Agama kAla meM bhI thii| unhIM niyuktiyoM ke AdhAra para bAda meM bhI AcArya racanA karate rahe hogeM aura use antima rUpa dvitIya bhadrabAhu ne pradAna kiyaa| jaise vaidika paramparA meM pAribhASika zabdoM kI vyAkhyA karane ke liye yAska maharSi ne nighaNTubhASya rUpa nirukta likhA vaise hI jaina AgamoM ke pAribhASika zabdoM kI vyAkhyA karane ke lie AcArya bhadrabAhu ne prAkRta padya meM niyuktiyoM kI racanA kI / zailI sUtrAtmaka evaM padyamaya hai| 1. Avazyaka niryuktiH" 35 AcArya dvitIya bhadrabAhu ne dasa niryuktiyoM kI racanA kI hai, unameM Avazyaka niryukti kA prathama sthAna hai| isameM aneka mahattvapUrNa viSayoM para vistRta aura vyavasthita carcAe~ kI gaI haiN| prAcIna jaina itihAsa ko vyavasthita rUpa se prastuta karane kA yaha sarvaprathama evaM prAmANika prayatna huA hai| isameM bhagavAn mahAvIra 31 32 33 vahI, a. 25, gA. 17 / 34 kalpasUtraH zrI amara jaina Agama zodha saMsthAna, gar3ha sivAnA, sampAdaka 35 Avazyaka niryukti, pUrvabhAga, prakAzaka- zrI Agamodaya samiti, san 1928 / uttarAdhyayanasUtra, 23 adhyayana, gAthA 26,27 / ...... dhammANaM kAsavo muhaM // - uttarAdhyayanasUtra, adhyayana 25, gA. 16 Rushabhdev: Ek Parishilan - 230 a zrI devendra muni zAstrI, san 1968 /

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Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth ke pUrvabhavoM kA varNana karate hue bhagavAn RSabhadeva ke jIvana para bhI vistAra se prakAza DAlA gayA hai| itanA hI nahIM, bhagavAn ke janma se pUrva hone vAle kulakaroM kA varNana, unakI utpatti kA hetu Adi viSayoM para bhI paryApta prakAza DAlA hai| zrI RSabhadeva se sambandhita nimna viSayoM kA nirdeza prastuta grantha meM kiyA gayA hai (1) RSabhadeva ke dvAdaza pUrvabhavoM kA kathana / (2) RSabhadeva kA janma, janma-mahotsava / (3) vaMzasthApanA, naamkrnn| (4) akAla mRtyu| (5) zrI RSabhadeva kA kanyAdvaya ke sAtha paannigrhnn| (6) sNtaanotptti| (7) raajyaabhissek| (8) khAdya-samasyA kA smaadhaan| (9) zilpAdi kalAoM kA parijJAna / (10) bhagavAn RSabhadeva kI dIkSA / (11) AhAra-dAna kI anbhijnytaa| (12) nami-vinami ko vidyAdhara Rddhi / (13) cAra hajAra sAdhuoM kA tApasa veSa grahaNa / (14) zreyAMsa ke dvArA ikSurasa kA dAna / (15) zreyAMsa ke puurvbhv| (16) kevljnyaan| (17) bharata kI digvijaya / (18) sundarI kI prvrjyaa| (19) bhArata-bAhubalI yuddha / (20) marIci kA navIna kAlpanika veSa-grahaNa / (21) vedotptti| (22) zrI RSabhadeva kA prinirvaann| (23) bharata kA kevalajJAna evaM nirvANa / RSabhadeva ke pUrvabhavoM kA varNana sarvaprathama isI grantha meM huA hai| kalpasUtra kI TIkAoM meM jo varNana huA hai, usakA bhI mUla srota yahI hai| RSabhadeva ke jIvana kI ghaTanAoM ke sAtha hI usa yuga ke AhAra, zilpa, karma, mamatA, vibhUSaNa, lekha, gaNita, rUpa, lakSaNa, mAnadaNDa, protana-pota vyavahAra, nIti, yuddha, iSuzAstra, upAsanA, cikitsA, arthazAstra, baMdha, ghAta, tADana, yajJa, utsava, samavAya, maMgala, kautuka, vastra, gaMdha, mAlya, alaMkAra, cUlA, upanayana, vivAha, datti, mRtapUjanA, dhyApanA, stUpa, zabda, khelAyana, pRcchanA Adi cAlIsa viSayoM kI ora bhI saMketa kiyA hai|36 jisake Adya pravartaka zrI RSabhadeva haiN| 36 Avazyaka niyukti gA. 185-206 / -85 231 - Rushabhdev : Ek Parishilan

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Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth * bhASya sAhitya meM RSabhadeva : 1. vizeSAvazyakabhASya 7 niyuktiyoM ke pazcAt bhASya sAhitya kA nirmANa kiyA gyaa| niyuktiyoM kI taraha bhASya bhI prAkRta bhASA meM haiN| bhASya sAhitya meM vizeSAvazyakabhASya kA atyAdhika mahattva hai| yaha jinabhadragaNI kSamAzramaNa kI eka mahattvapUrNa kRti hai| jJAnavAda, pramANazAstra, AcAra, nIti, syAdvAda, nayavAda, karmavAda prabhRti sabhI viSayoM para vistAra se vizleSaNa kiyA gayA hai| prastuta grantha kI yaha mahAn vizeSatA hai ki jainatattva kA vizleSaNa, jaina dRSTi se hI na hokara anya dArzanika mAnyatAoM kI tulanA ke sAtha kiyA gayA hai| Agama sAhitya kI prAyaH sabhI mAnyatAe~ tarka rUpa meM isameM prastuta kI gaI haiN| isameM bhagavAn RSabha kA saMkSepa meM sampUrNa jIvana- vRtta AyA hai| jo Avazyaka niyukti meM gAthAe~ haiM, unhIM kA isameM prayoga hai| kucha gAthAe~ nUtana bhI haiN| isameM marIci ke bhava, kulakaroM kA varNana, RSabhadeva ke caritra meM bhAvI tIrthaGkara, cakravartI Adi kA nirUpaNa kiyA gayA hai| * cUrNi sAhitya meM RSabhadeva : 1. Avazyaka cUrNi28 Agama kI vyAkhyAoM meM sarvaprathama niyuktiyA~, usake pazcAt bhASya aura usake pazcAt cUrNi sAhitya racA gayA hai| Avazyaka cUrNi, cUrNi sAhitya meM apanA viziSTa sthAna rakhatI hai| Avazyaka niyukti meM jina prasaMgoM kA saMkSepa meM varNana kiyA gayA hai unhIM prasaMgoM para cUrNi meM vistAra se varNana hai| prastuta cUrNi meM bhagavAn RSabhadeva se sambandha rakhane vAlI nimna ghaTanAoM kA nirdeza milatA hai (1) prathama kulakara vimalavAhana kA puurvbhv|| (2) anya chaha kulakaroM kA varNana evaM daNDanIti / (3) RSabhadeva ke sAta pUrvabhavoM kA ullekh| (4) zrI RSabhadeva kA janma, janmotsava / nAmakaraNa, vNshsthaapn| (6) akAla mRtyu| (7) RSabhadeva kA sumaMgalA va sunandA ke sAtha vivAha / (8) santAnotpatti / (9) rAjyAbhiSeka, zilpAdi karmoM kI shikssaa| (10) RSabhadeva kA ziSya privaar| (11) dIkSA (yaha jo krama viparyaya huA hai vaha sabhI tIrthaGkaroM kA sAmUhika varNana hone se huA hai|) (12) nami-vinami ko vidyAdhara Rddhi| (13) bhikSA ke abhAva meM cAra hajAra zramaNoM kA pathabhraSTa honaa| (14) zreyAMsAdi ke svapna evaM bhagavAn kA paarnnaa| (15) zreyAMsa ke pUrvabhava / 37 zrI jinabhadragaNI viracita, vizeSAvazyaka bhASya svopajJavRttisahita, dvitIya bhAga, sampAdaka- paMDita dalasukha mAlavaNiyA, prakAzaka- lAlabhAI dalapatabhAI, bhAratIya saMskRti vidyA maMdira, ahamadAbAda, san 1968 / 38 Avazyaka cUrNi, RSabhadevajI kezarImalajI zvetAmbara saMsthA, ratalAma, san 1928 / Rushabhdev : Ek Parishilan -26 232

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Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth (16) bhagavAn RSabhadeva ko kevalajJAna / (17) mAtA marUdevI ko kevalajJAna aura mokSa / (18) saMgha sthaapnaa| (19) bharata ko digvijaya / (20) sundarI kI prvrjyaa| (21) bharata-bAhubalI ke dRSTiyuddha, bAhuyuddha evaM muSTiyuddha kA varNana / (22) bAhubalI ko vairAgya, dIkSA aura kevljnyaan| (23) marIci dvArA svecchAnusAra parivrAjaka veSa (liMga) kI sthaapnaa| (24) braahmnnotptti| (25) bhagavAn RSabhadeva kA parinirvANa / (26) samrATa bharata ko Adarza bhavana meM kevalajJAna / * prAkRta kAvya sAhitya meM RSabhadeva : 1. vasudeva-hiMDI39 vasudeva-hiMDI kA bhAratIya kathA sAhitya meM hI nahIM apitu vizva ke kathA sAhitya meM mahattvapUrNa sthAna hai| jaise guNADhya ne paizAcI bhASA meM naravAhanadatta kI kathA likhI vaise hI saMghadAsagaNI ne prAkRta bhASA meM vasudeva ke bhramaNa kI kathA likhii| yaha kathA (prathama khaNDa) jaina sAhitya ke upalabdha sarva kathAgranthoM meM prAcInatama hai| isakI bhASA ArSa jaina mahArASTrI prAkRta hai| mukhyataH yaha gadyamaya hai, tathApi kahIMkahIM padyAtmaka zailI kA bhI prayoga kiyA gayA hai| isameM zrIkRSNa ke pitA vasudeva ke aneka varSoM ke paribhramaNa aura unakA aneka kanyAoM ke sAtha vivAha kA varNana kiyA gayA hai| jisa-jisa kanyA ke sAtha vivAha huA usa-usa ke nAma se mukhya kathA ke vibhAgoM ko 'laMbhaka' kahA gayA hai| vasudeva-hiNDI ke caturtha 'nIlayazA laMbhaka' evaM 'somazrI' laMbhaka meM zrI RSabhadeva kA caritra citraNa kiyA gayA hai| usameM nimna ghaTanAoM kA samAveza hai (1) marUdevI kA svpn-drshn| (2) RSabhadeva kA jnm| (3) devendroM aura dizAkumAriyoM dvArA bhagavAn kA jnmotsv| (4) RSabhadeva kA raajyaabhissek| RSabhadeva kI diikssaa| nami-vinami ko vidyAdhara Rddhi kI praapti| (7) RSabhadeva kA zreyAMsa ke yahA~ paarnnaa| RSabhadava pa (8) somaprabha kA zreyAMsa ko prazna puuchnaa| (9) zreyAMsa kA pratyuttara meM RSabhadeva ke pUrvabhava kA vRttaant| (10) mahAbala aura svayaMbuddha ke pUrvajoM kA vRttAnta / (11) nirnAmikA kI kathA / (12) Aryadeva kI utpatti / (13) zrI RSabhadeva kA nirvANa / 39 vasudevahiNDI, prathama khaNDa, sampAdaka- muni puNyavijayajI mahArAja, zrI jaina AtmAnanda sabhA, bhAvanagara, I. san 1931 / -16 233 - Rushabhdev : Ek Parishilan

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Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth isa grantha meM 'jIvAnanda vaidya' ke sthAna para 'kezava' kA ullekha huA hai / RSabhadeva pUrvabhava meM 'kezava' nAmaka vaidya putra the evaM zreyAMsa kA jIva pUrvabhava meM zreSThiputra 'abhayaghoSa' thA / 40 (14) anAryaveda kI utptti| (15) bAhubalI evaM bharata kA yuddha (16) bahubalI kI dIkSA evaM kevalajJAna / RSabhadeva ke nirvANa ke prasaMga meM kahA hai ki bhagavAn dasa hajAra sAdhuoM, ninyAnaveM putroM aura ATha pautroM ke sAtha eka hI samaya meM siddha-buddha hue the / 41 jabaki kalpasUtra, Avazyaka niryukti Adi granthoM meM dasa hajAra sAdhuoM kA hI ullekha hai / bharata bAhubalI ke yuddha varNana meM AcArya ne uttamayuddha aura madhyamayuddha ina do yuddhoM kA varNana kiyA hai| usameM dRSTiyuddha ko uttamayuddha kahA hai aura muSTiyuddha ko madhyamayuddha batAyA hai| prastuta grantha meM gaMdhAMga, mAyAMga, rukkhamUliyA aura kAlakesA Adi vidyAoM kA varNana hai| viSayabhogoM ko duHkhadAyI pratipAdana karate hue kauve aura gIdar3a Adi kI laukika kathAe~ bhI dI haiN| 2. paumacariyaM 42 - saMskRta sAhitya meM jo sthAna vAlmIki rAmAyaNa kA hai, vahI sthAna prAkRta meM prastuta carita-kAvya kA hai| isake racayitA vimalasUri haiM ye AcArya rAhu ke praziSya, vijaya ke ziSya aura nAila - kula ke vaMzaja the / yadyapi sUrijI ne svayaM ise purANa kahA hai, phira bhI Adhunika vidvAn ise mahAkAvya mAnate haiN| paupacariyaM meM jaina - rAmAyaNa hai / vAlmIki rAmAyaNa kI taraha isameM anavaruddha kathA pravAha hai| isakI zailI udAtta hai| 40 41 'paumacariya' meM rAma kI kathA indrabhUti aura zreNika ke saMvAda ke rUpa meM kahI gaI hai| kathA ke prArambha meM AcArya ne loka kA varNana, utsarpiNI- avasarpiNI kAla kA nirUpaNa karate hue tRtIya Are ke anta meM kulakara vaMza kI utpati kA saMkSipta varNana kiyA hai| pratizruti kulakara se lekara caudahaveM kulakara nAbhi taka ke yugAnurUpa prasiddha kAryoM kA vivaraNa bhI prastuta kiyA hai / tadanantara tIrthaGkara janma ke sUcaka marudevI ke caudaha svapna, garbha meM Ane ke chaha mAha pUrva kubera dvArA hiraNyavRSTi, bhagavAn kA janma, indroM dvArA mandarAcala parvata para bhagavAn kA janmAbhiSeka, bhagavAn ke samaya kI tatkAlIna sthiti evaM RSabhadeva ke dvArA navanirmANa zilpAdi kI zikSA, trivarNa kI sthApanA kA varNana ati saMkSipta rUpa se kiyA gayA hai| usake pazcAt sumaMgalA evaM nandA se unakA pANigrahaNa huA / saMtAnotpatti ke pazcAt nIlAJjanA nAma kI apsarA ke manohArI nRtya meM mRtyu kA dRzya dekhakara RSabhadeva virakta hue aura unhoMne 'vasaMtatilaka' udyAna meM cAra sahasra anugAmiyoM ke sAtha 'paMcamuSTi loca' kara saMyama grahaNa kiyaa| bhikSA na milane se chaha mAsa ke bhItara cAra hajAra zramaNa patha- vicalita ho gaye / AkAzavANI sunakara ve cAra hajAra zramaNa valkaladhArI banakara vRkSoM se phala, phUla, kanda Adi kA AhAra karane lage / dharaNeMndra dvArA nami - vii 42 43 tattha sAmI piyAmaho suvihi vijjaputto kesavo nAmaM jaato| ahaM puNa seTThiputto abhayaghoso / -vasudeva-hiMDI, nIlayazA laMbhaka, pR 177 bhayava ca jayaguru usabhasAmI....dasahiM samaNasahassehiM.... ekagUNaputasaeNa aTThahi ya nattuyaehiM saha egasamayeNa nivvuo| vahI, somazrI laMbhaka, pR. 185 zrI vimalasUri biracita, sampAdaka- zrI puNyavijayI mahArAja, prakAzaka- prAkRta grantha pariSad, vArANasI- 5, I. san 1962 / siddhANaM namukkAraM, kAUNa ya paJcamuTThIyaM loyaM / cauhiM sahassehiM samaM, patto ya jiNo paramadikkhaM / / Rushabhdev: Ek Parishilan - paumacariyaM 31 / 63 as 234 a

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Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth ko uttama nivAsa ke hetu zuddha rajata se nirmita pacAsa yojana vistRta vaitADhya parvata tathA aneka vidyAoM ke dAna dene kA nirUpaNa kiyA gayA hai| caturtha uddezaka meM zreyAMsa ke dAna kA, bhagavAn ke kevalajJAnotpatti kA upadeza evaM bharata-bAhubalI ke yuddha kA varNana hai| bharata apanI parAjaya se kSubhita hokara bAhubalI para cakraratna pheMkate haiM, parantu vaha cakra bAhubalI taka pahu~ca kara jyoMhI bharata kI ora mur3A to bAhubalI ke mana meM vairAgya utpanna huaa| eka varSa taka kAyotsarga kI pratijJA kara bAhubalI anta meM tapobala se kevalajJAna prApta karate hai tathA mokSa pada ke adhikArI banate haiN| prastuta uddezaka meM bharata ke vaibhava kA varNana karate hue brAhmaNa varNa kI utpatti kA hetu nirdiSTa kiyA gayA hai| anta meM bhagavAn RSabhadeva ke aSTApada para nirvANa prApta karane kA aura bharata cakravartI ke rAjya-lakSmI kA tyAga kara avyAbAdha para sukha prApta karane kA saMkSipta nirUpaNa kiyA gayA hai| isa kAvya meM bhagavAn RSabhadeva ke paMcamuSTi loca kA nirUpaNa kiyA gayA hai| 3. tiloyapaNNatti ukta grantha digambara paramparA kA mahattvapUrNa grantha hai| isameM tIrthaGkara Adi ke caritra-tathyoM kA prAcIna saMkalana prAkRta bhASA meM kiyA gayA hai| isake cauthe mahAdhikAra meM-tIrthaGkara kisa svarga se cyavakara Aye, nagarI va mAtA-pitA kA nAma, janma tithi, nakSatra, vaMza, tIrthaGkaroM kA antarAla, Ayu, kumArakAla, zarIra kI UMcAI, varNa, rAjyakAla, vairAgya kA nimitta, cinha, dIkSAtithi, nakSatra, dIkSA kA udyAna, vRkSa, prAthamika tapa, dIkSA parivAra, pAraNA, dAna meM paJcAzcarya, chadmastha kAla, kevalajJAna kI tithi, nakSatra, sthAna, kevalajJAna ke bAda antarikSa ho jAnA, kevalajJAna ke samaya indrAdi ke kArya, samavasaraNa kA sAMgopAMga varNana, yakSayakSiNI, kevalajJAna gaNadhara saMkhyA, RSi saMkhyA, pUrvadhara zikSaka, avadhijJAnI, kevalajJAnI, vikriyA RddhidhArI, vAdI Adi kI saMkhyA, AryikAoM kI saMkhyA, zrAvaka-zrAvikAoM kI saMkhyA, nirvANatithi, nakSatra, sthAna kA nAma Adi pramukha tathyoM kA vidhivat saMgraha hai| 4. cauppannamahApurisacariyaM5 ___ mahApuruSoM ke caritra kA varNana karane vAle upalabdha granthoM meM ukta grantha sarvaprathama mAnA jAtA hai| yaha grantha AcArya zIlAGka dvArA racita hai isameM vartamAna avasarpiNI ke caubIsa tIrthaGkara, bAraha cakravartI, nau baladeva aura nau vAsudeva kA caritra-citraNa kiyA gayA hai| jainAgama meM aise mahApuruSoM ko 'uttamapuruSa' yA 'zalAkApuruSa' bhI kahate haiN| zrImajjinasenAcArya tathA zrI hemacandrAcArya ne zalAkApuruSoM kI saMkhyA tresaTha dI hai| nau vAsudevoM ke zatru nau prativAsudevoM kI saMkhyA caupana meM jor3ane se tresaTha kI saMkhyA banatI hai| zrI bhadrezvarasUri ne apanI kahAvalI meM nau nAradoM kI saMkhyA ko jor3akara zalAkApuruSoM kI saMkhyA bahattara dI hai|46 zIlAMkIya prastuta grantha prAkRta bhASA meM nibaddha hai| mAtra 'vibudhAnanda nATaka' saMskRta meM hai, usameM bhI kahIM-kahIM apabhraMza subhASita Ate haiN| saMpUrNa grantha gadya-padyamaya hone para bhI kahIM-kahIM padyagandhI gadya bhI pratIta hotA hai| 44 45 yativRSabhAcArya viracita, prakAzakaH jaina saMskRti saMrakSaka saMgha, solApura, bhAga 1 san 1943, bhAga 2 san 1951 / AcArya zIlAGka viracita, sampAdaka- paMDita amRtalAla mohanalAla bhojaka, prakAzaka- prAkRta TeksTa sosAyaTI, vArANasI 5, san cavIsa jiNA, vArasa cakkI, Nava paDiharI, Nava sraamaa| hariNo, cakkiharisu ya kesu Nava nArayA hoti| uDDhagaI ciya jiNa rAmaNArayA jaMta'hogaI cey| saNiyANA ciya paNDihari- hariNo duhuvo vi cakki tti| na ya sammatta salAyArahiyA niyameNimejao tenn| hoti salAyA purisA bahattarI.... / - kahAvalI (amudrita) -332354 - Rushabhdev : Ek Parishilan

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Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth isameM AcArya ne sarvaprathama maMgalAcaraNa kara loka-aloka va kAla kA varNana kiyA hai| isake pazcAt sapta kulakara, 'ha' kArAdi nItiyA~, alpAnubhAva vAle kalpavRkSoM kA varNana kara zrI RSabhadeva ke dasa pUrvabhavoM kA varNana kiyA hai| RSabhadeva ke caturtha bhava meM mahAbala ko pratibodhita karane ke liye AcArya ne maMtrI dvArA 'vibudhAnaMda nATaka' kI racanA karavAkara avAntara kathA ko bhI sammilita kiyA hai| bhagavAn RSabhadeva ke janma ke pazcAt AcArya ne bhagavAn se sambandhita nimna bAtoM kA apane grantha meM ullekha kiyA hai (1) ikSvAku vaMza kI sthaapnaa| (2) RSabhasvAmI kA vivAha aura raajyaabhissek| (3) vinItA nagarI kI sthaapnaa| (4) bharata-bAhubalI Adi putra va brAhmI-sundarI kanyAdvaya kA jnm| (5) lipi-kalA-lakSaNa zAstrAdi kA prAdurbhAva / (6) varNa vyvsthaa| RSabhadeva kI dIkSA, paJcamuSTi loc| (8) eka saMvatsara ke pazcAt bhagavAn kA paarnnaa| (9) bAhubalI kRta dhrmckr| (10) kevalajJAna kI utpatti / (11) marudevI mAtA ko kevalajJAna aura nirvANa / (12) gaNadhara sthApanA aura brAhmI prvrjyaa| (13) bharata kI vijaya-yAtrA, nava nidhiyA~ / (14) bharata-bAhubalI yuddha / (15) uttama, madhyama aura jaghanya-yuddha ke tIna ruup| (16) parAjita bharata dvArA cakraratna phaiNknaa| (17) bAhubalI kI dIkSA aura kevljnyaan| (18) marIci kA svamati anusAra liMga sthApana / (19) RSabhadeva kA nirvANa / (20) bharata kA kevalajJAna aura nirvANa / isa grantha meM pramukha dhyAna dene kI bAta hai -bhagavAn kA paJcamuSTi kezaluMcana; jabaki anya granthoM meM caturmuSTi kezaluMcana kA ullekha hai| aura dUsarA 'vibudhAnanda nATaka' kI rcnaa| anya zvetAmbara-granthoM meM kahIM bhI aisA ullekha nahIM hai| yuddha kA varNana karate hue tIna taraha ke yuddha pratipAdita kiye haiM -do pratispardhI rAjA sainya kA saMhAra rokane ke liye paraspara dRSTiyuddha athavA mallayuddha karate the| ina do prakAroM meM se prathama uttama aura dvitIya madhyama yuddha kahalAtA hai| raNabhUmi meM do pratispardhI rAjAoM ke sainya vividha AyudhoM se jo yuddha karate haiM vaha adhama-koTI kA hai| 5. AdinAhacariyaM prastuta grantha ke racayitA navAMgI TIkAkAra abhayadevasUri ke ziSya vardhamAnAcArya haiN| isa racanA para 'cauppannamahApurisacariyaM' kA prabhAva hai / ukta grantha kI eka gAthA saMkhyA 45 ke rUpa meM isameM jyoM kI 47 kayavajjasaNihANa paMcamuTThiloo ......pR. 40 Rushabhdev : Ek Parishilan -362362

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tyoM uddhRta kI gayI hai / RSabhadeva ke carita kA vistAra se varNana karane vAlA yaha prathama grantha hai| isameM pAMca pariccheda haiM / grantha kA pariNAma 11000 zloka pramANa hai| I 6. RSabhadeva cariyaM isakA dUsarA nAma 'dharmopadezazataka' bhI hai yaha grantha-ratna tIna sau teIsa gAthAoM meM nibaddha hai / isake raciyatA bhuvanatuMgasUri haiN| 7. siri usaNAhacariyaM*" 48 zrI hemacandrAcArya viracita 'triSaSTizalAkA puruSa caritra ke dasa parvoM meM se prathama parva, jisameM mukhyataH kauzalika - zrI RSabhadeva kA vistRta varNana hai usakA prAkRta rUpAntara prastuta grantha 'siri usahaNAhacariyaM' meM kiyA gayA hai| prAkRta rupAntara karane vAle prAkRta bhASA vizArada zrI vijayakastUrasUrijI haiN| 8. kahAvalI isa mahattvapUrva kRti ke raciyatA bhadrezvarasUri haiM jo abhayadevasUri ke guru the| inakA samaya 12vIM zatAbdI ke madhya ke AsapAsa mAnA jAtA hai| prastuta grantha meM tresaTha mahApuruSoM kA caritra varNita hai| isakI racanA prAkRta gadya meM kI gaI hai, tathApi yatra-tatra padya bhI saMprApta hote haiM grantha meM kisI prakAra ke adhyAyoM kA vibhAga nahIM hai| yaha kRti pazcAt kAlIna triSaSTi zalAkApuruSa mahAcarita AcArya hemacandra viracita kI racanAoM kA AdhAra hai| isakI prati lAlabhAI dalapatabhAI bhAratIya saMskRti vidyAmandira, ahamadAbAda meM upalabdha hai| 9. bharatezvara bAhubalI vRtti prastuta grantha zubhazIlagaNI viracita hai| sampUrNa grantha prAkRta bhASA meM hone para bhI kahIM-kahIM zlokoM kI bhASA saMskRta hai| isameM vividha mahApuruSoM kA caritra-citraNa kiyA gayA hai| kula milAkara sar3asaTha mahApuruSoM evaM trepana mahAsatIyoM kI jIvana kathAoM kA varNana prastuta grantha meM kiyA gayA hai| sarvaprathama zrI RSabhadeva ke jIvana caritra kA varNana hai| unase sambandhita nimna ghaTanAe~ isa grantha meM ullikhita haiM 48 49 (1) (2) (3) Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth RSabhadeva bhagavAn kI dvAvaza pUrvabhavoM kA kathana / mAtA marudevI ke caudaha svapna / bhagavAn kA janma | nAmakaraNa, vaMza sthApanA / (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) kalAoM kA parijJAna | (9) caturmuSTi loca evaM dIkSA | (10) eka varSa pazcAt zreyAMsa dvArA AhAra dAna | (11) nami vinami ko vidyAdhara kI Rddhi akAla mRtyu / bhagavAn kA vivAha, sNtaanotptti| rAjyAbhiSeka / zrI vijayakastUrasUrIzvarajI mahArAja, sampAdaka- candrodaya vijayagaNi, prakAzaka- zrI nema vijJAna kastUrasUri jJAnamaMdira, sUrata, I. san 1968 / zrI zubhazIlagaNi viracita, bhASAntara- zAha motIcanda oghavajI, prakAzaka zAha amRtalAla oghavajI, ahamadAbAda, I. san 1938 / $ 237 Rushabhdev Ek Parishilan

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Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth (12) bhagavAn ko kevalajJAna kI utpatti / (13) mAtA marudevI ko kevalajJAna evaM nirvANa / (14) samavasaraNa, bhagavaddezanA (madhubindu kI kthaa)| (15) bharataputra puMDarIka ko prathama gaNadhara kI padavI / (16) bharata kI digvijaya kA varNana / (17) sundarI kI diikssaa| (18) bharata-bAhubalI ke paJca yuddha / (19) bAhubalI kI dIkSA evaM kevalajJAna / (20) brAhmaNa varNa kI utpatti / (21) marIci kA abhimAna / (22) prathama gaNadhara puMDarIka kI mukti| (23) bhagavAn RSabhadeva kA nirvANa / (24) bhagavAn kA agni-saMskAra / (25) bharata ko ArisA bhavana meM kevalajJAna / (26) bharata kA nirvaann| yahA~ mukhya dhyAna dene kI tIna bAteM haiM- prathama to bharataputra 'puMDarIka' kI prathama gaNadhara pdvii| triSaSTi zalAkA puruSa caritra, Avazyaka cUrNi, Avazyaka niyukti Adi meM prathama gaNadhara kA nAma 'RSabhasena' diyA hai| dvitIya pramukha bAta marudevI kA agni-saMskAra hai, jabaki anya zvetAmbara granthoM meM marudevI mAtA ke kalevara ko kSIra-samudra meM prakSipta karane kA ullekha milatA hai| bharata-bAhubalI ke yuddha meM dRSTiyuddha, bAhuyuddha, muSTiyuddha, daNDayuddha evaM vacanayuddha- ina pA~ca yuddhoM kA nirdeza kiyA hai| isase pUrva bharata evaM bAhubalI kI senA kA paraspara dvAdaza varSa taka ghamAsAna yuddha calane kA AcArya ne varNana kiyA hai| isa prakAra kathA sUtra isameM vikasita huA hai| * saMskRta-sAhitya me RSabhadeva : 1. mahApurANa prastuta grantha mahApurANa jaina purANa granthoM meM mukuTamaNi ke samAna hai| isakA dUsarA nAma 'triSaSTi lakSaNa mahApurANa saMgraha' bhI hai| isake do khaNDa haiM- prathama AdipurANa yA pUrvapurANa aura dvitIya uttrpuraann| AdipurANa saiMtAlIsa varSoM meM pUrNa huA hai, jisake bayAlIsa parva pUrNa tathA taitAlIsaveM parva ke tIna zloka jinasenAcArya ke dvArA viracita haiM aura avaziSTa pA~ca parva tathA uttarapurANa zrI jinasenAcArya ke pramukha ziSya guNabhadrAcArya dvArA nirmita haiN| prastuta grantha mAtra purANa grantha hI nahIM, apitu mahAkAvya hai| mahApurANa kA prathama khaNDa AdipurANa hai, jisameM tIrthaGkara zrI RSabhanAtha aura unake putra bharata cakravartI kA savistRta varNana kiyA gayA hai| tRtIya Are ke anta meM jaba bhogabhUmi naSTa ho rahI thI aura karmabhUmi / nava prabhAta udita ho rahA thA usa samaya bhagavAn RSabhadeva kA nAbhirAjA ke yahA~ marudevI mAtA kI kukSi meM janma dhAraNa karanA, nAbhirAja kI preraNA se kaccha, mahAkaccha rAjAoM kI bahineM yazasvatI va sunandA ke sAtha pANigrahaNa karanA, rAjyavyavasthA kA sUtrapAta, putra aura putriyoM ko vividha kalAoM meM pAraGgata karanA 50 zrI jinasenAcArya viracita, AdipurANa, saMpAdaka- pannAlAla jaina sAhityAcArya, prakAzaka- bhAratIya jJAnapITha, kAzI, san 1931 / Rushabhdev : Ek Parishilan - 238

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aura anta meM nIlAJjanA kA nRtyakAla meM acAnaka vilIna ho jAnA RSabhadeva kI vairAgya-sAdhanA kA AdhAra bana gyaa| tatpazcAt unhoMne cAra hajAra rAjAoM ke sAtha saMyama grahaNa kiyA, RSabhadeva ne to chaha mAha kA anazana tapa svIkAra kara liyA, parantu anya sahadIkSita rAjA loga kSudhA tRSA Adi kI bAdhA sahana na kara sakane ke kAraNa pathabhraSTa ho gye| chaha mAha kI samApti para bhagavAn kA bhikSA ke liye ghUmanA, para AhAra - vidhi kA jJAna na hone se bhagavAn kA chaha mAha taka nirAhAra rahanA hastinApura ke rAjA somaprabha ke laghubhrAtA zreyAMsa kA ikSurasa dAna tathA anta meM ekAnta Atma-sAdhanA va ghora tapazcaryA se eka hajAra varSa pazcAt kevalajJAna kI prApti kA varNana jisa rIti se AcArya ne prastuta kiyA hai, use par3hate-par3hate hRdaya mayUra sahasA nAca uThatA hai| Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth isake bAda AcArya ne bharata kI vivijaya kA mAno AkhoM dekhA varNana kiyA hai| bharatakSetra ko apane adhIna kara samrATa bharata ne rAjanIti kA vistAra kiyA, svAzrita samrAToM kI zAsana paddhati kI zikSA dI, vratI ke rUpa meM brAhmaNa varNa kI sthApanA kI, ve SaTkhaNDa ke adhipati hote hue bhI usameM Asakta nahIM the| bhagavAn RSabhadeva ne kevalajJAna ke pazcAta divyadhvani dvArA samasta AryAvarta kI janatA ko hitopadeza diyaa| Ayu ke anta meM kailAza parvata para nirvANa prApta kiyA / bharata cakravartI bhI gRhavAsa se virakta hokara dIkSA grahaNa karate haiM tathA antarmuhUrta meM hIM kevalajJAna kI jyoti ko uddhRta karate haiM kevalajJAnI bharata bhI Arya dezoM meM vicaraNa kara, samasta jIvoM ko hitopadeza dekara nirvANa ko prApta hote haiM / prastuta mahApurANa digambara paramparA kA mahattvapUrNa grantha hai| digambara paramparA ke jitane bhI anya grantha haiM una sabhI ke kathA kA mUlastrota yahI grantha hai / zvetAmbara aura digambara paramparA meM jo kathAnaka meM antara hai vaha inameM sahaja rUpa se dekhA jA sakatA hai| AcArya jinasena ne AdipurANa meM oja, mAdhurya prasAda, rasa, alaMkAra Adi kAvya guNoM se yukta bhagavAn RSabhadeva kA sampUrNa jIvana kAvyamayI zailI se citrita kiyA hai, jo yathArthatA kI paridhi ko na lAMghatA huA bhI hRdayagrAhI hai| 2. harivaMzapurANa harivaMza purANa ke racayitA AcArya jinasena punnATa saMgha ke the, ye mahApurANa ke karttA jinasena se bhinna haiN| yaha purANa bhI digambara sampradAya ke kathA sAhitya meM apanA pramukha sthAna rakhatA hai| prastuta purANa meM mukhyataH tresaTha zalAkA mahApuruSa caritra meM se do zalAkApuruSoM kA caritra varNita huA hai| eka bAIsaveM tIrthaMkara neminAtha jinake kAraNa isakA dUsarA nAma 'ariSTanemipurANa saMgraha bhI hai aura dUsarA naveM bAsudeva zrIkRSNa prasaMgopAtta saptama sarga se prayodaza sarga paryanta prathama tIrthakara bhagavAn RSabhadeva aura prathama cakravartI samrATa bharata kA caritra citraNa bhI isameM vistRta rUpa se pratipAdita kiyA gayA hai| 1 kAladravya kA nirUpaNa karate hue unhoMne kAla ko utsarpiNI aura avasarpiNI kAla ke rUpa meM do bhAgoM meM vibhakta kiyA hai| vartamAna avasarpiNI kAla ke bhogabhUmi AroM kA varNana, kulakaroM kI utpatti, unake kArya, daNDa-vyavasthA Adi kA varNana kiyA gayA hai| nAbhi kulakara ke yahAM RSabha kA janma, karmabhUmi kI racanA, kalAoM zikSA, nIlAJjanA nartakI ko dekha bhagavAn kA vairAgya, saMyama-sAdhanA, nami - vinami ko dharaNendra dvArA rAjya prApti, zreyAMsa dvArA ikSurasa kA dAna, zakaTAsya vana meM kevalajJAnopatti, bhagavAn kA sadupadeza Adi kA varNana vistRta va sundara zailI meM prastuta kiyA hai| 51 punnATa saMghIya AcArya jinasena viracita, bhAratIya jJAnapITha, kAzI, san 1962 / 239 Rushabhdev Ek Parishilan

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Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth samrATa bharata ke varNana meM unhoMne bharata kI digvijaya kA sAGgopAGga citra upasthita kiyA hai| bAhubalI ke sAtha hue ahiMsaka yuddha meM dRSTiyuddha, jalayuddha aura mallayuddha kA varNana kiyA gayA hai| dvAdazaveM sarga meM jayakumAra va sulocanA kA varNana hai| jayakumAra kA ekasau ATha rAjAoM ke sAtha dIkSA grahaNa karane Adi kA varNana hai| yaha varNana zvetAmbara-paramparA meM nahIM miltaa| isI sarga ke anta meM 84 gaNadharoM ke nAma, ziSya paramparA va bhagavAn ke saMgha kA varNana tathA bhagavAn RSabhadeva ke mokSa padhArane kA ullekha kiyA gayA hai| trayodaza sarga ke prArambha meM cakravartI bharata kA putra arkakIrti ko rAjya dekara dIkSA lenA tathA anta meM vRSabhasena Adi gaNadharoM ke sAtha kailAsa parvata para mokSa prApta karane kA varNana hai| tatpazcAt sUryavaMzI aura candravaMzI rAjAoM kA vistRta samullekha karate hue RSabhadeva caritra kI parisamApti kI gaI hai| 3. triSaSTizalAkApuruSacarita mahAkAvya52 yaha grantha mahAkAvya kI koTi meM AtA hai| kAvya ke jo bhI lakSaNa haiM, ve isameM pUrvatayA vidyamAna haiN| isakI racanA kalikAlasarvajJa zrImada hemacandrAcArya ne kI hai| isakI bhASA saMskRta hai| alaMkAroM, upamAoM aura subhASitoM kA yaha Akara hai| isameM vesaTha uttama puruSoM ke jIvana-caritra para paryApta prakAza DAlA gayA hai| zalAkA puruSoM ke atirikta isameM saikar3oM avAntara kathAoM kA bhI varNana hai| ukta grantha dasa paryoM meM vibhakta hai| prathama parva meM vistRta rUpa se bhagavAn RSabhadeva aura bharata cakravartI kA varNana kiyA gayA hai| saMkSepa meM RSabhadeva bhagavAn kI nimna ghaTanAoM kA isa grantha meM citraNa huA hai (1) bhagavAn RSabhadeva ke bAraha pUrva bhavoM kA vrnnn| (2) prathama kulakara vimalavAhana kA pUrva bhv| (3) bhagavAn RSabhadeva kI mAtA ke svapna evaM unakA phala / (4) bhagavAn RSabhadeva kA janma va janmotsava / (5) nAmakaraNa, vaMzasthApana evaM rUpa vrnnn| (6) sunandA ke bhrAtA kI akAla mRtyu| (7) bhagavAn kA vivAha, santAnotpatti / (8) rAjyAbhiSeka, kalAoM kI shikssaa| (9) vasantavarNana, vairAgya kA kAraNa / (10) mhaabhinisskrmnn| (11) saadhnaavsthaa| (12) zreyAMsakumAra se ikSurasa kA paarnnaa| (13) kevalajJAna, samavasaraNa / (14) mAtA marudevI ko kevalajJAna aura mokSa / (15) caturvidha saMgha-saMsthApanA / (16) bharata kI digvijaya kA vRttAnta / (17) bharata-bAhubalI yuddha / (18) bAhubalI kI dIkSA, kevalajJAna / (19) parivAjakoM kI utpatti / 52 kalikAla sarvajJa zrImad hemacandrAcArya viracita, saMpAdaka-muni caraNavijayajI, AtmAnanda sabhA, bhAvanagara (saurASTra) san 1936 Rushabhdev : Ek Parishilan -35 240

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(20) brAhmaNo evaM yajJopavIta kI utpatti / (21) bhagavAn RSabhadeva kA dharma parivAra, nirvANotsava / (22) bharata kA vairAgya, kevalajJAna evaM nirvANa bhAva, bhASA aura zailI kI dRSTi se yaha utkRSTa mahAkAvya hai| 4. triSaSTismRti zAstra" prastuta grantha ke racayitA prasiddha paMDita AzAdhara haiM / inhoMne lagabhaga 19 granthoM kI racanA kI hai jinameM kaI anupalabdha haiM / prastuta 'triSaSTismRtizAstra' kRti inakI mahattvapUrNa kAvya-kRti hai / isameM tresaTha zalAkA mahApuruSoM ke jIvana carita ati saMkSipta rUpa meM varNita haiN| yaha zrImad jinasenAcArya evaM guNabhadra ke mahApurANa kA sAra rUpa grantharatna hai| isako par3hane se mahApurANa kA sArA kathA bhAga smRti gocara ho jAtA hai| granthakAra ne isa para svopajJa paMjikA' TIkA likhI hai| sampUrNa grantha kI racanA caubIsa adhyAyoM meM vibhakta hai| samasta grantha kI racanA sundara anuSTup chanda meM kI gaI hai| isa grantha kA pramANa 480 zloka hai| jo nitya svAdhyAya ke liye racA gayA thA / isakA racanAkAla saM0 1292 hai / Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth 5. AdipurANa- uttarapurANa isa grantha kA aparanAma 'RSabhadevacarita' tathA 'RSabhanAthacarita' bhI hai| isameM bIsa sarga haiN| ina donoM kRtiyoM ke racayitA bhaTTAraka sakalakIrti haiM / 6. rAyamallAbhyudaya isake racayitA upAdhyAya padmasundara haiM jo nAgora tapAgaccha ke bahuta bar3e vidvAn the / ye apane yuga ke eka prabhAvaka AcArya the| unhoMne digambara sampradAya ke rAyamallA (akabara ke darabArI seTha) kI abhyarthanA evaM preraNA se ukta kAvya grantha kI saMracanA kI thI, ataH isakA nAma 'rAyamallAbhyudaya rakhA gyaa| isa grantha-ratna meM caubIsa tIrthaGkaroM kA jIvana caritra mahApurANa ke anusAra diyA gayA hai| isakI hastalikhita prati upalabdha hotI hai jo khambhAta ke 'kalyANacandra jaina pustaka bhaNDAra' meM surakSita hai / 7. laghutriSaSTizalAkApuruSacarita (1) prastuta grantha ke racayitA meghavijaya upAdhyAya haiN| inhoMne yadyapi isa grantha kI nirmiti AcArya hemacandra ke bRhatkAya grantha 'triSaSTi zalAkA puruSa caritra' ke AdhAra para kI hai, tathApi aneka prasaMga ekadama navIna grahaNa kiye haiM jo hemacandrAcArya kI kRti meM nahIM pAye jAte / isa kRti ke nAma ke pIche do bAtoM kA anumAna kiyA jA sakatA hai| eka to yaha ki prastuta kRti AcArya hemacandra kI triSaSTizalAkApuruSacarita ko sAmane rakhakara racI gaI hai athavA AcArya hemacandra ne jina prasaMgoM ko chor3a diyA hai, una prasaMgoM ko zAmila kara lene para bhI kalevara kI dRSTi se laghukAya isa kRti kA nAma 'laghutriSaSTizalAkA' rakhane meM AyA ho| yaha kRti saMkSepa rucivAloM ke liye ati upakAraka hai| isakA granthamAna 5000 zloka pramANa hai| ye tInoM hI grantha viSaSTizalAkA puruSa carita se prabhAvita racanAe~ haiN| inake atirikta kucha anya bhI racanAeM haiM jo triSaSTi zalAkA puruSa carita evaM mahApurANa para AdhArita haiMlaghu mahApurANa yA laghu triSaSTi lakSaNa mahApurANa candramuni viracita / 53 mANikyacandra digambara jaina granthamAlA, bambaI, 1937, jinaratnakoza, pR0 165 / 241 Rushabhdev: Ek Parishilan

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Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth (2) triSaSTizalAkApuruSacarita-vimalasUri viracita / (3) triSaSTizalAkApuruSacarita-vajrasenaviracita / (4) triSaSTizalAkApaMcAzikA-kalyANavijayajI ke ziSya dvArA vircit| 50 padyoM meM grathita grantha-ratna / (5) triSaSTizalAkApuruSa vicAra-ajJAta / 63 gAthAoM meM grthit|| (6) tisaTTimahApurisaguNAlaMkAru (triSaSTimahApuruSaguNAlaMkAra) yA mahApurANa- isameM vesaTha zalAkA puruSoM ke caritra haiN| isake do khaNDa haiM- AdipurANa aura uttarapurANa / AdipurANa meM prathama tIrthaGkara RSabhadeva kA saMkSipta varNana hai| isake kartA mahAkavi puSpadanta haiN| yaha grantha Adhunika paddhati se susampAdita evaM prakAzita hai| 8. mahApurANa prastuta purANa grantha ke racayitA muni malliSeNa haiN| isa grantha kA racanAkAla zaka saM0969 (vi0 1104) jyeSTha sudI 5 diyA gayA hai| ataH granthakAra kA samaya vikrama kI gyArahavIM ke anta meM aura 12vIM sadI ke prArambha meM mAnA gayA hai| ye eka mahAn maThapati the tathA kavi hone ke sAtha-sAtha bar3e maMtravAdI the| inhoMne ukta grantha kI racanA dhAravAr3a jile ke antargata mulagunda meM kI thii| isameM tresaTha zalAkA puruSoM kI saMkSipta kathA haiM ataH ukta grantha kA apara nAma triSaSTimahApurANa' yA 'triSaSTi-zalAkApurANa bhI pracalita hai| isa grantha kA parimANa do hajAra zlokoM kA hai| racanA ati sundara evaM prAsAda guNa se alaMkRta hai| 9. purANasAra isameM caubIsa tIrthaGkaroM kA saMkSipta paricaya diyA gayA hai| yaha saMkSipta racanAoM meM prAcIna racanA hai| isake racayitA lATa bAgar3asaMgha aura balAkAgaNa ke AcAryazrI nandI ke ziSya muni zrIcandra haiN| inhoMne isa grantha kI racanA vi. saM. 1080 meM samApta kI thii| inakI anya kRtiyoM meM mahAkavi puSpadanta ke mahApurANa para TippaNa tathA zivakoTi kI mUlArAdhanA para TippaNa haiN| ina granthoM ke pIche prazasti dI gaI hai jisase jJAta hotA hai, ki ye saba grantha prasiddha paramAra nareza bhojadeva ke samaya meM dhArA nagarI meM likhe gaye haiN| 10. purANasAra saMgraha prastuta grantha meM AdinAtha, candraprabha, zAMtinAtha, neminAtha, pArzvanAtha aura mahAvIra ina chaha caritroM kA saMkalana kiyA gayA hai| isake 27 sargoM meM se pA~ca sargoM meM AdinAtha ke caritra kA varNana kiyA gayA hai| isake racayitA dAmanandI AcArya haiM aisA aneka sargoM ke anta meM diye gaye puSpikA vAkyoM se jJAta hotA hai| inakA samaya gyArahavIM zatAbdI ke madhya ke lagabhaga mAnA jAtA hai| 11. caturviMzatijinendra saMkSiptacaritAni prastuta grantha AcArya amaracandrasUri viracita hai| ye apane samaya ke bahuta bar3e kavi the| ukta grantha ke atirikta inake padmAnanda, bAlabhArata Adi teraha grantha aura bhI haiN| jaisA grantha ke nAma se hI jJAta hotA hai, isameM 24 tIrthaGkaroM kA saMkSipta jIvana-caritra hai, jo 24 adhyAyoM evaM 1802 padyoM meM vibhakta hai| pratyeka adhyAya meM tIrthaGkaroM kA pUrvabhava, vaMza paricaya, nAmakaraNa kI sArthakatA, cyavana, garbha, janma, dIkSA, mokSa kA divasa, caityavRkSa kI U~cAI, gaNadhara, sAdhu sAdhvI, caudahapUrvadhArI, Rushabhdev : Ek Parishilan - 242 .

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Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth avadhijJAnI, manaH paryavajJAnI. kevalI, vikriyA RddhidhArI, vAdI zrAvaka zrAvikA parivAra, Ayu, bAlyAvasthA, rAjya kAla, chadmastha avasthA, kevalI avasthA Adi kA sAragarbhita vivaraNa isameM prApta hotA hai| 12. mahApuruSacarita isa grantha ke racayitA merutuMga haiM / grantha pA~ca sargoM meM vibhakta hai| jinameM kramazaH RSabhadeva, zAMtinAtha, neminAtha, pArzvanAtha aura mahAvIra prabhu ke jIvana caritra kA ullekha hai| prastuta grantha para eka TIkA bhI hai, jo saMbhavataH svopajJa hai / usameM ukta grantha ko 'kAvyopadezazataka' yA 'dharmopadezazataka' bhI kahA gayA hai| 13. anya caritra vaDagacchIya haribhadrasUri ne 'caubIsa tIrthaMkara caritra kI racanA kI, jo vartamAna meM anupalabdha hai| navAMgI TIkAkAra abhayadeva ke ziSya vardhamAna sUri ne saMvat 1960 meM 'AdinAtha caritra' kA nirmANa kiyaa| bRhadgacchIya hemacandrasUri ne 'nAbhinemi dvisaMdhAnakAvya' kI racanA kI hemavijayajI kA 'RSabhazataka' bhI upalabdha hotA hai| AcArya hemacandra ke suziSya rAmacandrasUri ne 'yugAdideva dvAtriMzikA' grantha kA nirmANa kiyA / isI prakAra ajJAta lekhaka ke 'Adidevastava', 'nAbhistava' Adi RSabhadeva kI saMstuti ke rUpa meM sAhitya pracura mAtrA meM upalabdha hotA hai| kitane hI grantha aprakAzita haiM jo kevala bhaNDAroM meM hastalikhita pratiyoM ke rUpa meM upalabdha hote haiM aura kitane hI prakAzita ho cuke haiN| 14. bharata bAhubalimahAkAvyam " prastuta grantha ke racayitA zrI pUjyakuzalagaNI haiN| ye tapAgaccha ke vijayasenasUri ke praziSya aura paNDita somakuzalagaNI ke ziSya the / prastuta kAvya kA racanA samaya satrahavIM zatAbdI ke madhya meM hai / paJjikAkAra ne ise mahAkAvya kahA hai kintu isameM jIvana kA sarvAMgINa citraNa nahIM huA hai| kevala bharata bAhubalI ke yuddha kA hI prasaMga hai ataH yaha ekArtha kAvya yA kAvya hai cakravartI bharata chaha khaNDa vijaya ke pazcAt rAjadhAnI ayodhyA meM praveza karate haiM kintu unakA cakra AyudhazAlA meM praveza nahIM karatA / usakA rahasya jJAta hone para bharata bAhubalI ke pAsa dUta preSita karate haiM aura donoM bhAI yuddhakSetra meM milate haiM bAraha varSa taka yuddha hotA hai anta meM bAhubalI bhagavAn RSabhadeva kA patha apanAte haiM aura samrATa bharata te bhI anAsaktimaya jIvana jIte haiM aura kevalajJAna prApta karate haiM / kavi ne kamanIya kalpanA se prastuta prasaMga ko khUba hI sajAyA hai, saMvArA hai| varNana zailI atyadhika rocaka hai jisase pAThaka kahIM para bhI UbatA nahIM hai| isameM aThAraha sarga haiM / antima zloka kA chanda mukhya chanda se pRthak hai / zAnta rasa ke sAtha hI zrRMgAra rasa aura vIra rasa kI pradhAnatA hai / bhASA zuddha saMskRta hai jo sarasa, sarala aura lAlityapUrNa hai| bhASA meM jaTilatA nahIM, sahajatA hai| mukhya rUpa se isameM prasAda aura lAlitya guNa AyA hai para kahIM-kahIM oja guNa bhI AyA hai| 15. padmAnanda mahAkAvya 55 zrI amaracandrasUri viracita 'padmAnanda mahAkAvya' unnIsa sargoM meM vibhakta hai| isakA dUsarA nAma 'jinendra caritra' bhI hai| isa sampUrNa kAvya meM Adi tIrthakara bhagavAn RSabhadeva ke jIvana caritra kA varNana kiyA gayA hai| isakI racanA kavi ne kalikAlasarvajJa hemacandrasUri kRta 'triSaSTizalAkA puruSa caritra' ke AdhAra para kI hai| yaha kAvya saMskRta vAGmaya kI amUlya nidhi hai / 54 55 anuvAdaka - muni dulaharAja, prakAzaka- jaina- vizva bhAratI lADanuM ( rAjasthAna), san 1974 zrI amaracanda sUri viracita, terahavIM caudahavIM zatAbdI ke jaina saMskRta mahAkAvya meM uddhata paricaya, pR0 301-322, lekhaka - DaoN. zyAmazaMkara dIkSita, prakAzaka- malika eNDa kampanI, caur3A rAstA, jayapura 3 san 1969 / as 243 a Rushabhdev Ek Parishilan

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Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth isake prathama sarga meM jinezvara stuti ke pazcAt kAvya-nirmANa kA kAraNa batAyA gayA hai| dvitIya sarga se lekara SaSThama sarga taka RSabhadeva ke dvAdaza pUrva-bhavoM kA ullekha hai| saptama sarga meM kulakarotpatti aura prabhu ke janmotsava kA varNana hai| aSTama sarga meM RSabhadeva kI bAla-lIlAoM tathA sumaGgalA evaM sunandA se pANigrahaNa kA varNana hai| navama sarga meM bharata, brAhmI, bAhubalI evaM sundarI ke janma kA varNana kiyA gayA hai| dazama sarga meM RSabhadeva ke rAjyAbhiSeka, vinItA nagarI kI sthApanA aura rAjyavyavasthA kA varNana hai| ekAdaza sarga meM bhagavAn ke SaDRtu vilAsa kA vistRta varNana kiyA gayA hai| dvAdaza sarga meM RSabhadeva kI vasantotsava krIDA kA varNana hai tathA lokAntika devoM kI prArthanA para unake virakta hone kA ullekha kiyA gayA hai| samrATa RSabha ke dvArA bharata kA rAjyAbhiSeka kiyA gayA aura svayaM RSabhadeva kA sAMvatsarika dAna dekara dIkSA grahaNa karane kA, evaM dIkSita hote hI manaHparyavajJAna utpanna hone kA varNana hai| isake pazcAt trayodaza sarga meM nami-vinami kI RSabhadeva meM aTUTa zraddhA-bhakti dekhakara indra kA unheM vidyAdharaizvarya pada pradAna karanA, zreyAMsa kA ikSurasa dvArA pAraNA karAnA tathA RSabhadeva ko kevalajJAna honA Adi ghaTanAoM kA varNana hai| caturdaza sarga meM prabhu kA samavasaraNa, marudevI kA Agamana aura usakI nirvANopalabdhi, samavasaraNa meM RSabhadeva kI dezanA tathA saMgha-sthApanA kA vivaraNa diyA gayA hai| paJcadaza sarga meM bharata kI digvijaya kA varNana hai| SoDaza sarga meM bharata kA cakritvAbhiSeka, sundarI kA aSTApada para RSabhadeva se dIkSA grahaNa karanA aura bharata evaM bAhubalI ke atirikta bhAiyoM ke dIkSA grahaNa kA varNana kiyA gayA hai| saptadaza sarga meM bharata-bAhubalI ke yuddha kA varNana hai| bharata kA parAjaya, bAhubalI kI dIkSA evaM kevalajJAna kA nirUpaNa kiyA gayA hai| aSTAdaza sarga meM marIci ke antima tIrthaGkara banane kI bhaviSyavANI, RSabhadeva kA aSTApada para nirvANa, bharata ke kevalajJAnopalabdhi tathA nirvANa kA varNana hai| ekonaviMza sarga meM AcArya ne apanI guru-paramparA tathA prastuta kAvya kI racanA ke preraka padmamantrI kI vaMzAvalI kA vivaraNa diyA hai| kathAnaka kI parisamApti to aSTAdaza sarga ke sAtha ho jAtI hai| 16. bhaktAmara stotra prastuta stotra ke racayitA AcArya mAnatuGga haiN| ye vArANasI ke tejasvI zAsaka harSadeva ke samakAlIna the| inake pitA kA nAma dhanadeva aura mAtA kA nAma dhanazrI thaa| mAnatuGga bAlyakAla se hI mahAn pratibhA ke dhanI the| ataH dIkSA lene para AcArya ne inheM yogya samajhakara aneka camatkArika vidyAe~ sikhlaayiiN| eka dina rAjA harSadeva ne bANa aura mayUra brAhmaNoM kI vidyAoM kA camatkAra dekhaa| bANa ke kaTe hue hAtha-paira jur3a gaye aura mayUra kA kuSTharoga naSTa ho gyaa| harSadeva atyAdhika prabhAvita hue aura unhoMne sabhA meM udghoSaNa kI ki 'Aja vizva meM camatkArika vidyAoM kA ekamAtra dhanI brAhmaNa samudAya hI hai|' rAjA kA maMtrI jaina dharmAnuyAyI thaa| usane nivedana kiyA ki isa vasundharA para aneka nararatna haiN| jainiyoM ke pAsa bhI camatkArika vidyAoM kI kamI nahIM hai| yahAM para samprati AcArya mAnatuGga haiM jo bar3e hI camatkArika haiN| rAjA ne zIghra hI apane anucaroM ko bhejakara mAnatuMga ko bulvaayaa| Ate hI rAjA ne unako cavAlIsa lohe kI jaMjIroM se bAMdhakara eka bhavana meM banda kara diyaa| AcArya mAnatuGga camatkAra pradarzana karanA nahIM cAhate the| jainadharma kI dRSTi se camatkArika prayoga karanA muni ke lie niSiddha hai| ve bhagavAn RSabhadeva kI stuti meM lIna ho gye| bhaktirasa se chalachalAte hue cavAlIsa zloka banAye aura prati zloka ke sAtha hI jaMjIreM eka-eka kara TUTa pdd'iiN| stotra bhaktAmara ke nAma se prasiddha hai| bAda meM cAra zloka aura banA diye gye| jisase vartamAna meM isa stotra meM ar3atAlIsa zloka haiN| stotra kA chanda vasantatilakA hai jo saMskRta sAhitya meM bahuta hI madhura aura zreSTha chanda mAnA jAtA hai| AcArya mAnatuGga ke prastuta prayoga se rAjA harSadeva atyadhika prabhAvita aura prasanna huA aura Rushabhdev : Ek Parishilan -23 244

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Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth unake pAvana upadeza ko zravaNa kara vaha jaina dharmAvalaMbI bana gyaa| sampUrNa jaina samAja meM isa stotra kA sarvAdhika pracalana hai| stotra kI prArambhika zabdAvalI ke kAraNa prastuta stotra bhaktAmara ke nAma se vizruta haiN| isa stotra kA aparanAma 'RSabhadeva stotra' aura 'AdinAtha stotra' bhI hai| bhakti kI bhAgIrathI isa stotra ke pratyeka padya meM pravAhita hai| sahasroM vyaktiyoM ko yaha stotra kaNThastha hai aura pratidina zraddhA se vibhora hokara pATha bhI karate haiN| bhaktAmara stotra kI atyAdhika lokapriyatA hone se aneka bhakta kaviyoM ne isa para samasyA pUrti bhI kI hai, aura vRttiyA~ bhI likhI haiN| bhAvaprabhasUri, jinakA samaya saMvat 1711 haiM, unhoMne 'bhaktAmara samasyApUrti' stotra kI racanA kii| meghavijaya upAdhyAya ne 'bhaktAmara TIkA' kA nirmANa kiyaa| zrI guNAkara jinakA samaya saMvat 1426 hai, unhoMne 'bhaktAmarastotravRtti' likhii| sthAnakavAsI AcArya muni zrI ghAsIlAlajI mahArAja ne 'bhaktAmara stotra' ke Adi zabda ke anusAra hI 'vardhamAna bhaktAmara stotra' kI racanA kii| inake atirikta bhI anya aneka grantha bhaktAmara evaM usakI samasyA pUrti ke nAma para prApta hote haiN| bhaktAmara stotra ke atirikta RSabhadeva bhagavAn kI stuti ke aura bhI stotra upalabdha hote haiM, jinameM nimna stotra vizeSatayA jJAtavya haiM (1) RSabhajina stuti-racayitA zrI jinavallabhasUri, 12vIM shtii| (2) RSabhajina stavana-zrI jinaprabhasUri yaha padyamaya 19 chandoM kA stavana hai| (3) bharatezvara abhyudaya-paM. aashaadhrjii| (4) aadidevstv| (5) naabhistv| (6) yugAdideva dvAtriMzikA | ina tInoM ke kartA AcArya hemacanda ke ziSya rAmacandra sUri haiN|56 satrahavIM zatAbdI ke pratibhAsampanna kavi upAdhyAya yazovijayajI ne bhI 'zrI Adijinastotram' kI racanA kI hai| yaha stotra kevala chaha zlokoM meM nibaddha hai|57 * Adhunika sAhitya meM RSabhadeva : Adhunika cintakoM ne bhI bhagavAn RSabhadeva para zodhapradhAna tulanAtmaka dRSTi se likhA hai| kitane hI grantha ati mahattvapUrNa haiN| saMkSepa meM Adhunika sAhitya kA paricaya isa prakAra hai(1) cAra tIrthaGkara58 isake lekhaka prajJAmUrti paM. sukhAlAlajI haiN| unhoMne saMkSepa meM sArapUrNa bhagavAn RSabhadeva ke tejasvI vyaktitva aura kRtitva para prakAza DAlA hai| (2) bharata-mukti59 isake lekhaka AcArya tulasI haiN| grantha kI savistRta prastAvanA meM muni mahendrakumAra jI 'prathama' 56 jainastotra samuccaya, mukhi caturavijaya dvArA sampAdita, nirNaya sAgara presa bambaI vi. sa. 1984 meM mudrita pR. 26 / 57 stotrAvalI, sampAdaka-yazovijayajI, prakAzaka-yazobhAratI jaina prakAzana samiti, bambaI, san 1975 / 58 paM. zrI sukhalAlajI saMdhavI, zrI jaina saMskRti saMzodhana maMDala, banArasa-5, san 1953 / / 59 AcArya tulasI, cakravartI bharata ke jIvana para AdhArita prabandha kAvya, rAmalAla purI, saMcAlaka-AtmArAma eNDa sansa, kAzmIrI geTa, dillI 6, san 1964 / -32452 Rushabhdev : Ek Parishilan

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Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth ne vistAra se RSabhadeva ke jIvana se sambandhita vividha pahaluoM ko pramANa purassara nikhArane kA prayAsa kiyA hai| yaha prastAvanA aneka dRSTiyoM se mahattvapUrNa hai| yahI prastAnA 'tIrthaGkara RSabha aura cakravartI bharata' ke nAma se pRthaka pustaka ke rUpa meM bhI prakAzita huI hai| (3) jainadharma kA maulika itihAsa isake lekhaka AcArya hastimalajI mahArAja haiN| grantha meM RSabhadeva ke jIvana para prAka-aitihAsika dRSTi se prakAza DAlA gayA hai| (4) jaina sAhitya kA itihAsa isake lekhaka paNDita kailAzacandra zAstrI haiN| unhoMne saMkSepa meM RSabhadeva kI prAgaitihAsikatA ko siddha karane kA prayAsa kiyA hai| (5) bhArata kA Adi samrATa62 isake lekhaka svAmI kamanindajI haiM, jinhoMne aneka pramANoM se bharata ke sAtha RSabhadeva kI prAgaitihAsikatA ko vaidika pramANoM ke sAtha siddha karane kA prayAsa kiyA hai| (6) prAgaitihAsika jaina-paramparA63 isake lekhaka DaoN. dharmacandra jaina hai, jinhoMne vividha granthoM ke pramANa dekara jaina-paramparA ko ujAgara kiyA hai| sAtha hI RSabhadeva kA prAgaitihAsika mUlyAMkana prastuta kiyA hai| (7) bharata aura bhArata4 isake lekhaka DaoN. premasAgara jaina haiN| inhoMne bahuta hI saMkSepa meM pramANa purassara yaha siddha karane kA prayAsa kiyA hai ki samrATa bharata se hI bhArata kA nAmakaraNa huA hai| RSabhadeva ke sambandha meM bhAvuka bhakta kaviyoM ne rAjasthAnI, gujarAtI va anya prAntIya bhASAoM meM aneka caritra tathA stutiyA~, bhajana, pada va sajjhAya nirmANa kiye haiN| AcArya amolakaRSijI mahArAja ne zrI RSabhadeva kA caritra likhA hai| bhASA meM rAjasthAnI kA puTa hai| inake atirikta bhI anya aneka caritra upalabdha hote haiN| upAdhyAya yazovijayajI, mohanavijayajI, AnandaghanajI, devacandrajI vinayacandrajI prabhRti zatAdhika kaviyoM kI racanAe~ prApta hotI haiM, jinameM RSabhadeva ke prati bhakti-bhAvanA pradarzita kI gaI hai| jaina kaviyoM ne hI nahIM, apitu vaidika paramparA meM bhI sUradAsa, vAraha, rAmAnanda, rajjava, baijU, lakhanadAsa, nAbhAdAsa prabhRti kaviyoM ne RSabhadeva ke Upara padyoM kA nirmANa kiyA hai| sArAMza yaha hai ki bhagavAn RSabhadeva para saMskRta, prAkRta, apabhraMza, rAjasthAnI, gujarAtI va anya prAntIya bhASAoM meM evaM jaina paramparA ke granthoM meM jisa pracura sAhitya kA sRjana huA hai, vaha bhagavAn RSabha ke sArvabhauma vyaktitva ko prakaTa karatA hai| sAdhana, sAmagrI ke abhAva meM saMkSepa meM hamane uparyukta paMktiyoM meM jo paricaya diyA hai, usase sahaja hI parijJAta ho sakatA hai ki RSabhadeva jaina paramparA meM kitane samAhita hue haiN| prasAda varNI zAnna (vartamAna meM dehahAmaNDala, vIra saMvara3396 / 60 AcArya hastimalajI mahArAja, jaina itihAsa prakAzana samiti, lAla bhavana, caur3A rAstA, jayapura (raajsthaan)| 61 paM. kailAzacandra zAstrI, zrI gaNezaprasAda varNI granthamAlA, bhadainI, vArANasI vI. nirvANa saMvat 2486 / 62 svAmI karmAnandajI, digambara jaina samayA, mulatAna (vartamAna meM dehalI) vI. saM. 2479, vi. saM. 2006 / 63 DaoN. dharamacanda jaina, rAMkA ceriTebila TrasTa, bambaI-1, bhArata jaina mahAmaNDala, vIra saMvat 2500 / 64 DaoN. premasAgara jaina, digambara jaina kAlija prabandha samita, bar3auta (meraTha) vIra ni. saM. 2396 / Rushabhdev : Ek Parishilan - 246

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vaidika sAhitya meM RSabhadeva * vedoM meM RSabhadeva * bhagavAn RSabhadeva ke vividha rUpa 1. RSabhadeva aura agni RSabhadeva aura paramezvara 3. RSabhadeva aura unake tIna rUpa 4. RSabhadeva aura rudra 5. RSabhadeva aura ziva RSabhadeva aura hiraNyagarbha 7. RSabhadeva aura brahmA 8. RSabhadeva aura viSNu 9. RSabhadeva aura gAyatrI maMtra 10. RSabhadeva aura RSi paMcamI 11. vAtarazanA zramaNa 12. kezI * bhAgavata meM RSabhAvatAra kA citraNa 1. putra yAcanA 2. putra ke lie yajJa rAjyAbhiSeka 4. putroM ko upadeza pUrNa tyAgI ajagara vRtti 7. adbhUta avadhUta mahArAjA bharata bharata kI sAdhanA 0. bharata kI Asakti 11. Asakti se bharata kA mRga bananA 12. rAjarSi bharata kI mahattA imOMOMOMOM * smRti aura purANoM meM RSabhadeva -524704 Rushabhdev : Ek Parishilan

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Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth * vaidika sAhitya meM RSabhadeva RSabhadeva kA mahattva kevala zramaNa paramparA meM hI nahIM, apitu brAhmaNa - paramparA meM bhI rahA hai / parantu adhikAMzataH jaina yahI samajhate haiM, ki RSabhadeva mAtra jainoM ke hI upAsyadeva haiM, tathA anekoM jainetara vidvadvarga bhI RSabhadeva ko jaina upAsanA taka hI sImita mAnate haiN| jaina va jainetara donoM vargoM kI yaha bhUla-bharI dhAraNA hai kyoMki anekoM vaidika pramANa bhagavAn RSabhadeva ko ArAdhyadeva ke rUpa meM prastuta karane ke liye vidyamAna haiN| RgvedAdi meM unako Adi Aradhya deva mAnakara vistRta rUpa se varNana kiyA hai / yadyapi kucha sAmpradAyika abhiniveza ke kAraNa ina maMtroM ke bhASyakAroM ne eka nirAlA artha kara diyA, kintu isase vAstavikatA ko nahIM miTAyA jA sktaa| yadi RSabha, zramaNa paramparA ke hI ArAdhyadeva hote to vaidika saMskRti meM usase milate-julate svara upalabdha nahIM ho sakate the / yahI kAraNa hai, ki DaoN. rAdhAkRSNana, DaoN. jimmara, pro. virUpAkSa vaoNDiyara prabhRti vidvAn vedoM meM jaina tIrthakaroM kA ullekha honA svIkAra karate haiM / * vedoM meM RSabhadeva 1. Rgveda : Rgveda vizva kA prAcInatama grantha ratna hai| usakI eka RcA meM Adi tIrthaGkara RSabhadeva kI stuti kI gaI hai| vaidika RSi bhakti bhAvanA se vibhora hokara usa mahAprabhu kI stuti karate hue kahatA haihe AtmadRSTA prabho ! paramasukha prApta karane ke liye maiM terI zaraNa meM AnA cAhatA hU~ kyoMki terA upaveza | aura terI vANI zaktizAlI hai, unako maiM avadhAraNa karatA huuN| he prabho ! sabhI manuSyoM aura devoM meM tumhI pahale pUrvayAyA (pUrvagata jJAna ke pratipAdaka) ho / Rgveda meM RSabha ko pUrvajJAna kA pratipAdaka aura duHkhoM kA nAzaka kahA hai| vahA~ batAyA hai ki jaise jala se bharA megha varSA kA mukhya srota hai, vaha pRthvI kI pyAsa bujhA detA hai, usI prakAra pUrvI arthAt jJAna ke pratipAdaka vRSabha (RSabha) mahAna haiM, unakA zAsana vara de| unake zAsana meM RSi - paramparA se prApta pUrva kA jJAna Atmika zatru krodhAdi kA vidhvaMsaka ho| donoM prakAra kI AtmAe~ (saMsArI aura siddha) svAtmaguNoM se hI camakatI haiN| ataH ve rAjA haiM, ve pUrNa jJAna ke bhaNDAra haiM aura Atma-patana nahIM hone dete| varSA kI upamA bhagavAn RSabhadeva ke dezanA rUpI jala kI hI sUcaka hai / pUrvagata jJAna kA ullekha bhI jainaparamparA meM milatA hai, ataH Rgveda ke pUrvajJAtA RSabha, tIrthaGkara RSabha hI mAne jA sakate haiN| 'AtmA hI paramAtmA hai" yaha jainadarzana kA mUlabhUta siddhAnta hai| isa siddhAnta ko Rgveda ke zabdoM meM zrI RSabhadeva ne isa rUpa meM pratipAdita kiyA- "jisake cAra zRMga-anantadarzana, anantajJAna, anantasukha aura anantavIrya haiN| tIna pAda haiM samyagdarzana, samyagjJAna aura samyakcAritra do zIrSa hai- kevalajJAna aura mukti tathA jo mana-vacana-kAya, ina tInoM yogoM se baddha arthAt saMyata vRSabha haiM unhoMne ghoSaNA kI, mahAdeva (paramAtmA) matyoM meM nivAsa karatA hai|" arthAt pratyeka AtmA meM paramAtmA kA nivAsa hai| unhoMne 1 RSabhaM mA samAnAnAM sapatnAnAM viSAsahim / haMtAraM zatruNAM kRdhi virAjaM gopatiM gavAm / 2 makhasya te tIvaSasya prajUtimiyabhi vAcamRtAya bhUSan / indra kSitImAmAsa mAnuSINAM vizAM devI nAmuta pUrvayAyA / 3 asUtapUrvA vRSabho jyAyanimA araya zuruSaH santi pUrvIH / divo na pAtA vidathasyadhIbhiH kSatraM rAjanA pradivodadhAthe / - Rgveda 52 / 38 4 (ka) appA so paramappA (kha) dAmuktaM .... kAraNaparamAtmAnaM jAnAti / Rushabhdev: Ek Parishilan Rgveda 10 / 166 |1 - Rgveda 2 / 34 / 2 - niyamasAra, tAtparyavRtti, gA. 96 5 catvAri zrRGgAra trayo asya pAdA, dve zIrSe sapta hastAso asya / tridhA baddho vRSabho roravItI mahAdevo martyAnAviveza || - Rgveda 4 / 5813 8 248 a

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svayaM kaThora tapazcaraNa rUpa sAdhanA kara vaha Adarza jana-jana ke samakSa prastuta kiyA / etadartha hI Rgveda ke medhAvI maharSi ne likhA hai ki "RSabha svayaM AdipuruSa the, jinhoMne sarvaprathama martyadazA meM amaratva kI upalabdhi kI thii|" RSabhadeva, vizuddha prema - pujArI ke rUpa meM vikhyAta the| sabhI prANiyoM ke prati maitrI - bhAvanA kA unhoMne saMdeza diyA / isaliye mudgala RSi para RSabhadeva kI vANI kA vilakSaNa prabhAva par3A- 'mudgala RSi ke sArathI (vidvAn netA) kezI vRSabha jo aridamana ke liye niyukta the, unakI vANI nikalI, jisake pariNAmasvarUpa mudgala RSi kI gAyeM jo durdhara ratha se yojita huI daur3a rahI thIM, ve nizcala hokara maudgalAnI kI ora lauTa pdd'iiN|" Rgveda kI prastuta RcA meM 'aridamana' karma rUpa zatruoM ko sUcita karatA hai| gAyeM indriyA~ haiM, aura durdhara ratha 'zarIra' ke alAvA aura kauna ho sakatA hai ? bhagavAn RSabhadeva kI amRtavANI se asthira indriyA~, sthira hokara mudgala kI svAtmavRtti kI ora lauTa aayiiN| isIliye unheM stutya batAyA gayA hai'madhurabhASI, bRhaspati stuti yogya RSabha ko pUjA sAdhaka mantroM dvArA vardhita karo, ve apane stotA ko nahIM chor3ate aura bhI eka jagaha kahA hai- tejasvI RSabha ke liye prerita kro|' Rmveda ke rudrasUkta meM eka RcA hai, usameM kahA hai- he vRSabha ! aisI kRpA karo ki hama kabhI naSTa na hoN| isa prakAra Rgveda meM aneka sthaloM para unakI stuti mahAdeva ke rUpa meM sarvaprathama amaratva pAne vAle rUpa meM, Adarza prema-pujArI ke rUpa meM aura ahiMsaka Atma-sAdhakoM ke rUpa meM kI gayI hai| 2. yajurveda yajurveda meM stuti karate hue kahA gayA hai- maiMne usa mahApuruSa ko jAnA hai jo sUryavat tejasvI tathA ajJAnAdi andhakAra se bahuta dUra haiM / usI kA parijJAna kara mRtyu se pAra huA jA sakatA hai| mukti ke liye isake sivAya anya koI mArga nhiiN|" aisI hI stuti bhagavAn RSabhadeva kI mAnanujJAcArya dvArA kI gaI hai| zabda sAmyatA kI dRSTi se bhI donoM meM vizeSa antara dRSTigata nahIM hotA / ataH ye donoM stutiyA~ kisI eka hI vyakti ko lakSita karake honI cAhiyeM aura ve bhagavAn RSabhadeva hI ho sakate haiN| 12 I 3. atharvaveda atharvaveda kA RSi mAnavoM ko RSabhadeva kA AhvAna karane ke liye yaha preraNA karatA hai, ki 'pApa se mukta pUjanIya devatAoM meM sarvaprathama tathA bhavasAgara ke pota ko maiM hRdaya se AhvAna karatA huuN| he sahacara bandhuo ! tuma AtmIya zraddhA dvArA usake Atmabala aura teja ko dhAraNa karo / 3 kyoMki ve prema ke rAjA 6 tanmartyasya devatya sajAtamagraH 1 7 kakardave vRSabho yukta AsId avAvacIt sArathirasya kezI / Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth dudheryuktasyA dravataH sahAnataH RcchantiSmA niSpado mudgalAnIm // Rgveda 31 / 17 - Rgveda 10 / 10 / 2 / 6 8 anarvANaM RSabhaM mandrajihvaM vRhaspati vardhayA nadhyamarke Rgveda 1 / 190/1 9 prAgnaye vAcamIraya - vahI, 10 / 187 10 eva vabhro vRSabha cekitAna yathA deva na hRNISaM na hNsii| -vahI, rudrasUkta, 2|33|15 11 vedAhametaM puruSaM mahAntamAdityavarNa tamasaH purastAt / tameva niditvAti mRtyumeti nAnya panthA vidhate'yanAya / / 12 dekhiye- bhaktAmara stotra, zloka 23 / 13 ahomucaM vRSabhaM yajJiyAnAM, virAjantaM prathamamadhvarANAm / apAM na pAtamazvinA huM ve dhiya, indriyeNa indriyaM dattamojaH / - atharvaveda, kArikA 19 / 42 / 4 $249 Rushabhdev Ek Parishilan

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Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth haiM, unhoMne usa saMgha kI sthApanA kI hai, jisameM pazu bhI mAnava ke samAna mAne jAte the, aura unako koI bhI nahIM mAra sakatA thaa| 14 / / isa prakAra vedoM meM bhagavAn RSabhadeva kA utkIrtana kiyA gayA hai| sAtha hI vaidika RSi vividha pratIkoM ke rUpa meM bhI RSabhadeva kI stuti karate haiN| * bhagavAn RSabha ke vividha rUpa : 1. RSabhadeva aura agni Rgveda Adi meM agnideva kI stuti kI gaI hai| isa agnideva kI stuti meM prayukta vizeSaNoM se aisA pratibodha hotA hai ki vaha stuti agnideva ke rUpa meM bhagavAn RSabhadeva kI hI kI gaI hai jaise-jAtavedas zabda jo agni ke liye prayukta kiyA hai, vaha janma se jJAna sampanna jyotisvarUpa bhagavAn RSabhadeva ke liye hI hai| 'ratnadharakta' arthAt jJAna, darzana, cAritra rUpa ratnatraya ko dhAraNa karane vAlA, 'vizvavedas' vizva tattva ke jJAtA, mokSa netA, 'Rtvija' dharma ke saMsthApaka Adi se jJAta hotA hai, ki vaha agni bhautika agni na hokara Adi prajApati RSabhadeva haiN| isa kathana kI puSTi atharvaveda ke eka sUkta se hotI hai jisameM RSabhadeva bhagavAn kI stuti karate hue unheM 'jAtavedas' batAyA hai| vahA~ kahA hai- 'rakSA karane vAlA, sabako apane bhItara rakhane vAlA, sthirasvabhAvI, annavAn RSabha saMsAra ke udara kA paripoSaNa karatA hai| usa dAtA RSabha ko parama aizvarya ke liye vidvAnoM ke jAne yogya mArgoM se bar3e jJAna vAlA agni ke samAna tejasvI puruSa prApta kre| 15 agnideva ke rUpa meM RSabha kI stuti kA ekamAtra hetu yahI dRSTigata hotA hai ki jaba bhagavAn RSabhadeva sthUla aura sUkSma zarIra se parinivRtta hokara siddha, buddha, mukta hue usa samaya unake parama prazAnta rUpa ko AtmasAt karane vAlI antyeSTi agni hI tatkAlIna jana-mAnasa ke liye saMsmRti kA viSaya raha gii| janatA agni-darzana se hI apane ArAdhyadeva kA smaraNa karane lgii| isIliye vedoM meM sthAna-sthAna para 'devA agnim dhArayan draviNo-dAm' zabda dvArA agnideva kI stuti kI gaI hai|16 isakA artha hai- apane ko deva saMjJA se abhihita karane vAle AryajanoM ne dhana-aizvarya pradAna karanevAle agni (prajApati RSabha) ko apanA ArAdhyadeva dhAraNa kara liyaa| isase yaha spaSTa hotA hai ki bhagavAn RSabhadeva ke nirvANa samaya se hI agni ke dvArA pUjA-vidhi kI paramparA zurU ho gaI thii| 2. RSabhadeva aura paramezvara atharvaveda ke navama kANDa meM RSabhadeva zabda se paramezvara kA hI abhiprAya grahaNa kiyA hai aura unakI stuti paramezvara ke rUpa meM atyanta bhakti ke sAtha kI gaI hai- 'isa paramezvara kA prakAzayukta sAmarthya sarva upAyoM ko dhAraNa karatA hai, vaha sahasroM parAkramayukta poSaka hai, usako hI yajJa kahate haiN| he vidvAn logo! aizvarya rUpa kA dhAraka, hRdaya meM avasthita maMgalakArI vaha RSabha (sarvadarzaka paramezvara) hamako acchI taraha se prApta ho|17 jo brAhmaNa, RSabha ko acchI taraha prasanna karatA hai, vaha zIghra saikar3oM prakAra ke tApoM se mukta ho jAtA hai, usako saba divya guNa tRpta karate haiN|18 14 'nAsya pazuna samAnAn hinAsti' -vahI 15 pumAnantarvAntsthaviraH payasvAn vasoH kabandhamUSabho vibhrti| tamindrAya pathibhirdevayAnairhatamagnirvahatu jaatvedaaH|| -atharvaveda 9 / 4 / 3 16 pUrvayA nividA kAvyatAsoH yamA prajA ajanyat manunAm / / vivasvatA cakSuSA dhAma paJca, devA agnim dhArayan draviNodAm / / 17 AjyaM bibharti ghRtamasya retaH sAhasraH poSastamu yajJamAhuH / indrasya rUpamRSabho vasAnaH so asmAn devAH ziva aitu dttH|| -atharvaveda 9 / 4 / 7 18 zatayAjaM sa yajate, nainaM nvantyagnayaH jinvanti vizve ta devA yo brAhmaNa RSamamAjuhoti / / -atharvaveda 9 / 4 / 18 Rushabhdev : Ek Parishilan - -26 2500

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Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth isa prakAra sAre navamakANDa ke caturtha sUkta meM bhagavAn RSabha kI paramezvara ke rUpa meM stuti hai| 3. RSabhadeva aura unake tIna rUpa Rgveda ke nimnAMkita do maMtroM meM bhagavAn RSabhadeva kA jIvana-vRtta usI prakAra ullikhita hai, jaisA ki jaina-paramparA vidhAna karatI hai| una maMtroM meM kahA hai ki-'agni prajApati prathama devaloka meM prakaTa hue, dvitIya bAra hamAre madhya janma se hI jJAna-sampanna hokara prakaTa hue, tRtIya rUpa, inakA vaha svAdhIna evaM AtmavAn rUpa hai, jaba inhoMne bhava-samudra meM rahate hue nirmala vRtti se samasta karmendhanoM ko jalA diyaa|19 tathA 'he agranetA ! hama tere ina tIna rUpoM ko jAnate haiM, inake atirikta tere pUrva meM dhAraNa kiye hue rUpoM ko bhI hama jAnate haiM, tathA terA jo niguDha paramadhAma hai, vaha bhI hameM jJAta hai, aura jisase tU hameM prApta hotA hai usa ucca mArga se bhI hama anabhijJa nahIM hai|'20 4. RSabhadeva aura rudra kezI ko samasta jJAtavyaM viSaya ke jJAtA, sabake sakhA, sabhI ke priyakArI aura sarvotkRSTa AnandakArI mAnA hai| Rgveda ke dazama maNDala ke sUtra meM prakAzamaya, sUryamaNDala tathA jJAnamayI jaTAdhArI ko kezI kahA gayA hai,21 kezI sUtra kI antima RcA meM varNita kezI dvArA rudra ke sAtha jala pIne kI ghaTanA kA varNana hai| kezI, vAtarazanA muniyoM ke adhinAyaka the| rudra ne unake sAtha jalapAna kiyA, ataH unake rudra svabhAva meM zItalatA, dayA va jIvarakSaNa kI pravRttiyA~ sahaja hI udbhUta ho giiN| ataH vaivasvata manu ne rudra ko tIkSNa zastra ko dhAraNa karane vAle ugra svabhAvI kahA hai, sAtha hI pavitra zItala svabhAvI aura vyAdhiyoM ke upazAmaka bheSaja bhI kahA hai| eka pAtra meM jalapAna karane se unakI vRtti meM zItalatA A gaI ataH unheM jala ke rUpa meM zItalatA barasAne vAlA 'vRSa' athavA 'vRSabha' kahA gyaa| vedoM meM aneka sthaloM para vRSabha kA artha 'varSA karane vAlA' isa rUpa meM grahaNa kiyA hai| rudra kI isa dvirUpatA kA varNana purANoM meM milatA hai| kalpa kI Adi meM brahmA ke putra kumAra nIlalohita sAta bAra roye the, rone ke kAraNa unakA rudra nAma huA, sAtha hI sAta bAra rone se unake sAta nAma par3e -rudra, zarva, pazupati, ugra, azani, bhava, mahAdeva aura iishaankumaar| ye nau nAma zatapatha brAhmaNa meM agni ke vizeSaNa rUpa meM ullikhita haiM / 22 aura bhagavAn vRSabhadeva ko hI agni ke rUpa meM pUjA jAtA hai, yaha pahale spaSTa kiyA jA cukA hai, ataH rudra, mahAdeva, pazupati Adi nAma RSabhadeva ke hI nAmAntara haiN| isake atirikta Rgveda meM rudra kI jo stuti kI gaI hai, vahA~ rudra ke sthAna para 'vRSabha'23 kA ullekha pA~ca bAra AyA hai, vahA~ rudra ko 'Arhat zabda se sambodhita kiyA hai| yaha Arhat upAdhi bhagavAn RSabhadeva kI hI ho sakatI hai, kyoMki unakA calAyA huA dharma 'Arhata dharma' ke nAma se vizvavizruta hai| 'zatarudriya stotra' meM rudra kI stuti ke chiyAsaTha maMtra haiM jahA~ rudra ko 'ziva, zivatara tathA zaMkara' 19 divaspari prathamaM jajJe agnirUpa dvitIya pari jaatvedaaH| tRtIyamapsu nRmaNA ajasramiMdhAna evaM jAte svAdhIH / / -Rgveda 10.451 20 vidyA te agre tredhA vayANi vidyA te dhAma vibhUtA purunnaa| vidyA te nAma parama guhA yadvidyA tamutsaM yata AjagaMtha / / -Rgveda 10452 21 kezyAgniM viSaM kezI vibhati rodsii| kezI vizva svadeze kezIdaM jyotirucyte|| -Rgvade 10 / 126 22 tAnyetAni aSTau rudraH zarvaH pazupati ugraH azaniH bhvH| mahAna devaH ISAnaH agnirUpANi kumAro navam / / __ - zatapatha brAhmaNa 6/2/318 23 eva vabhro vRSabha cekitAna yathA deva na hRNIyaM na hNsi| -Rgveda 2 / 33 / 15 12516 Rushabhdev : Ek Parishilan

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Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth kahA gayA hai|24 zvetAzvatara upaniSad meM rudra ko 'Iza, mahezvara, ziva aura IzAna' kahA gayA hai| maitrAyaNI upaniSad meM inheM 'zambhu' kahA gayA hai| isake atirikta purANoM meM varNIta 'mAhezvara, tryaMbaka, hara, vRSabhadhvaja, bhava, paramezvara, trinetra, vRSAMka, naTarAja, jaTI, kapardI, digvastra, yatI, AtmasaMyamI, brahmacArI, UdhvaratA Adi vizeSaNa pUrNarUpeNa RSabhadeva tIrthaGkara ke Upara bhI lAgU hote haiN| zivapurANa meM ziva kA Adi tIrthaMkara vRSabhadeva ke rUpa meM avatAra lene kA ullekha hai|25 prabhAsa purANa meM bhI aisA hI ullekha prApta hotA hai|26 5. RSabhadeva aura ziva ziva aura RSabha kI ekatA ko siddha karane vAle kucha anya lokamAnya sAkSya bhI haiM vaidika mAnyatA meM ziva kI janma tithi zivarAtri ke rUpa meM prativarSa mAgha kRSNA caturdazI ke dina vrata rakhakara manAyI jAtI hai| jaina paramparA ke anusAra bhagavAn RSabhadeva ke zivagati gamana kI tithi bhI mAgha kRSNA caturdazI hI hai, jisa dina RSabhadeva ko zivatva utpanna huA thaa| usa dina samasta sAdhusaMgha ne dina ko upavAsa rakhA tathA rAtri meM jAgaraNa karake zivagati prApta RSabhadeva ArAdhanA kI, isa rUpa meM yaha tithi 'zivarAtri' ke nAma se prasiddha huii| vaidika paramparA meM ziva ko kailAzavAsI kahA gayA hai| jaina paramparA meM bhI bhagavAn RSabha kI zivasAdhanA rUpa tapa aura nirvANa kA kSetra kailAza parvata hai| ziva ke jIvana kA eka prasaMga hai, ki unhoMne tapa meM vighna upasthita karane vAle kAmadeva ko naSTa kara zivA se vivAha kiyaa| ziva kA yaha prasaMga bhagavAn RSabha se pUrNataH mela khAtA hai, ki unhoMne moha ko naSTa kara zivA devI ke rUpa meM 'ziva' sundarI mukti se vivAha kiyaa| uttaravaidika mAnyatA ke anusAra jaba gaMgA AkAza se avatIrNa huI, to cirakAlaparyanta vaha zaMkara kI jaTA meM hI bhramaNa karatI rahI, pazcAt vaha bhUtala para aaii| yaha eka kAlpanika tathya hai, jisakA vAstavika abhiprAya yahI hai ki ziva arthAt bhagavAn RSabhadeva kI svasaMvitti rUpI jJAnagaMgA asarvajJa dazA taka unake mastiSka meM hI pravAhita rahI, tatpazcAt sarvajJa hone ke bAda vahI dhArA saMsAra kA uddhAra karane ke lie vANI dvArA pravAhita huii| digambara jaina purANoM meM jaise RSabhadeva ke vairAgya kA kAraNa nIlAMjanA nAma kI apsarA thI usI prakAra vaidika paramparA meM nArada muni ke dvArA zaMkara-pArvatI ke sammukha 'dhuta-prapaJca' kA varNana hai aura usase prerita hokara ziva kI saMsAra se virakti, parigraha-tyAga tathA Atma-dhyAna meM tallInatA kA savistRta ullekha kiyA hai| ziva ke anuyAyI gaNa kahalAte haiM aura unake pramukha nAyaka ziva ke putra gaNeza the isI prakAra bhagavAn RSabhadeva ke tIrtha meM bhI unake anuyAyI muni gaNa kahalAte the aura jo gaNa ke adhinAyaka hote the ve gaNAdhipa, gaNeza yA gaNadhara kahalAte the| bhagavAn RSabhadeva ke pramukha gaNadhara bharataputra vRSabhasena the| ziva ko jaise Damaru aura naTarAja kI mudrA se gIta, vAdya Adi kalAoM kA pravartaka mAnA jAtA 24 yajurveda (taittiriyAM saMhita) 186; vAjasaneyI 357 / 63 25 itthaM prabhAva RSabho'vatAraH zaMkarasya me| satAM gatirdInabandhurnavamaH kathitavastava / / RSabhasya caritraM hi paramaM pAvanaM mahat / svaya'zasyamAyuSyaM zrotavyaM ca prytntH|| -zivapurANa 4147-48 26 kailAze vimala ramye vRSabho'yaM jineshvrH| cakAra svAvatAraH ca sarvajJaH sarvagaH zivaH / / -prabhAsa purANa 49 ___ -zatapatha brAhmaNa 6 / 11318 Rushabhdev : Ek Parishilan - -6252

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Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth hai usI prakAra bhagavAn RSabhadeva ne apane putra bharata Adi ko sampUrNa kalAoM meM pAraMgata bnaayaa| vaidika paramparA meM ziva ko 'mAhezvara' kahA hai| pANinI ne 'a i u Na' Adi sUtroM ko mahezvara se prApta hue batAyA hai aura jaina paramparA RSabhadeva ko mahezvara mAnatI hai| unhoMne sarvaprathama apanI putrI 'brAhmI' ko 'brAhmIlipi' arthAt akSara vidyA kA parijJAna kraayaa| vaidika paramparA meM ziva kA vAhana 'RSabha' batalAyA hai aura jaina mAnyatA ke anusAra bhagavAn RSabhadeva kA cihna 'vRSabha' hai| vaidika-paramparA meM ziva ko trizUladhArI batalAyA hai| jahA~ bhI ziva kI mUrtiyA~ upalabdha hotI haiM vahA~ unakA cihna svarUpa trizUla aMkita kiyA jAtA hai| jaina-paramparA ke anusAra vaha trizUla samyagdarzana, samyagjJAna aura samyagcAritra kA pratIka hai| isa prakAra ziva aura RSabhadeva ke sambandha meM tulanAtmaka dRSTi se vicAra karane para mAtra ina dono meM samAnatA hI dRSTigocara nahIM hotI varan yaha niSkarSa nikalatA hai ki yaha aikya, kisI eka hI vyakti kI ora iMgita karatA hai, aura vaha vyakti bhagavAn RSabhadeva hI haiM, anya koI nhiiN| 6. RSabhadeva aura hiraNyagarbha Rgveda kI eka RcA se bhagavAn RSabhadeva ko 'hiraNyagarbha batAyA hai| ve prANImAtra ke svAmI the, unhoMne AkAza sahita pRthvI ko dhAraNa kiyA, hama havi ke dvArA kisa deva kI ArAdhanA kareM AcArya sAyaNa ne isa para bhASya karate hue likhA hai - 'hiraNyagarbha arthAt hiraNyamaya aNDe kA garbhabhUta / athavA jisake udara meM hiraNyamaya aNDA garbha kI taraha rahatA hai, vaha hiraNyagarbha prapaJca kI utpatti se pUrva, sRSTi-racanA ke icchuka paramAtamA se utpanna huaa|128 isa prakAra sAyaNa ne hiraNyagarbha kA artha prajApati liyA hai| mahAbhArata meM hiraNyagarbha ko yoga kA vaktA batAyA hai-'hiraNyagarbha yogamArga ke pravartaka haiM, unase aura koI purAtana nhiiN|29 Rgveda bhI 'hiraNyagarbhaH samavartatAgre' likhakara hiraNyagarbha kI prAcInatA ko sUcita karatA hai| jaina paramparA ke anusAra bhagavAn RSabhadeva pUrvabhava meM sarvArthasiddha vimAna meM sarvotkRSTa Rddhi-sampanna deva the| vahA~ se cyava kara jaba marudevI kI kukSi meM Aye, to kubera ne nAbhirAya kA bhavana hiraNya kI vRSTi se bharapUra kara diyA, ataH janma ke pazcAt bhagavAn 'hiraNyagarbha' ke rUpa meM prasiddha ho gye|30 7. RSabhadeva aura brahmA loka meM brahmA nAma se prasiddha jo deva hai, vaha bhagavAn RSabhadeva ko chor3akara dUsarA nahIM hai| brahmA ke anya aneka nAmoM meM nimnalikhita nAma atyanta prasiddha haiM 27 hiraNyagarbhaH samavartatAgre bhUtasya jAtaH patireka AsIt / sa dAdhAra pRthivIM dyAmutemAM kasmai devAya haviSA vidhema / -Rgveda 10 / 12111 28 'hiraNyagarbhaH hiraNyamayasyANDasya garbhabhUtaH prjnyaaptirhirnnygrbhH| tathA ca taittirIyakaM -prajApatirve hiraNyagarbhaH prjaapternuruupaay| yaddhA hiraNyamayo'NDo garbhavadyasyodare vartate so'sau sUtrAtmA hiraNyagarbha ucyte| agre prapaJcotpatteH prAk samavartat mAyAdhyakSAt sisRkSoH paramAtmanaH sAkAzAt smjaayt|... sarvasya jagataH parIzvara aasiit...|' -taittiridhAraNyaka bhASya-sAyaNAcArya, 5 / 5 / 12 29 hiraNyagarbho yogasya vaktA nAnyaH puraatnH| -mahAbhArata, zAntiparva, 349 30 (ka) saiSA hiraNyamayI vRSTiH dhanezena nipaatitaa| vibhohiraNyagarbhatvamiva bodhayituM jagat / / -mhaapuraann12|95 (kha) gabbhaDiassa jassa u hiraNNavuTTI sakacaNA pddiyaa| teNaM hiraNNagabbho jayammi uvagijjae usbho|| -pdmpuraann3|68 2534 Rushabhdev : Ek Parishilan

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Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth. hiraNyagarbha, prajApati, lokeza, nAbhija, caturAnana, sraSTA, svayaMbhU / ina sabakI yathArtha saMgati bhagavAn RSabhadeva ke sAtha hI baiThatI hai, jaise hiraNyagarbha - jaba bhagavAn RSabhadeva mAtA marudevI ke garbha meM Aye the usake chaha mAha pUrva hI ayodhyA nagarI meM hiraNya-suvarNa tathA ratnoM kI vRSTi hone lagI thI, ataH ApakA hiraNyagarbha nAma sArthaka hai| prajApati - kalpavRkSoM ke naSTa ho jAne ke bAda bhagavAn ne asi, maSi, kRSi Adi kA upadeza dekara prajA kI rakSA kI, ataH bhagavAn 'prajApati' kahalAte the| lokeza - akhila vizva ke svAmI hone se bhagavAn 'lokeza' kahalAte the| nAbhija - nAbhirAya ke putra hone se bhagavAn 'nAbhija' khlaae| caturAnana - samavasaraNa meM cAroM dizAoM meM bhagavAn kA darzana hotA thA, ataH bhagavAn 'caturAnana' khlaae| sraSTA - bhogabhUmi ke naSTa hone ke bAda deza, nagara Adi kA vibhAga, rAjA, prajA, guru, ziSya Adi kA vyavahAra, vivAha-prathA Adi ke bhagavAn RSabhadeva Adya pravartaka the, ataH 'sraSTA' kahe jAte the| svayambhU - darzana-vizuddhi Adi bhAvanAoM se apane Atma-guNoM kA vikAsa kara svayaM hI Adya tIrthaGkara hue the, ataH 'svayambhU' kahalAte the| 8. RSabhadeva aura viSNu vaidika sAhitya meM viSNu deva kA mukhya sthAna hai| bhAgavatapurANa meM viSNu kA hI AThavA~ avatAra RSabha ko mAnA hai, ataH viSNu aura RSabha eka hI vyakti siddha hote haiN| jaina anuzrutiyoM meM viSNu ke isI lokottara paramopakArI vyaktitva kI stuti kI gaI hai, jahA~ viSNu ke sattAIsa nAmoM kA ullekha kiyA gayA hai31 jinakI vyAkhyA isa prakAra kI gaI hai1. viSNu- kevalajJAna se vyApaka / trivikrama- samyagdarzana, aura samyagcAritra ratnatraya rUpa tIna zaktiyoM se sampanna athavA tIna loka meM viziSTa krama sarvocca sthAna ko prApta / zauri- shuurviir| zrIpati- abhyudaya-nizreyaspa zrI ke adhipati / puruSottama- vesaTha zAlAkA puruSoM meM uttama / vaikuNTha- gUDhajJAnazAlinI mA~ ke putra / puNDarIkAkSa- ApakI akSa-AtmA puNDarIkavat zreSTha hai| viSNustrivikramaH zauriH zrIpatiH puruSottamaH / vaikuNThaH puNDarIkAkSo hRSIkezo hariH svabhUH / / vizvabharo'sUradhvaMzI mAdhavo blibndhnH| adhokSajo madhudveSI kezavo vissttrshrvaaH|| zrIvatsalAJchanaH zrImAnacyuto narakAntakaH / viSvaksenazcakrapANiH padmanAbho janArdanaH / / zrIkaNTha... -paM. AzAdhara viracita sahasranAma brahmazAtakam zloka-100-102 Rushabhdev : Ek Parishilan 6 254

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Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth 1 16. 17. hRSIkeza- hRSIka-indriyoM ko vaza meM karane vaale| 9. hari- pApoM kA haraNa karane vaale| svabhU- jJAtavya vastu ke svayaM jJAtA haiN| 11. vizvambhara- vizva kA bharaNa-poSaNa, caturgati ke duHkhoM se bacAne vAle haiN| 12. asuradhvaMsI- mohakarma rUpa asura kA nAza karane vaale| mAdhava- mA-bAhya aura Antarika lakSmI ke dhava-svAmI haiN| 14. balibandhana- bali-karma bandhana ko naSTa karane vAle haiN| 15. adhokSaja- akSa-indriyoM ko, adhaH jItane vAle sAdhuoM ko dhyAna se prApta hote haiN| madhuDheSI- madhu-moharUpa pariNAma meM duHkhadAyI zahada kA sevana nahIM karane vAle haiN| kezava- ka-Atma-svarUpa kI prApti meM Iza-samartha muniyoM ke, vaM-AzrayabhUta haiN| viSTarazravA- vistRta zrutajJAnasampanna haiN| zrIvatsalAMchana- zrIvatsa ke cinha se yukta haiN| athavA zrIvatsa-kAmadeva ko apane saundarya se lAMchita-tiraskRta karane vAle haiN| zrImAn- antaraGga tathA bahiraGga lakSmI ke svaamii| narakAntaka- naraka ke vinAzAka haiN| viSvaksena- samyak rUpa se unakI zaraNa meM sabhI prakAra ke jIva vaira-virodha rahita hokara rahate haiN| acyuta- sva-svarUpa se cyuta nahIM hone vaale| cakrapANi- hAtha meM cakra kA cinha hai, athavA dharmacakra ke pravartaka hone se sarvaziromaNi haiN| 25. padmanAbha- padmavat nAbhi yukta haiN| 26. janArdana- bhavya jIvoM ko upadeza dene vaale| 27. zrIkaNTha- muktirUpI lakSmI ke dhaark| AcArya jinasena ne bhI aise hI sAbhiprAya sArthaka zabdoM dvArA viSNu ke rUpa meM bhagavAn RSabhadeva kI stuti kI hai| 9. RSabhadeva aura gAyatrI maMtra 23. 24. vaidika darzana meM gAyatrI-maMtra ko sarvAdhika pradhAnatA prApta hai|32 chAndogyopaniSad meM gAyatrI kI upAsanA ko sarvazreSTha batalAyA gayA hai| upAsanA kI vibhinna mudrAoM tathA japa kI praNAliyoM kA bhI vahA~ vistRta varNana milatA hai|33 Rka tathA sAmadeva ke bhASyAnusAra ukta maMtra kA artha nimna prakAra se kiyA hai-'jo savitR-deva (sUryadeva) hamArI dhI zakti ko preraNA karate haiM, hameM unhIM savitR-deva ke prasAda se prazaMsanIya annAdi rUpa phala milatA hai|' prastuta gAyatrI-maMtra kI vyAkhyA ko dhyAnapUrvaka dekhA jAya to pratIta hotA hai, ki usameM sUrya kI 32 OM bhUrbhuvaH svaH tatsaviturvareNyaM bhargo devasya dhImahi / dhiyo yo naH pracodayAta Apo jyotirasomataM brahmAH / / -gAyatrI maMtra, Rgveda 3 / 62 / 10 33 chAndogyopaniSad 3 / 12 / 1 -36255 Rushabhdev : Ek Parishilan

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Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth. pUjA ke rUpa meM bhagavAn RSabhadeva kI hI pUjA siddha hotI hai| yathA-'OM-paJca parameSThI; bhU:-sarvazreSTha, bhuvaHjanma-jarA-maraNa Adi duHkhoM ke mukta hone ke lie ratnatraya mArga ke upadeSTA; svaH-zuddhopayoga meM sthita; tat-usa OM vAcaka parameSThI ko; jo savituH -hitAhita kA mArga batalAne ke kAraNa triloka ke liye sukhadAyaka hai; vaha vareNyam - upAsanA ke yogya hai| bhargoH -rAgAdi doSa se dUSita hama logoM ke lie pratipAdita kalyANa-mArga ko; devasya -tIrthaGkara deva ko, dhImahi -dhAraNa karate haiM; una tIrthaGkara RSabhadeva ke upadeza se; naH -hamArI, dhiyaH-buddhi pracodayAt -satkAryoM meM pravRtta ho| arthAt paJcaparameSThI svarUpa Adi brahma zrI RSabhadeva ke prasAda se hamArI buddhi rAga-dveSa se rahita hokara zuddhopayoga meM lge| isa prakAra sUryadeva ke rUpa meM bhagavAn RSabhadeva kI hI stuti kI gaI hai| agni (brahmA) ke paryAyavAcI nAmoM meM sUrya ko bhI agni kahA hai, jo spaSTatayA RSabhadeva kI ora saMketita kiyA gayA hai| isa prakAra agnideva, viSNudeva, sUryadeva aura RSabhadeva sabhI ekArthaka haiN| 10. RSabhadeva aura RSi paMcamI bhAdrapada zuklA paMcamI jainetara varga meM 'RSi paJcamI' ke nAma se sarvatra manAI jAtI hai| yahI paJcamI jaina paramparA meM 'saMvatsarI' ke nAma se vizruta hai| jaina paramparA meM isa parva ko saba paryoM kA rAjA kahA gayA hai| jainoM kA AdhyAtmika parva hone se yaha 'parvAdhirAja' hai| isa dina sarvotama AdhyAtmika jIvana bitAne ke lie pratyeka jaina yatnazIla rahatA hai, tyAga-tapasyA, kSamA, niSparigrahatA Adi Atmika guNoM ko vikasAne vAlA, sneha aura prema kI gaMgA bahAnevAlA yaha sarvotkRSTa parva hai| vaidika aura brAhmaNa paramparA ne bhI isa divasa ko sarvocca pradhAnatA dI hai| eka hI dina bhinna-bhinna nAmoM se prasiddha ye donoM parva kisI samAna tattva ko lekara haiM, aura vaha tattva RSabhadeva kA smaraNa hI ho sakatA hai| AryajAti Arambha se hI RSabhadeva kI bhakti meM ota-prota hokara unakA smaraNa karatI thI, aura isa nimitta se bhAdrapada zuklA paJcamI parva ke rUpa meM manAI jAtI thii| Age calakara jaina paramparA nivRtti mArga kI ora mur3I, taba usane isa paJcamI ko Atmika zuddhi kA rUpa dene ke lie 'saMvatsarI' parva ke rUpa meM manAnA zurU kara diyA; jabaki vaidika paramparA ke anuyAyiyoM ne apanI pUrva paramparA ko hI cAlU rkhaa| vastatuH 'RSi paJcamI' aura 'RSabha' isa nAma meM eka hI dhvani samAI huI hai| RSi paJcamI ke sthAna para 'RSabha paJcamI' zuddha nAma honA cAhiye aura usI kA apabhraMza hokara kAlAntara meM yaha parva 'RSabha paJcamI' ke sthAna para 'RSi paJcamI' ke rUpa meM bolA jAne lagA hogaa| yadi yaha kalpanA ThIka hai, to jaina aura jainetara donoM paramparAoM meM RSabhadeva kI samAna mAnyatA kI puSTi hotI hai|34 11. vAtarazanA zramaNa jainadharma bhArata kA bahuta hI prAcIna dharma hai| yaha dharma zramaNa paramparA kA prAcInatama rUpa hai| hajAroM varSoM ke atIta meM vaha vibhinna nAmoM dvArA abhihita hotA rahA hai| vaidikakAla meM vaha 'vAtarazanA muni' ke nAma se vizruta rahA hai| 'Rgveda' meM na kevala ina muniyoM kA nAma AyA hai, apitu unako yA unakI eka vizeSa zAkhA ko 'vAtarazanA muni' kahA gayA hai| 'atIndriyArthadarzI vAtarazana muni mala dhAraNa karate haiM, jisase piMgalavarNa vAle dikhAyI dete haiN| jaba ve vAyu kI gati ko prANopAsanA dvArA dhAraNa kara lete haiM, arthAt roka dete haiM taba ve apanI tapa kI mahimA se dIptimAna hokara devatA svarUpa ko prApta ho jAte haiN| sarva laukika vyavahAra chor3akara ve mauneya kI anubhUti meM kahate haiM "munibhAva se pramudita hokara hama vAyu meM sthita ho gaye hai| maryo ! tuma hamArA zarIra mAtra 34 cAra tIrthaGkara -paM. sukhalAlajI saMghavI, pR.5| Rushabhdev : Ek Parishilan -62562

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Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth dekhate ho / "35 ve dhyAna meM tallIna rahane ke kAraNa unmatavat pratIta hote the| vAtarazanA se abhiprAya haivAta-vAyu, rshnaa-mekhlaa| arthAt jinakA vastra vAyu ho yAni acelaka muni| rAmAyaNa kI TIkA meM jina vAtarazana muniyoM kA ullekha kiyA gayA hai, ve Rgveda meM varNita vAtarazana muni hI jJAta hote haiN| unakA varNana ukta varNana se mela bhI khAtA hai| taittiriyANyaka meM bhagavAna RSabhadeva ke ziSyoM ko vAtarazana RSi aura UrdhvamaMthI kahA hai|36 vAtarazana muni vaidika paramparA ke nahIM the| kyoMki vaidika paramparA meM sanyAsa aura muni-pada ko pahale sthAna hI nahIM thaa| zramaNa zabda kA ullekha taittiriyAraNyaka aura zrImadbhAgavata ke sAtha hI bRhadAraNyaka upaniSad37 aura rAmAyaNa meM bhI milatA hai| iNDo-grIka aura iNDo-sIthiyana ke samaya bhI jainadharma zramaNadharma ke nAma se pracalita thaa| maigasthanIja ne apanI bhArata-yAtrA ke samaya do prakAra ke mukhya dArzanikoM kA ullekha kiyA hai| zramaNa aura brAhmaNa usa yuga ke mukhya dArzanika the|39 usa samaya una zramaNoM kA bahuta Adara hotA thaa| kaoNlabuka ne jaina sampradAya para vicAra karate hue maigasthanIja dvArA ullikhita zramaNa-sambandhI anuccheda ko uddhRta karate hue likhA hai, ki zramaNa vana meM rahate the sabhI prakAra ke vyasanoM se alaga the, rAjA loga unako bahuta mAnate the aura devatA kI bhA~ti unakI pUjA-stuti karate the|40 vAtarazanA jaina paramparA ke zramaNoM se milatA-julatA hai| jinasahasranAma meM ullekha AtA hai, ki vAtarazanA, nirgrantha aura nirambara ye paryAyavAcI zabda haiM,41 isase yaha to spaSTa hotA hai ki Rgveda kI racanA ke samaya jaina zramaNa vidyamAna the, aura aise zramaNoM kI RSi-sampradAya meM indrAdivat stuti kI jAtI thii| sAyaNa ne vAtarazanA zramaNa kA ullekha kiyA hai|42 AcArya sAyaNa ke anusAra vAtarazanA muniyoM ko zramaNa va RSi bhI kahA jAtA thaa| unake matAnusAra ketu, aruNa aura vAtarazana ye tInoM RSi-saMgha the, jo citta ko ekAgra kara apramatta dazA ko pra the| inakI utpatti prajApati se huI thii| jaba prajApati brahmA ko sRSTi racane kI icchA utpanna huI, to unhoMne tapasyA kI, aura zarIra ko prakampita kiyA, usa prakampita tanu ke mAMsa se tIna RSi utpanna huearuNa, ketu aura vAtarazanA nakhoM se vaikhAnasa aura bAloM se bAlakhilya muni utpanna hue|43 ukta sRSTi-krama meM sarvaprathama RSiyoM kI utpatti batAI hai, isase pratIta hotA hai, ki yaha dhArmika 35 munayo vAta'razanAH pizaMgA basate malA / vAtasyAnu ghrAjim yanti yaddevAso aviksst| unmaditA mauneyana vAtAM A tasthimA vayam / zarIredasmAkaM yUyaM mAso abhipazyatha / / -Rgveda 101136 / 2 36 vAtarazanA havA RSayaH zramaNa Urdhvamanthino babhUvuH / -taittiriyAraNyaka 27|1,pR. 137 37 bRhadAraNyakopaniSad 4 / 3 / 22 38 tapasA bhuJjate cApi, zramaNa muJcate tathA- rAmAyaNa, bAlakANDa 14122 39 enziyenTa iNDiyA eja DiskAibDa bAya maigasthanIja eNDa eriyana, kalakattA, 1916, pR. 97-68 40 TrAnsalezana Apha da phregmenTasa Apha da iNDiyA Apha megasthanIja, bAna 1846, pR. 175 41 digvAsA vAtarazano nirgrnthejonirmbrH| -mahApurANa, jima. 25 / 204 42 vAtarazanA vAtarazanasya putrA munayo'tIndriyArthadarzino jUtivAtajUti prabhRtayaH pizaMgAH, pizaMgAniH kapilavarNAni malA malinAni valkalarUpANi vAsAMsi vasate aacchaadynti| -AcArya sAyaNa 43 sa tapo tpyt| sa tapastaptvA shriirmdhunut| tasya ynmaaNsmaasiit| tato'ruNAH ketavo vaatrshnaa| RSaya utiSThan ye nakhAH, te vaikhAnasA ye bAlAH te baal-khilyaa| -taittiriyAraNyaka bhASya, sAyaNa 1 / 23 / 2-3 -36 257 - - Rushabhdev : Ek Parishilan

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Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth sRSTi kA utpatti-krama hai| bhagavAn RSabhadeva ne dharma kI saMsthApanA kI thI, tabhI anekoM matoM kI utpatti ho cukI thii| yadyapi usa samaya ve saba mata bhinna hote hue bhI bhagavAn RSabhadeva ko sarvazreSTha samajhate the aura svayaM ko kAyara tathApi bAhya veSa-bhUSA aura sAdhvAcAra meM antara A jAne se unakA bhagavAn se sIdhA sambandha nahIM rhaa| unakI paramparA vAtarazanA RSiyoM se sambandhita rahI hogii| zrImadbhAgavatapurANa se bhI isI tathya kI puSTi hotI hai, ki vAtarazanA zramaNa RSiyoM ke dharmoM ko prakaTa karane kI icchA se hI bhagavAn viSNu nAbhirAja kI patnI marudevI ke garbha meM avatarita hue| zrImadbhAgavata ke ukta kathana meM do bAteM vizeSa mahattvapUrNa haiM- prathama yaha ki RSabhadeva kI mAnyatA ke sambandha meM purANa, veda yA jaina darzana ke bIca koI matabheda nahIM hai| jainadarzana yadi bhagavAn RSabhadeva ko Adi tIrthaMkara ke rUpa meM svIkAra karatA hai to vaidika darzana bhagavAn viSNu ke avatAra rUpa meM sAkSAt Izvara mAnatA hai| dvitIya bAta jo atyAdhika mahattvapUrNa hai, vaha yaha hai ki purANakAra ne isa avatAra ko rAma aura kRSNa ke avatAroM se bhI prAcIna svIkAra kiyA hai| jainadarzana bhI rAma aura kRSNa se asaMkhya varSoM pUrva bhagavAn ke janma ko mAnyatA detA hai| bhAgavatakAra ne bhagavAn RSabha ke nau putroM ko bhI vAtarazanA batAyA hai|44 kezI muni bhI vAtarazanA kI zreNI ke hI the|45 ukta vAtarazanA muniyoM kI jo mAnyatAe~ evaM sAdhanAe~ vaidika RcAoM meM upalabdha hotI haiM, unase zramaNa-nirgranthoM ke sAtha ekadama sAmyatA pratIta hotI hai| vaidika RSi vaise tyAgI aura tapasvI nahIM hote jitane vAtarazanA muniyoM ke tyAga kA ullekha kiyA gayA hai| vaidika RSi laukika kAmanAoM kI sampUrtihetu yajJa-yAgAdi karma karake indrAdi devI-devatAoM ko bulAte haiM, para vAtarazanA muni ukta kriyAoM se virata hote the, ve samasta gRha, parivAra, patnI, dhana-dhAnyAdi kA parityAga kara bhikSAvRtti se rahate the, snAnAdi nahIM karate the, maunavRtti dhAraNa kara kevala Atma-dhyAna meM tallIna rahate the| vastutaH vAtarazanA muniyoM kI yaha zAkhA zramaNa-paramparA kA hI prAcIna rUpa hai| 12. kezI jambUdvIpaprajJapti ke anusAra bhagavAn RSabhadeva jaba zramaNa bane to unhoMne cAra muSTi kezoM kA loMca kiyA thaa| sAmAnya rUpa se pA~ca muSTi kezaloMca kI paramparA hai| bhagavAn kezoM kA loMca kara rahe the; donoM bhAgoM ke kezoM kA loca karanA avazeSa thaa| usa samaya prathama devaloka ke indra zakra ne bhagavAn se nivedana kiyA, ki isa sundara keza-rAzi ko itanI rahane deN| bhagavAn ne indra kI prArthanA se una kezoM ko usI prakAra rahane diyA / 16 yahI kAraNa hai, ki keza rakhane se unakA eka nAma kezI yA kezariyAjI huaa| kezara, keza aura jaTA eka hI artha ke dyotaka haiN| 'saTA jaTA kesarayoH' jaise siMha apane kezoM ke kAraNa kezarI kahalAtA hai, vaise hI bhagavAn RSabha kezI, kezarI aura kezariyAnAtha ke nAma se vizruta 44 navAbhavan mahAbhAgA, munayo hyrthshNsinH| zramaNa vAtarazanA, AtmAvidyA vizAradAH / / 45 sAyaNa bhASya 10 / 13517 46 cauhiM muTThAhiM loaM karei-mUla sUtra "tIrthakRtAM paMcamuSTiloca sambhave'vi asya bhagavatazcaturmuSTika loca gocaraH zrI hemAcAryakRta RSabhacaritrAdyabhiprAyo'yaM prathamamekayAmuSTayA zmazrukUrcayoloMce tisRbhizva zirAloce kRte ekAM muSTimavaziSyamANAM pavanAndolitAM kanakAvadAtayoH prabhuskandhayorUpari luThantI marakatopa-mAnabhamAvibhutIM paramaramaNIyAM vIkSya pramodamAnena zakreNa bhagavan ! mayyanugrahaM vidhAya ghriyatAmiyamitthameveti vijJapte magavatApi sA tathaiva rkssiteti| na hye kAntamaktAnAM yAJcAmanugrahItAraH khnnddyntiiti|" -jambUdvIpaprajJapti vakSaskAra 2 / 30 / / Rushabhdev : Ek Parishilan - 258 -

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Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth haiN| kezariyAnAtha para jo kezara car3hAne kI mAnyatA loka meM vizeSa rUpa se pracalita hai, vaha nAmasAmya ke kAraNa hI utpanna huI pratIta hotI hai| jaina purANoM meM bhI RSabhadeva kI jaTAoM kA ullekha kiyA hai|48 Rgveda meM bhagavAn RSabha kI stuti kezI ke rUpa meM kI hai| vahA~ kahA gayA hai- 'kezI, agni, jala, svarga tathA pRthvI ko dhAraNa karatA hai| kezI vizva ke samasta tattvoM kA darzana karAtA hai, aura kezI hI prakAzamAna 'jJAna' jyoti kahalAtA hai|49 Rgveda meM ullikhita kezI va vAtarazanA muniyoM kI tulanA bhAgavata purANa meM kathita vAtarazanA zramaNa RSi, unake adhinAyaka RSabha va unakI sAdhanAoM ke sAtha karane yogya hai| Rgveda ke 'vAtarazanA muni' aura bhAgavata purANa meM ullikhita 'vAtarazanA zramaNa RSi' to eka hI paramparA ke vAcaka haiN| isa kathana meM to tanika bhI saMdeha ko avakAza nahIM rhtaa| parantu kezI kA artha kezadhArI hotA hai, jisakA artha taittiriya AraNyaka bhASyakAra AcArya sAyaNa ne 'keza sthAnIya kiraNoM kA dhAraka' kahakara 'sUrya' artha nikAlA hai| prastuta sUkta meM jina vAtarazanA sAdhuoM kI sAdhanA kA ullekha hai, unase isa artha kI koI saMgati nahIM baitthtii| kezI, vastutaH vAtarazanA muniyoM ke pradhAna netA hI ho sakate haiM, jo maladhArI, maunavRtti aura unmattAvasthA ke rUpa meM ullikhita hai, jinheM Age ke sUkta meM devoM ke RSi va upakArI, hitacintaka sakhA kahA hai| bhAgavatapurANa meM varNita RSabhadeva kA jIvana caritra aura ukta kezI sambandhI sUkta kA tulanAtmaka adhyayana kisI eka vyakti meM pAye jAne vAle guNoM ko prakaTa karatA hai| anyatra kezI aura RSabha ke eka hI sAtha kA ullekha Rgveda kI eka RcA meM bhI prApta hotA hai, jisameM kahA hai 'mudgala RSi kI gAyeM (indriyoM) jo jute hue dardhara ratha (zarIra) ke sAtha daur3a rahI thIM ve mudgala RSi ke sArathI RSabha jo zatru-vinAza (karma rUpI zatru) ke liye niyukta, the, unake vacana se apane sthAna para lauTa aayiiN|' isa prakAra Rgveda se hI kezI aura RSabha ke ekatva kA pUrNatayA samarthana prApta ho jAtA hai| vAtarazanA muni, nirgrantha sAdhuoM ke sAtha aura kezI, bhagavAn RSabhadeva ke sAtha ekIkaraNa ko prApta hote haiN| * bhAgavata meM RSabhAvatAra kA citraNa : zrImadbhAgavata meM bhakti kI bhAgIrathI kA amara srota pravAhita hai| zrI vallabhAcArya bhAgavata ko maharSi vyAsadeva kI samAdhi bhASA kahate haiN| isakA tAtparya yaha hai ki vyAsajI ne bhAgavat ke tattvoM kA varNana samAdhi dazA meM anubhUta karake kiyA thaa| rAmAnujAcArya, vallabhAcArya, madhvAcArya, nimbArkAcArya, caitanya mahAprabhu prabhRti vijJoM kI bhakti sAdhanAoM kA mUla AdhAra bhAgavata hI thaa| vaiSNava paramparA kA bahumAnya aura sarvatra atiprasiddha grantha bhAgavata hai, jise bhAgavata-purANa bhI kahate 47 rAjasthAna ke udayapura jile kA eka prasiddha tIrtha jo 'kesariyA tIrtha' ke rUpa meM prasiddha hai| vaha digambara, zvetAmbara evaM vaiSNava Adi sabhI sampradAya vAloM ko samAna rUpa se mAnya hai| 48 (ka) vAtoddhatA jaTAstasya rejurAkulamUrtayaH -padmapurANa 3 / 288 (kha) sa pralambajaTAbhArabhrAjiSNuH -harivaMzapurANa 6 / 204 49 kezyagni viSaM kezI vibhati rodsii| kezI vizva svarduze kezIdaM jyotiruucyte| Rgveda 10 / 136 / 1 50 munirdevasya devasya sokRtyAya sakhA hitH| -Rgveda 10 / 136 / 4 51 sAhitya aura saMskRti-lekhaka devendra muni, prakAzaka-bhAratIya prakAzana, vaaraannsii| -36 259 Rushabhdev : Ek Parishilan

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Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth haiN| usameM RSabhadeva kA bahuta sundara aura suvistRta varNana prApta hotA hai, jo ki jaina paramparA se bahuta kucha milatA julatA hai| jaina paramparA kI taraha hI vahA~ para RSabhadeva aura bharata kA jIvanadarzana, mAtApitA ke nAma, unake sau putroM kA ullekha, unakI jJAna-sAdhanA, upadeza tathA dhArmika, sAmAjika nItiyoM kA pravartana aura bharata ke anAsakti yoga kA vistRta varNana kiyA gayA hai| zrImadbhAgavata purANa meM tIna sthaloM para avatAroM kA nirdeza kiyA hai- prathama skandha ke tRtIya adhyAya meM unakI saMkhyA bAIsa hai / dvitIya skandha ke saptama adhyAya meM teIsa saMkhyA ginAI hai, aura gyArahaveM skandha ke caturtha adhyAya meM solaha avatAroM kA nirdeza kiyA hai| bAIsa avatAroM meM RSabhadeva kI parigaNanAka AThaveM avatAra ke rUpa meM karate hue batAyA hai ki"AThavIM bAra nAbhi rAjA kI marUdevI nAmaka patnI ke garbha se RSabha ne avatAra grahaNa kiyA aura sabhI Azrama jise namaskAra karate haiM, aise paramahaMsadharma kA unhoMne apadeza diyA / "52 dvitIya skandha ke saptama adhyAya meM jahA~ teIsa avatAra ginAye haiM; lIlAvatAroM kA varNana karate hue likhA hai: "rAjA nAbhi kI patnI sudevI ke garbha se viSNu bhagavAn ne RSabha ke rUpa meM janma liyA, aura isa avatAra meM ve anAsakta rahakara, indriya tathA mana kI zAMti hetu sva-svarUpa meM avasthita rahakara samadarzI ke rUpa meM yoga sAdhanA meM saMlagna rhe| isa sthiti ko maharSiyoM ne 'paramahaMsapada' avasthA yA 'avadhUtacaryA' kahA hai / 53 - bhAgavata ke paJcama skandha meM dvitIya adhyAya se caturdaza adhyAya paryanta RSabhadeva tathA bharata kA savistAra varNana kiyA hai aura RSabhAvatAra ke prati vizeSa Adara bhAva dyotita kiyA gayA hai / RSabhAvatAra kA varNana karate hue vahA~ para likhA hai brahmA ne dekhA ki abhI taka mAnavoM kI saMkhyA meM vRddhi nahIM huI, to unhoMne mAnavoM kI saMkhyA bar3hAne ke liye sarvaprathama svayambhU manu aura satarUpA ko utpanna kiyaa| unake priyavrata nAmaka putra utpanna huA / priyavrata ke AgnIdhra Adi nau putra hue| priyavrata ne AgnIdhra ko rAjya dekara tApasa-vRtti aMgIkAra kara lii| pitA ke tapasyA meM saMlagna ho jAne para AgnIdhra ne prajA kA putravat pAlana kiyaa| eka bAra AgnIdhra putra prApti kI abhilASA se pUjA kI sAmagrI ekatra kara mandarAcala kI eka guphA meM calA gayA, aura vahA~ tapasyA meM lIna hokara brahmA kI ArAdhanA karane lagA / AdipuruSa brahmA ne usake manogata bhAvoM ko jAnakara pUrvacitti nAmaka apsarA ko bhejA / apsarA AgnIdhra ke samIpavartI ramaNIya udyAna meM vicaraNa karane lgii| 1. putra yAcanA AgnIdhra bar3A tejasvI aura pratibhAsampanna thA, usane pUrvacitti apsarA ko apanI ora AkRSTa kara liyaa| apsarA usake sAtha hajAroM varSa taka rhii| tatpazcAt usake nAbhi, kiMpuruSa, harivarSa, ilAvRtta, ramyak, hiraNyamaya, kurU, bhadrAzva aura ketumAla ye nau putra kramazaH hue pUrvacitti apsarA isake bAda Azrama se brahmA ke pAsa calI gaI / AgnIMdhra ne jambUdvIpa ko nau bhAgoM meM vibhAjita kara eka-eka khaNDa sabhI ko samAna rUpa se bAMTa diyA aura svayaM paralokavasI ho gyaa| pitA ke paralokagamana ke pazcAt nAbhi ne marudevI se, kiMpuruSa ne pratirUpA se, harivarSa ne ugradaMSTrI se, ilAvRtta ne latA se, ramyak ne ramyA se, hiraNyamaya ne zyAmA se, kurU ne nArI se, bhadrAzva ne bhadrA se aura ketumAla ne devatIti ke sAtha pANigrahaNa kiyA / / 52 aSTame marUdevyAM tu nAbhejati UrukramaH / darzayan vartma dhIrANAM sarvAzrama namaskRtam // - zrImadbhAgavata 1 / 3 / 13 nAmerasAvRSabha Asa sudevisUnu, ryo vainacAra samadRk jaDayogacayAm / yat pAramahaMsyamRSayaH padamAmananti, svasthaH prazAntakaraNaH parimuktasaGgaH / / zrImadbhAgavata 2 / 7 / 10 - 260 a 53 Rushabhdev: Ek Parishilan

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Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth 2. putra ke lie yajJa nAbhi ko bhI apane pitA AgnIdhra kI taraha kaI varSoM taka santAna nahIM huI, to usane putra-kAmanA se apanI patnI ke sAtha ekAgracitt hokara bhagavAn yajJa-puruSa kA pUjana kiyaa| yadyapi bhagavAn viSNu kI prApti honA koI sarala bAta nahIM thI tathApi bhagavAn bhakta-vatsala hote haiN| ataeva jaba nAbhi ke yajJa meM 'pravardI' karmoM kA anuSThAna hone lagA, taba nAbhi kI zraddhA-bhakti aura vizuddha bhAvanA kA avalokana kara svayaM bhagavAn viSNu bhakti ke paravaza hue bhakta kA abhISTa siddha karane ke liye prakaTa hue| sAkSAt bhagavAn ko apane samakSa nihArakara Rtvija, sadasya aura yajamAna atyanta AlhAdita hue aura stuti karate hue kahane lage-bhagavan ! yaha rAjarSi putra prApti hetu yajJa kara rahA hai, aura Apa sadRza putra-prApti kI icchA se ApakI nirmala bhAva se ArAdhanA kara rahA hai| viSNujI ne kahA- 'RSiyo ! Apane mujhe asamaMjasa meM DAlane vAlA vara mAMgA hai| mere samAna to meM hI hU~, akhila-sRSTi meM maiM advitIya hU~, maiM hI mere sadRza hU~ to phira mere jaisA putra maiM kaise bheja sakatA huuN| tathApi brAhmaNoM ke vacana mithyA nahI hote, kyoki dvijoM meM devatulya pUjanIya vidvAna brAhmaNa merA hI mukha haiM, ataH maiM svayaM apanI aMzakalA se AgnIdhranandana nAbhi ke yahA~ avatAra luuNgaa|' mahArAnI marudevI ke samakSa nAbhi-rAjA se kRtapratijJA hokara bhagavAn antardhyAna ho gye| maharSiyoM dvArA pUrNataH prasanna kiye jAne para svayaM bhagavAn nAbhirAja ko santuSTa karane ke liye, tathA saMnyAsI aura UvaratA vAtarazanA muniyoM ke dharma ko prakaTa karane ke lie mahArAnI marudevI ke garbha meM zuddha sattvamaya zarIra se prakaTa hue|54 nAbhinandana ke aMga janmanA vajra, aMkuza Adi zreSTha cihnoM se yukta the| samatA, zAnti, vairAgya aura aizvarya Adi mahAvibhUtiyoM ke kAraNa unakA prabhAva anudina vRddhigata hone lgaa| unake sundara, suDola zarIra, vipula kIrti, teja, yaza va parAkrama Adi anupama guNoM ko dekhakara nAbhirAja ne unakA nAma 'RSabha' zreSTha rkhaa|5 eka bAra IrSyAvaza indra ne unake rAjya meM varSA nahIM kI, taba yogezvara bhagavAn RSabha ne unakI mUrkhatA para ha~sate hue apanI yogamAyA ke prabhAva se apane 'ajanAbhakhaNDa' meM khUba jala barasAyA / 56 isase indra apane kRtya para atyanta lajjita huaa| 3. rAjyAbhiSeka ___mahArAjA nAbhi manonukUla putra ko prApta kara atyanta prasanna hue| jaba unhoMne dekhA ki maMtrimaMDala, nAgarika va rASTra kI janatA RSabhadeva kA bahumAna karate haiM to unhoMne RSabha ko dharma-maryAdA kI rakSA hetu rAjyAbhiSikta kara brAhmaNoM kI dekha-rekha meM chor3a diyA aura svayaM svapatnI sahita 'badarikAzrama' cale gye| vahA~ anudvegapUrNa ahiMsA kI kaThora sAdhanA kara anta meM nara-nArAyaNa rUpa svarupa meM lIna ho gye|57 bhagavAn RSabhadeva ne apane deza ajanAbhakhaNDa ko karmabhUmi mAnakara loka-saMgraha ke lie kucha kAla meM gurukulavAsa kiyaa| gurudeva ko yathocita dakSiNA dekara gRhasthAzrama meM praveza kI AjJA lii| janatA ko gRhastha-dharma kI zikSA dene ke liye devendra pradatta kanyA jayantI se vivAha kiyA, tathA zAstropadiSTa karmoM 54 barhiSi tasminneva viSNudatta bhagavAn paramarSibhiH prasAdito nAbheH priya cikIrSayA tadavarodhAyane marudevyAM dharmAn darzayitukAmo vAtarazanAnAM zramaNanAmRSINAmUrdhva-manthinAM zuklayA tnvaavtaar| -zrImadbhAgavat 5 / 3 / 20 tasya ha vA itthaM varmaNA varIyasA bahacchalokena caujasA balena zriyA yazasA vIryazauryAbhyAM ca pitA 'RSabha' itIdaM nAma cakAra / -vahI 5 / 42 vahI 5 / 4 / 3 57 zrImadbhAgavata 5 / 4 / 5 -1 261 - Rushabhdev : Ek Parishilan

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Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth kA samAcaraNa karate hue svasadRza guNavAn sau putroM ke pitA bne|58 unameM mahAyogI bharata jyeSTha aura zreSTha the, ataH unake nAma se isa ajanAbhakhaNDa ko bhAratavarSa kahane lge| unake choTe kuzAvarta, ilAvarta, brahmAvarta, malaya, ketu, bhadrasena, indraspRka, vidarbha aura kIkaTa ye nau rAjAkumAra the| unase choTe kavi, hari, antarikSa, prabuddha, pippalAyana, Avi.tra drumila, camasa aura karabhAjana; ye nau rAjakumAra bhAgavata dharma kA pracAra karane vAle, parama zAnta aura bhagavadbhakta the| inake choTe jayantI ke ikyAsI putra ati vinIta, mahAn vedajJa aura AjJAkArI the, ve puNyakarmoM kA anuSThAna karane se brAhmaNa ho gaye / / yadyapi bhagavAn RSabhadeva parama svatantra hone ke kAraNa svayaM sarvadA sarva prakAra kI anartha paramparA se rahita, kevala AnandAnubhava svarUpa aura sAkSAt Izvara hI the tathApi unhoMne kAlAnusAra dharma kA AcaraNa karake usakA tattva na jAnanevAle ajJAnI mAnavoM ko dharma kI zikSA dI, sAtha hI sama, zAnta, suhRd aura kAruNika rahakara dharma, artha, kIrti, putrAdi-saMtati aura viSaya-bhoga se prApta hone vAle yatheSTa AcaraNa se haTAkara samasta saMsAra ko zAstrokta AcaraNa meM lgaayaa| kyoMki 'mahAjano yena gataH saH panthAH' mahApuruSa jaisA AcaraNa karate haiM, vahI vizva ke lie zAstrarUpa bana jAtA hai| yadyapi ve svayaM dharma ke rahasya ko jAnate the, tathApi brAhmaNoM dvArA kathita sAma-dAma Adi upAyoM se janatA kA pAlana karane lage, aura zAstrokta vidhi ke anusAra sau bAra yajJezvara prabhu kA yajJoM se pUjana kiyaa| unake rAjya meM brAhmaNa se lekara cANDAla taka eka bhI puruSa aisA nahIM thaa| jo apane paramapitA RSabharAja kI prasannatA ke alAvA anya kisI vastu kI kAmanA karatA ho| yahI nahIM, AkAzakusumAdi avidyamAna vastu kI bhA~ti koI kisI vastu kI ora dRSTipAta bhI nahIM karatA thaa| 4. putroM ko upadeza eka bAra bhagavAn RSabhadeva paribhramaNa karate hue 'brahmAvarta' deza meM phuNce| vahA~ udbhaTa vidvAnoM aura brahmarSiyoM ke samakSa apane vinIta putroM ko mokSa-mArga kA sundara upadeza dete hue kahA- putro ! yaha manuSya zarIra, duHkhamaya viSayabhogoM ke liye hI nahIM hai, ye bhoga to viSThAbhojI kUkara zUkarAdi ko bhI milate haiM, isa nazvara deha se antaHkaraNa kI zuddhi hetu divya-tapa kA hI AcaraNa karanA cAhiye, isI se brahmAnanda kI saMprApti hotI hai| jaba taka AtmA ko svAtmatattva kI jijJAsA nahIM hotI, tabhI taka ajJAnavaza dehAdika dvArA usakA svarUpa AvRtta rahatA hai, aura taba taka mana meM karmavAsanAe~ bhI banI rahatI haiM, tathA inhIM se deha-bandhana kI prApti hotI hai| svAtmakalyANa kisameM hai ? isa bAta se anabhijJa puruSa vividha kAmabhogoM meM phaMsakara paraspara vairabhAva kI vRddhi kara lete haiM, ve yaha nahIM socate ki ina vaira virodhoM ke kAraNa narakAdi ghora duHkhoM kI prApti hogii|60 merA yaha avatAra-zarIra sarvadA acintanIya hai| zuddha sattva hRdaya meM hI dharma kI sthiti hai, maiMne adharma ko apane se bahuta dUra Dhakela diyA hai isI se satpuruSa mujhe 'RSabha' kahate haiN|61 isa prakAra bhagavAn ne apane putroM ko zarIra, dhana Adi kI nazvaratA va svAtma-tatparatA kA sundara upadeza diyA aura anta meM kahA ki tuma saba mere zuddha sattvamaya hRdaya se utpanna hue ho ataH IrSyA bhAva 58 vahI 5 / 48 59 vahI 5 / 4 / 9-13 60 'lokaH svayaM zreyasi naSTadRSTi yo'rthAn samIheta nikaamkaamH| anyonyavaraH sukhalezahetoranantaduHkhaM ca na veda mUDhaH / / -zrImadbhAgavata 5 / 5 / 16 idaM zarIraM mama durvibhAvyaM sattvaM hi me hRdayaM yatra dhrmH| pRSThe kRto me yadadharma ArAd ato hi mAmRSamaM prAhurAryAH / / -vahI 5 / 5 / 19 Rushabhdev : Ek Parishilan - 262 -

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Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth kA parityAga kara apane jyeSTha bandhu bharata kI niSkapaTa buddhi se sevA karo, yahI merI saccI pUjA hai| isa taraha suzikSita kara sau putroM meM jyeSTha bharata ko bhagavad bhakta parAyaNa jAnakara aura zAsanasUtra kA nirvAha karane meM sarvathA yogya samajhakara rAjya padAsIna kara diyA / 62 5. pUrNa tyAgI bharata ko rAjyabhAra sauMpakara bhagavAn RSabha svayaM upazamazIla nivRttiparAyaNa mahAmuniyoM ko bhakti, jJAna aura vairAgyarUpa paramahaMsocita dharmoM kI zikSA dene ke liye pUrNataH virakta ho gye| unhoMne kevala zarIra mAtra kA parigraha rakhA, anya saba kucha chor3akara ve sarvathA pUrNa tyAgI ho gye| usa samaya unake bAla bikhare hue the, unmatta kA sA veSa thA, isa sthiti meM ve agnihotra kI agniyoM ko apane meM hI samAhita karake saMnyAsI banakara 'brahmAvarta' deza se bAhara nikala gye| ve sarvathA mauna ho gaye the, koI bAta karanA cAhatA to usase bAta bhI nahIM karate the| avadhUta kA veza banAkara jar3a, aMdha, badhira, gUMge athavA pizAcagrasta manuSya kI bhA~ti pAgaloM kI taraha yatra-tatra vicarane lge| mArga meM adhama puruSa unheM lalakAra kara, tAr3anA dekara, unake zarIra para mala-mUtra kara, dhUla aura patthara Adi mArakara aneka prakAra ke durvacana kahakara unheM satAte, parantu jisa prakAra vanahastI makSikAoM ke AkramaNa kI paravAha nahIM karatA, tathaiva ve bhI ina kaSToM se tanika bhI vicalita nahIM hote aura sadA Atmastha rahate the| 6. ajagara vRtti jaba bhagavAn RSabhadeva ne dekhA, ki yaha mAnava-medinI yoga-sAdhanA meM vighna rUpa hai ataH aba bIbhatsavRtti se rahanA hI ucita hai, taba unhoMne ajagara vRtti (eka hI sthAna para sthita rahakara prArabdha karmoM kA bhoga karanA) dhAraNa kii| ve leTe-leTe hI annAdi kA bhojana karate aura par3e-par3e hI mala-mUtradi kA tyAga karate, jisase unakA zarIra mala-mUtra se sana jAtA thaa| parantu unake mala-mUtra se aisI sugandha nikalatI thI, ki usase dasa yojana paryanta deza sugandhita ho uThatA thaa| isI prakAra kucha dina taka unhoMne gau, mRga va kauoM kI vRtti ko dhAraNa kiyA aura unhIM kI bhAMti kabhI khar3e hue, kabhI baiThe hue athavA kabhI leTakara AhAra-nihAra Adi vyavahAra karane lge| isa prakAra nAnAvidha yogoM kA AcaraNa karate hue bhagavAn RSabhadeva ko anekoM aNimAdi siddhiyA~ prApta huIM, para unhoMne unakI ora A~kha uThAkara bhI nahIM dekhaa| 7. adbhuta avadhUta bhagavAn RSabhadeva lokapAla ziromaNi hokara bhI saba aizvaryoM ko tRNatulya tyAga kara akele avadhUtoM kI bhA~ti vividha veSa, bhASA aura AcaraNa se apane IzvarIya prabhAva ko chipAye rahate the| ve dakSiNa prAnta ke karNATaka deza meM jAkara kUTaka parvata ke bagIce meM mukha meM patthara kA grAsa lekara cirakAla taka unmattavat keza khole ghUmate rhe| yadyapi ve jIvanmukta the, to bhI yogiyoM ko deha-tyAga kI vidhi sikhAne ke liye unhoMne sthUla zarIra kA tyAga karanA caahaa| jaise kumbhakAra kA cAka ghumAkara chor3a dene para bhI thor3I dera taka svayaM hI ghUmatA rahatA hai, usI taraha liMga-zarIra kA tyAga kara dene para bhI yogamAyA kI vAsanA dvArA bhagavAn RSabha kA sthUla zarIra saMskAravaza bhramaNa karatA huA kRTakAcala parvata ke upavana ko prApta 62 zrImadbhAgavata 5 / 528 -36263 Rushabhdev : Ek Parishilan

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Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth. huaa| isI samaya vAyuvega se jhUmate hue bAMsoM ke gharSaNa se prabala dAvAgni dhadhaka uThI aura usane sAre vana ko apanI lAla-lAla lapaToM meM lekara RSabhadevajI ko zarIra sahita bhasma kara ddaalaa| isa prakAra RSabhadeva ne saMsAra ko paramahaMsoM ke zreSTha AcaraNa kA Adarza prastuta kara apanI lIlA saMvaraNa kI / 8. mahArAjA bharata bhagavAn RSabhadeva kI AjJA kA pAlana kara bhagavad bhakta bharata ne zAsana sUtra saMbhAlA aura vizvarUpa kI kanyA 'paJcajanI' ke sAtha vivAha kiyaa| jisa prakAra tAmasa ahaMkAra se zabdAdi pA~ca bhUta tanmAtra utpanna hote haiM usI prakAra paJcajanI ke garbha se 'sumati, rASTrabhRta, sudarzana, AvaraNa aura dhUmraketu' nAmaka pA~ca putra utpanna hue / jo sarvathA pitAtulya the| mahArAjA bharata bhI svakarmanirata prajA kA atyanta vAtsalya bhAva se pAlana karane lge| inhoMne yajJa puruSarUpa bhagavAn kA samaya-samaya para apane adhikAra ke anusAra 'agnihotra, darza, paurNamAsa, cAturmAsya, somayAga' prabhRti choTe-bar3e yajJoM dvArA zraddhApUrvaka ArAdhana kiyA / usa yajJakarma se hone vAle puNyarUpa phala ko ve yajJa puruSa bhagavAn ko arpita kara dete the| isa prakAra bhaktiyoga kA AcaraNa karate hue unheM kaI hajAra varSa vyatIta ho gaye / eka karor3a varSa vyatIta ho jAne para rAjya - bhoga kA prArabdha kSINa huA aura unhoMne vaMzaparamparAgata sampatti ko yathAyogya putroM meM bA~Ta diyA, svayaM pulastya maharSi ke Azrama (harikSetra) ko cale gye| maharSi bharata gaNDakI nadI ke kinAre pulastyAzrama kI puSpa vATikA meM rahate hue viSaya vAsanAoM se mukta hokara aneka prakAra ke patra, puSpa, tulasIdala, jala, kanda, phala Adi sAmagriyoM se bhagavAn kI arcanA karane lge| isa prakAra satata bhagavadArAdhanA karane se unakA hRdaya bhagavatprema se bhara gayA, jisase unakI bhagavad ArAdhanA ThIka taraha se nahIM ho pAtI thii| ve bhagavatprema meM itane masta ho jAte ki arcanA-vidhi vismRti ke garta meM kho jAtI thI / 9. bharatajI kI sAdhanA eka dina bharatajI gaMDakI nadI meM snAna - sandhyAdika nitya naimittika karma karake oMkAra kA jApa karate hue tIna ghaNTe taka nadI taTa para baiThe rahe / itane meM eka pyAsI hiraNI vahA~ AyI, usane jyoMhI jala pInA prArambha kiyA, ki siMha kI gambhIra garjanA se vaha bhayAkula ho gii| jala pInA chor3akara usane bar3e vega se nadI ke usa pAra chalAMga lagAyI chalAMga mArate hue asamaya hI usakA garbhapAta ho gyaa| mRgI to nadI ke usa pAra pahu~ca gayI, kintu vaha mRgazAvaka bIca jala dhArA meM hI gira pdd'aa| mRgI bhI zArIrika vedanA aura bhaya se abhibhUta huI eka guphA meM pahu~cI aura mara gaI / I yaha samasta dRzya pratyakSa nihArakara bharatajI kA komalahRdaya karuNA se bhara gayA / unhoMne usa zAvaka ko jala dhArA se bAhara nikAlA aura usa mAtRhIna mRga chaune ko apane Azrama meM le aaye| mRgazAvaka ke prati bharatajI kI mamatA uttarottara bar3hatI hI gayI, ve bar3e cAva se use khilAte, pilAte, hiMsaka jantuoM se usakI rakSA karate, usake zarIra ko khujalAte aura sahalAte isa prakAra dhIre-dhIre unakI mRga zAvaka ke prati atyanta gAr3ha Asakti ho gaI / isa kAraNa kucha hI dinoM meM unake yama-nimaya, aura bhagavatpUjA Adi Avazyaka kRtya chUTa gye| unakI Asakti karttavya buddhi ke rUpa meM Akara unheM dhokhA dene lagI / ve socate ki kAlacakra ne hI isa mRga chaune ko mAtA-pitA se chur3avAkara merI zaraNa meM pahu~cAyA hai, ataH mujhe apane Azrita kI sevA karanI cAhiye / Rushabhdev: Ek Parishilan 5 264 a

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Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth 10. bharata kI Asakti zanaiH-zanaiH bharatajI kI Asakti mRga-chaune ke prati itanI adhika bar3ha gayI, ki baiThate, sote, uThate, Tahalate aura bhojana karate unakA citta usake dRr3ha snehapAza se Abaddha rhtaa| jaba unheM patra-puSpAdi lene jAnA hotA to bher3iyoM aura kuttoM ke bhaya se use ve sAtha hI lekara jaate| mArga meM kahIM komala dhAsa dekhakara hariNazAvaka aTaka jAtA to ve atyanta prema-pUrNa hRdaya se apane kaMdhe para car3hA lete, kabhI godI meM uThAkara chAtI se lagA lete| nityanaimittika karmoM ko karate samaya bhI rAja-rAjezvara bharata bIca-bIca meM uThakara usa mRga-zAvaka ko dekhate, aura kabhI dikhAyI nahIM detA to atyanta uddhignatApUrvaka dIna puruSa kI bhA~ti vilApa krte| 11. bharata kA mRga bananA eka divasa bharata mRga-chaune ke nikaTa hI baiThe hue the, ki akasmAt karAlakAla upasthita ho gayA, aura unhoMne mRga-zAvaka ke dhyAna meM hI prANa tyAga diye| 'anta matiH sA gatiH' isa ukti ke anusAra ve marakara mRga bane, parantu bhagavadArAdhanA ke prabhAva se unakI pUrvajanma kI smRti naSTa nahIM huii| unhoMne socA, 'are, maiMne yaha kyA anartha kara ddaalaa| eka mRga-chaune ke moha meM lakSyacyuta hokara maiMne durlabha mAnavajanma ko svayaM hI kho diyaa|' aba to ve pUrNatayA sAvadhAna ho gye| ve apane parivAra ko chor3akara janmabhUmi kAliJcara parvata se usI pulastyAzrama meM cale Aye aura vahA~ sarvasaMgoM kA parityAga kara anta meM apane zarIra ke ardhabhAga ko gaNDakI nadI meM Duboye rakhakara mRga-yoni kA tyAga kiyaa| 12. rAjarSi bharata kI mahattA anta meM rAjarSi bharata kI zreSThatA kA bayAna karate hue bhAgavata-purANakAra ne kahA hai, 'jaise garur3ajI kI hor3a koI makkhI nahIM kara sakatI, usI prakAra rAjarSi bharata ke patha kA anya koI rAjA mana se bhI anusaraNa nahIM kara sktaa|63 unhoMne ati dustyaja pRthvI, putra, svajana, sampatti aura nArI kA tathA jisake liye bar3e-bar3e devatA bhI lAlAyita rahate haiM, vaha lakSmI unheM sahaja sulabha thI, tathApi kisI bhI vastu kI lezamAtra bhI AkAMkSA nahIM kI; kyoMki jisakA citta bhagavAn madhusUdana kI sevA meM anurakta ho gayA hai, unakI dRSTi meM mokSapada bhI atyanta tuccha hai| bhAgavatapurANa meM bharatI kA putra 'sumati' batAyA hai| usane RSabhadevajI ke mArga kA anusaraNa kiyaa| isIliye kaliyuga meM bahuta se pAkhaNDI anArya puruSa apanI dRSTa-buddhi se veda viruddha kalpanA karake use deva maaneNge|64 13. smRti aura purANoM meM bhagavAn RSabhadeva kI stuti manusmRti meM bhI kI gaI hai| vahA~ kahA hai-ar3asaTha tIrthoM meM yAtrA karane se jisa phala kI prApti hotI hai, utanA phala eka AdinAtha bhagavAn ke smaraNa se hotA hai|65 liMga purANa meM RSabhadeva kA savistRta varNana milatA hai| nAbhirAjA ke khAnadAna kA nirUpaNa karate ArSamasyeha rAjarSemanasApi mahAtmanaH / nAnuvamahitI nRpo makSikeva garutmataH / / yo dustyajAn kssitisutsvjnaarthdaaraan| prArthyAM zriyaM suravaraiH sadayAvaMlokam / / naicchannRpastaducitaM mahatAM madhudviT sevAnuraktamanasAmabhavo'pi phalguH / / -zrImadbhAgavatapurANa, 5 / 14 / 42-44 64 bharatasyAtmajaH sumatinAmAbhihito yamu ha vAva kecitpAkhaNDIna RSabhapadavI-manuvartamAnaM cAnAryA avedasamAmnAtAM devatAM svamanISayA pApIyasyA kalau klpyissynti| -zrImadbhAgavatapurANa, 5 / 15 / 1 65 aSTaSaSTipu tIrtheSu yAtrAyAM yatphalaM bhvet| zrI AdinAthasya devasya smaraNenApi tadbhavet / / -manusmRti -25 265 Rushabhdev : Ek Parishilan

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Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth. hue batAyA hai- nAbhi ke marudevI rAnI ke garbha se mahAn buddhidhAraka rAjAoM meM zreSTha, samasta kSatriyoM dvArA pUjya RSabha nAmaka putra utpanna huaa| RSabhadeva apane jyeSTha putra bharata ko rAjya sauMpakara tathA jJAna aura vairAgya kA avalambana lekara indriyoM para vijaya prApta karane lge| apanI AtmA meM hI AtmA dvArA paramAtmA kI sthApanA karake nirAhArI rahane lge| aise samaya meM unake keza bar3ha gaye the / AzAoM se vipramukta sandeha se rahita unakI sAdhanA unheM mokSa le jAne meM sahAyaka huI / 660 zivapurANa meM RSabha kA ullekha karate hue likhA hai, ki nAbhi ke RSabhAdi munIzvara putra hue aura una RSabhadeva ke sau putra hue una saba putroM meM bharata bar3e the| nau putroM ne dIkSA dhAraNa kara vItarAga pada ko prApta kiyA / bhagavAn RSabhadeva kI karma-parAyaNa buddhi ne zeSa ikyAsI putroM ko kArya kuzala banA diyA aura ve saba kArya samhAlane lge| kSatriyocita karttavya kA pAlana kara anta meM mokSa mArga ke pathika bne| 3 isI prakAra AnepurANa, brahmANDapurANa, viSNupurANa, kUrmapurANa nAradapurANa" vArAhapurANa, skandhapurANa Adi purANoM meM RSabhadeva bhagavAn kA nAmollekha hI nahIM, varan unake jIvana kI ghaTanAe~ bhI vistRta rUpa se dI gaI haiN| 74 68 isa prakAra sabhI hindu - purANa isa viSaya meM ekamata haiM, ki nAbhi ke putra RSabhadeva, unakI mAtA marudevI tathA putra bharata the jo apane sau bhAiyoM se jyeSTha the| 66 nAmenisarga vakSyAmi himAMke'sminnabodhata / nAbhistvajanayatputraM marudevyAM mahAmatiH / / RSamaM pArthivaM zreSThaM sarvakSatrasya pUjitam / RSabhAd bharato jajJe vIraH putrazatAgrajaH / / so'bhiSicyA'pi RSabho bharataM putravatsalaH / jJAnavairAgyagAzritya jitendriya mahoragAn / / nirAzastyaktasandehaH zaivamAya paraM padam / liMgapurANa, 48 / 19-23 67 tasya putrAstadA jAtA RSabhAdyAH munIzvarAH / tasya putrazataM hyAsIdRSabhasya mahAtmanaH / sarveSAM caiva putrANAM jyeSThoM bharata eva ca / navayogIndratAM prAptAH vItarAgAstathA'bhavan / / janakasya tu vijJAtaM tairdattaM tu mahAtmanaH / ekAzItiH tato jAtAH karmamArgaparAyaNAH / kSatriyANAM yathAkarma kRtvA mokSaparAyaNAH / RSabhazvorvaritAnA hitAya RSisattamAH / 68 jarAmRtyubhayaM nAsti dharmAdhamoM yugAdikamH / nAdharma madhyamaM tulyA himAdezAttu nAbhitaH / / RSabho marudevyAM ca RSabhAd bharato'bhavat / RSabhodAtta zrIputre zAlyagrAmeM hariM gataH / - AgneyapurANa 10 / 11-12 70 zivapurANa 52 / 85 69 nAbhistvajanayat putraM marudevyAM mahAdyutim / RSabhaM pArthivaM zreSThaM sarvakSatrasya pUrvajam // na te svasti yugAvasthA kSetreSvaSTusa sarvadA / himAyaM tu vai varSa nAbherAsInmahAtmanaH / / tasyarSamo'vatputro marudevyAM mahAdyutiH / brahmANDapurANa pUrva 14 / 53 70 RSabhAd bharato jajJe jyeSThaH putrazatasya saH / / - viSNupurANa, dvitIyAMza, a. 1 / 26-27 79 himAdyayaM tu yadvarSa nAbherAsInmahAtmanaH / tasyarSabho'bhavatputreo marudevyAM mahAdyutiH / / RSabhAd bharato jajJe vIraH putraH zatAgrajaH / so'bhiSicyarSamaH putraM bharataM pRthivIpatiH / kUrmapurANa 41 / 37 / 38 72 nAradapurANa, pUrvakhaMDa, a. 48 73 nAbhirmarudevyAM putramajanayat RSabhanAmAnaM tasya bharataH putrazca / 74 nAmaH putrazca RSabhaH RSabhAd bharato'bhavat / -skandhapurANa a. 37 Rushabhdev: Ek Parishilan 526624 - vArAhapurANa a. 74

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. itara sAhitya meM RSabhadeva * bauddha sAhitya meM RSabhadeva * itihAsa aura purAtatva ke Aloka meM * pAzcAtya vidvAnoM kI khoja * bauddha sAhitya meM RSabhadeva : bauddha-vAGmaya meM zramaNa bhagavAn mahAvIra ke jIvana-prasaMga aura nimrantha dharma kA ullekha aneka sthaloM para upalabdha hotA hai| yadyapi jaina-Agama granthoM meM mahAvIra ke samakAlIna vyakti ke rUpa meM buddha kA saMketa taka bhI nahIM milatA, kintu bauddha tripiTakoM meM 'nigaMTha nAyaputta' kA nirdeza, tathA eka prabala pratidvandI ke rUpa meM unakA vivaraNa bahutAyata se milatA hai, ataH buddha, bhagavAn mahAvIra ke samakAlIna hone se unakA ullekha bauddha sAhitya meM huA hai| jaina sAhitya meM tathAgata buddha kA ullekha na hone kA kAraNa yaha hai ki bhagavAn mahAvIra kucha pahale hue haiM aura buddha bAda meM hue haiN| mahAvIra ke samaya buddha kA itanA pracAra nahIM thA para buddha ke samaya mahAvIra kA pUrNa pracAra ho cukA thaa| ataH apane pracAra ke liye buddha ko mahAvIra kA virodha karanA Avazyaka ho gayA thaa| yaha satya hai ki bhagavAn RSabhadeva kA varNana jaisA vaidika sAhitya meM savistRta milatA hai, utanA bauddha sAhitya meM nhiiN| tathApi yatra-yatra bhagavAn mahAvIra tathA bharata ke sAtha-sAtha bhagavAn RSabhadeva kA ullekha milatA hai| dhammapada meM RSabha aura mahAvIra kA eka sAtha nAma AyA hai| jaina sAhitya meM kulakaroM kI paramparA meM nAbhi aura RSabha kA jaisA sthAna hai vaisA hI sthAna bauddha paramparA meM mahAsamaMtta kA hai|2 sAmayika paristhiti bhI donoM meM samAna rUpa se citrita huI hai| saMbhavataH bauddha paramparA meM RSabha kA hI apara nAma mahAsamatta ho| bauddhagrantha 'Arya maJjuzrI mUlakalpa' meM bhArata ke Adi-samrAToM meM nAbhiputra RSabha aura RSabhaputra bharata kA ullekha kiyA gayA hai- unhoMne himAlaya se siddhi prApta kii| ve vratoM kA paripAlana karane meM dRr3ha the, ve hI nirgrantha tIrthaMkara RSabhadeva jainoM ke Aptadeva the| isI grantha meM eka sthAna para kapila ke 1 usabhaM pavaraM vIraM mahesiM vijitAvinaM / anejaM nahAtakaM buddhaM tamahaM brUmi brAhmaNaM / / dhammapada 422 2 dIghanikAya-(ka) aggamasutta bhAga 3 (kha) jaina sAhitya kA bRhad itihAsa, bhAga 1, prastAvanA, pR0 22 / 3 jainadRSTi se siddhi-sthala aSTApada hai, himAlaya nhiiN| -lekhaka prajApateH sUto nAbhi tasyApi Agamucyati / nAbhino RSabhaputroM vai siddha kamaM dRr3havrata / / tasyApi maNicaro yakSaH siddho haimavate girau| RSabhasya bharataH putraH soDapi maMjatAna tadA japeta / / nirgrantha tIrthaMkara RSabha nirgrantha rUpi... -Arya maMjuzrI mUlakalpa zlo0 390-392 25 267 Rushabhdev : Ek Parishilan

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Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth. sAtha bhI unakA ullekha kiyA gayA hai / " dhammapada meM RSabha ko sarvazreSTha vIra abhihita kiyA hai / 6 nyAyabindu nAmaka grantha meM dharmakIrti ne sarvajJa ke dRSTAnta meM bhagavAn RSabhadeva aura bhagavAn mahAvIra kA nAmollekha dete hue kahA hai- 'jo sarvajJa athavA Asa haiM, ve jyotirjJAnAdika ke upadeSTA hote haiM, jaiseRSabha, vardhamAna adi / " Aryadeva vicarita SaTzAstra meM bhI RSabhadeva kA ullekha kiyA gayA hai| vahA~ kapila, kaNAda Adi RSiyoM ke sAtha RSabhadeva kI mAnyatA kA varNana hai| unhoMne likhA hai kapila, RSabha aura kaNAdAdi RSi 'bhagavat' kahe jAte haiN| RSabhadeva ke ziSya nirgrantha dharma zAstroM kA paThana karate haiN| RSabha kahate haiM 'tapa kA AcaraNa karo, keza-luJcanAdi kriyAe~ karo, yahI punyamaya haiN|' unake sAtha kucha aise adhyApaka the jo vrata, upavAsa va prAyazcitta Adi karate, agni tapate, sadaiva sthira rahate, mauna-vRtti dhAraNa karate the girizikhara se pathana karate athavA aisI kriyAoM kA samAcaraNa karate the jo unheM gau- sadRza zukla banAtI thiiN| una kriyAoM ko ve puNyazAlI samajhate the, aura ve samajhate the, ki isa prakAra hama ati zukla-dharma kA AcaraNa karate haiN| trizAstra-saMpradAya ke saMsthApaka zrI ci-tsaMga ne uparyukta kathana kA vizleSaNa karate hue kahA hai'RSabha tapasvI RSi haiM, unakA sadupadeza hai, ki hamAre deha ko sukha duHkha kA anubhava hotA hai| duHkha, pUrva - saMcita karma - phala hone se isa janma meM tapa- samAdhi dvArA naSTa kiyA jA sakatA hai, duHkha kA nAza hone se sukha tatkSaNa prakaTa ho jAtA hai| RSabhadeva kA dharma grantha 'nirgrantha sUtra' ke nAma se vizruta hai aura usameM sahasroM kArikAe~ haiN|' inhoMne svaracita upAya hRdaya zAstra meM bhagavAn RSabhadeva ke siddhAntoM kA bhI varNana kiyA hai| unhoMne batAyA hai, ki 'RSabhadeva ke mUla siddhAnta meM paJcavidha jJAna, chaha AvaraNa aura cAra kaSAya haiM / pA~ca prakAra kA jJAna- zruta, mati, avadhi, manaH paryava aura kevala hai| chaha AvaraNa haiM- darzanAvaraNI, vedanIya, mohanIya, AyuSya, gotra ora naam| inakI vipakSI zaktiyA~ chaha aizvarya haiN| cAra kaSAya- krodha, mAna, mAyA aura lobha haiN| isa prakAra ye RSabhadeva ke mUlabhUta siddhAnta haiM, isI kAraNa ve 'bhagavat' kahe jAte haiN| zrI citsaMga ne yadyapi jainadarzana sammata siddhAntoM kA hI varNana prastuta kiyA hai tathApi kucha truTiyA~ kramApekSA aura saMkhyApekSA se haiN| unhoMne SaT - zAstra meM ullikhita ulUka, kapila, Adi RSiyoM ke bAre meM apanA mantavya prastuta karate hue kahA hai, ki " ina saba RSiyoM ke mata RSabhadeva ke dharma kI hI zAkhAe~ haiN| ye saba RSi RSabhadeva ke samAna hI upavAsAdi karate the, parantu inameM kucha RSi phala ke tIna Tukar3e dina-bhara meM grahaNa karate the, kucha RSi vAyu kA Asevana karate the aura tRNa, ghAsa Adi kA AhAra karate the tathA mauna vRtti ko dhAraNa karate the / 199 inake atirikta bauddha sAhitya meM RSabhadeva ke sambandha meM anyatra varNana nahIM milatA hai| * itihAsa aura purAtattva ke Aloka meM : bhagavAn RSabhadeva prAgaitihAsika yuga meM hue haiN| Adhunika itihAsa unake sambandha meM mauna hai| aitihAsika 5 7 8 kapila muninAma RSivaro, nirgrantha tIrthaGkara... - vahI 392 usabhaM pavaraM vIraM - dhammapada 422 yaH sarvajJa Aso vA sa jyotirjJAnAdikamupadiSTavAn tadyathA RSabhavardhamAnAdiriti / taizotripiTaka 33 | 168 9 A Commentary on the Sata Sastra, 1, 2. Taishotr. Vol. 42, p. 244. 10 These teachers are offshoots of the sect of Rishabha. 11 Vol. 42, p. 427. Rushabhdev: Ek Parishilan 8526824

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Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth dRSTi se arhat ariSTanemi, puruSAdAnI pArzva aura mahAvIra ye tIna aitihAsika puruSa haiM, kintu RSabhadeva itihAsa kI parigaNanA ke pUrva hue haiM, tathApi purAtva Adi sAmagrI se RSabhadeva ke sambandha meM paryApta prakAza par3atA hai| mohanajodar3o kI khudAI se samprApta moharoM meM eka ora nagna dhyAnastha yogI kI AkRti aGkita hai to dUsarI ora vRSabha kA cihna hai, jo bhagavAn RSabhadeva kA lAMchana mAnA jAtA hai, ataH vijJoM kA aisA abhimata hai, ki yaha RSabhadeva kI hI AkRti honI cAhiye, aura ve usa yuga meM jana-jana ke ArAdhya rahe hoNge| __ svargIya DaoN. rAmadhArIsiMha dinakara likhate haiM- mohana-jo-dar3o kI khudAI meM prApta moharoM meM se eka meM yoga ke pramANa mile haiM / eka mohara meM eka vRSabha tathA dUsarI ora dhyAnastha yogI hai aura jaina dharma ke Adi tIrthaGkara RSabhadeva the| unake sAtha bhI yoga kI paramparA isI prakAra lipaTI huI hai| yaha paramparA bAda meM ziva ke sAtha samanvita ho gii| isa dRSTi se kaI jaina vidvAnoM kA yaha mAnanA ayukti yukta nahIM dikhatA ki RSabhadeva vedollikhita hone para bhI veda-pUrva haiN|12 mathurA ke saMgrahAlaya meM jo zilAlekha upalabdha hue haiM, ve do sahasra varSa pUrva rAjA kaniSka aura huviSka prabhRti ke zAsana kAla ke haiN| DaoN0 phUharara una zilAlekhoM ke gaMbhIra anusaMdhAna ke pazcAt isa niSkarSa para pahu~ce, ki prAcIna yuga meM RSabhadeva kA atyadhika mahatva thA, ve jana-jana ke mana meM base hue the| unheM bhakti-bhAvanA se vibhora hokara loga apanI zraddhA arpita karate the| sI. visenTa e. smitha kA yaha abhimata hai, ki mathurA se jo sAmagrI prApta huI hai, vaha likhita jaina paramparA ke samarthana meM vistAra se prakAza DAlatI hai aura sAtha hI jainadharma kI prAcInatA ke sambandha meM akATya pramANa bhI prastuta karatI hai evaM isa bAta para bala detI hai, ki prAcIna samaya meM bhI jainadharma isI rUpa meM maujUda thaa| I. san ke prArambha meM bhI apane vizeSa cihnoM ke sAtha caubIsa tIrthaGkaroM kI mAnyatA meM dRr3hatama vizvAsa thaa|13 antarrASTrIya vidvAna DaoN. harmana jekobI ne tIrthaGkaroM kI aitihAsikatA para anusaMdhAna karate hue likhA, ki pArzvanAtha ko jaina dharma kA praNetA yA saMsthApaka siddha karane ke liye koI pramANa upalabdha nahIM hai| jaina paramparA prathama tIrthaGkara RSabhadeva ko jainadharma kA saMsthApaka mAnane meM ekamata hai| isa mAnyatA meM aitihAsika satya kI sambhAvanA hai|14 / / zrI sTIvensana ne DaoN. harmana jekobI ke abhimata kA samarthana karate hue likhA hai, ki jaba jaina aura brAhmaNa donoM hI RSabhadeva ko isa kalpa kAla meM jainadharma kA saMsthApaka mAnate haiM to prastuta mAnyatA ko avizvasanIya nahIM mAnA jA sktaa|15 zrI varadAkAnta mukhopAdhyAya ema. ena. e. ne vibhinna grantha aura zilAlekhoM ke parizIlana ke pazcAt dRr3hatA ke sAtha isa bAta para bala diyA hai, ki logoM kA yaha bhramapUrNa vizvAsa hai, ki pArzvanAtha jaina dharma 12 13 Ajakala, mArca 1962 pR. 8 / The discoveries have to a very large extent supplied corroboration to the written Jain tradition and they offer tangible incontrovertible proof of the antiquity of the Jain religion and of its early existence very much in its present from. The series of twentyfour pontiffs (ThirthAnkaras), each with his distinctive emblem, was evidently firmly believed in at the beginig of the Christian era. -The Jain Stup- Mathura, Intro., p. 6 There is nothing to prove that Parshva was the founder of Jainism. Jain tradition is unanimous in making Rishabha something historical in the tradition which makes him the first Tirthanakara. ___-Indian Antiquary, Vol. IX, P. 163 It is so seldom that Jains and Brahmanas argee, that I do not see how we can refues them credit in this instance, Where they do so. -Kalpa Sutra. Intro., P. XVI 14 15 3269 -Rushabhdev : Ek Parishilan

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Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth ke saMsthApaka the, kintu satya yaha hai, ki isakA prathama pracAra RSabhadeva ne kiyA aura usakI puSTi meM pramANoM kA abhAva nahIM hai|16 kitane hI purAtattvavijJa tIrthaGkaroM ke sambandha meM anusaMdhAna kara jaina dharma ke sambandha meM apane vicAra vyakta karate hue likhate haiM ki nissaMdeha jaina dharma hI sampUrNa vizva meM eka saccA dharma hai aura yahI samasta mAnavoM kA Adi dharma hai|17 prophesara tAna-yuna-zAna ke zabdoM meM 'ahiMsA kA pracAra vaijJAnika tathA spaSTa rUpa se jaina tIrthaGkaroM dvArA kiyA gayA hai jisameM antima mahAvIra vardhamAna the|' kendrIya dhArA sabhA ke bhUtapUrva adhyakSa SaNmukha ceTTI kA yaha abhimata hai ki bhArata ke jainI hI yahA~ ke mUlanivAsI haiM kyoMki Arya loga jaba bAhara se bhArata meM Aye the usa samaya bhArata meM jo dravIr3a loga rahate the unakA dharma jaina dharma hI thaa| mahAmahopAdhyAya DaoN. zatIzacandrajI vidyAbhUSaNa, priMsipala saMskRta kAleja, kalakattA kA yaha mantavya hai ki jaina dharma taba se pracalita hai jaba se saMsAra meM sRSTi kA Arambha huA hai| mujhe isameM kisI prakAra kA ujra nahIM hai ki vaha vedAnta Adi darzanoM se pUrva kA hai| lokamAnya bAlagaMgAdhara tilaka likhate haiM- granthoM evaM sAmAjika AkhyAnoM se jAnA jAtA hai, ki jaina dharma anAdi hai-yaha viSaya nirvivAda evaM mata-bheda se rahita hai| sutarAM, isa viSaya meM itihAsa ke sabala pramANa haiM...... jaina dharma prAcInatA meM prathama nambara hai| pracalita dharmoM meM jo prAcIna dharma haiM, unameM bhI yaha prAcIna hai|'18 mahAmahopAdhyAya paM. rAma mizra zAstrI jaina dharma kI prAcInatA ko sapramANa prastuta karate hue likhate haiM- "jaina dharma taba se pracalita huA jaba se sRSTi kA prArambha huaa| isameM mujhe kisI bhI prakAra kI Apatti nahIM hai, ki jaina dharma vedAntAdi darzanoM se pUrva kA hai|" suprasiddha itihAsajJa pro. meksamUlara jaina dharma ko anya dharma kI zAkhA na mAna kara likhate haiM"vizeSataH prAcIna bhArata meM kisI bhI dharmAntara se kucha grahaNa karake eka nUtana dharma pracAra karane kI prathA hI nahIM thii| jaina dharma hindUdharma se sarvathA svatantra hai, vaha usakI zAkhA yA rUpAntara nahIM hai|' pAzcAtya vicAraka mejara janarala je. sI. Ara. phalAMga, epha. Ara. esa. I. ne likhA hai ki"bauddha dharma ne prAcIna IsAI dharma ko kauna se aitihAsika sAdhanoM se prabhAvita kiyA isakI gaveSaNA karate hue yaha niHsandeha svIkAra karanA hogA ki isa dharma ne jaina dharma ko svIkAra kiyA thA, jo vAstava meM araboM, kharaboM varSoM se karor3oM manuSyoM kA prAcIna dharma thaa|19 jaina dharma ke Arambha ko jAna pAnA asambhava hai|20 bhAratavarSa kA sabase prAcIna dharma jainadharma hI hai|"21 sana 1956 meM jApAna meM jimuju vizvadharma pariSada kA Ayojana huA thaa| usa Ayojana meM barmA ucca nyAyAlaya ke mukhya nyAyamUrti mA. yUcAna, tunaAMga ne apane adhyakSIya abhibhASaNa meM kahA-"jaina 16 jainadharma kI prAcInatA, pR. 8 17 Yea, his (Jain) religion is the only true one uponearth, the prinitive faith of all mankind. - Description of the Character, Manners and Customs of the people of India and of their institutions religious and civil. 18 ahiMsA vANI, varSa 6, aMka 4, julAI 56, pR0 197-198 39 Through What Historical channels did Buddhism influence early Christianity, We must widen this enquiry by making it embrace Jainism the undoubtedly prior faith of comparative religion. -Intro, p. 1 20 It is impossible to find a beginning for Jainism -lbid., p. 13 21 Jainism thus appears an earliest faith of India. -Ibid., p. 15 Rushabhdev : Ek Parishilan -6270

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Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth dharma saMsAra ke jJAta sabhI prAcIna dharmoM meM se eka hai, aura usakA ghara bhArata hai|22 DaoN. jimmara jaina dharma ko prAgaitihAsika tathA vaidika dharma se pRthak dharma hai isakA pratipAdana karate hue likhate haiM "brAhmaNa AryoM se jaina dharma kI utpatti nahIM huI hai, apitu vaha bahuta hI prAcIna prAk Arya uttara-pUrvI bhArata kI ucca zreNI ke sRSTi vijJAna evaM manuSya ke Adi vikAsa tathA rIti-rivAjoM ke adhyayana ko vyakta karatA hai|23 Aja prAgaitihAsika kAla ke mahApuruSoM ke astitva ko siddha karane ke sAdhana upalabdha nahIM haiM, isakA artha yaha nahIM hai, ki ve mahApuruSa hue hI nahIM haiN| avasarpiNI kAla meM bhogabhUmi ke anta meM arthAt pASANa kAla ke avasAna para kRSikAla ke prArambha meM prathama tIrthaGkara RSabha hue, jinhoMne mAnava ko sabhyatA kA pATha pddh'aayaa| unake pazcAt aura bhI tIrthaGkara hue, jinameM se kitanoM kA ullekha vedAdi granthoM meM bhI milatA hai, ataH jaina dharma bhagavAn RSabhadeva ke kAla se calA A rahA hai| isa prakAra spaSTa hai ki, jainadharma prAgaitihAsika, ati prAcIna aura anAdi hai| atIta kAla se pracalita dharma hai aura usake saMsthApaka bhagavAn RSabhadeva haiN| samrATa bharata unake putra the| ina pramANoM ke atirikta anya itihAsa ke pramANa upalabdha nahIM hote, kyoMki bhagavAn RSabha prAgaitihAsika kAla meM hue haiN| purAtAtvika dRSTi se pRthvI para mAnava kI utpatti lagabhaga aThAraha lAkha varSa pUrva aphrikA meM huI thI, jabaki bhAratavarSa meM manuSya jAti kA AvirbhAva madhya plAyasTosina (Middle Pleistocine) kAla arthAt lagabhaga do lAkha varSa pUrva mAnA gayA hai| prArambha ke pASANayugIna mAnavoM ke aujAra to saritA ke taToM para upalabdha hue haiN| karIba paccIsa hajAra varSa pUrva ke madhya pASANayugIna mAnavoM ne zikAra ke sAtha kandamUla kA AhAra karanA bhI sIkha liyA thA, para IsA se cAra sahasra varSa pUrva taka bhAratIya mAnava ko miTTI ke pAtroM kA nirmANa karanA aura kRSi karma parijJAta nahIM thaa| kveTA ke sannikaTa kIlI gola mohammada ke purAtAttvika utkhanana se jJAta miTTI ke pAtra rahita grAmya saMskRti kA samaya kArbana-14 kI pravidhi se 3690-85 I. pU. va 3510-515 I. pU. nizcita kiyA gayA hai| isa samaya taka pazupAlana aura kRSi kA prArambha ho cukA thaa| sindhu ghATI sabhyatA ke pUrva kI koTar3ajI aura kAlIbaMgA kI saMskRti kA samaya tIna hajAra I. pUrva nizcita kiyA gayA hai| jisa samaya miTTI ke pAtra evaM suvyavasthita bhavya bhavana banAne kA kArya prArambha ho cukA thaa| sindhu ghATI sabhyatA kA vistAra saurASTra tathA pazcimI rAjasthAna ke atirikta gaMgA ghATI meM Alamagirapura taka thaa| jisakA samaya paccIsa sau se aThAraha I. pUrva mAnA jAtA hai| prastuta Aryetara saMskRti ke prati ghRNA ke bhAva Rgveda ke prArambhika sUktoM meM prakaTa hue haiN| rAjasthAna evaM madhyapradeza kI tAmrAzmayugIna grAmya saMskRti kA kAla 1900 se 600 I. pUrva tathA gaMgA-yamunA kI ghATI meM vikasita Akara veyara kI grAmya saMskRti aThAraha sau se gyAraha sau I. pU. aura usI paramparA meM AryoM se sambaddha kI jAne vAlI citrita sileTI pAtroM kI saMskRti kA kAla gyAraha sau I. pU. mAnA gayA hai| bhArata ke suprasiddha itihAsajJa zrI jayacanda vidyAlaMkAra ne likhA hai- "jainoM kA mata hai, ki jainadharma ati prAcIna hai, aura mahAvIra se pUrva teIsa tIrthaGkara ho cuke haiM, jo usa dharma ke pravartaka evaM pracAraka the| sarvaprathama tIrthaMkara samrATa RSabhadeva the jinake eka putra bharata ke nAma se isa deza kA nAma bhAratavarSa prasiddha huaa|" jainadharma ke Adya-saMsthApaka bhagavAna RSabhadeva ke janma, rAjyazAsana kA mukhya kendra ayodhyA aura 22 ahiMsA vANI, varSa 6, aMka 7, akTUbara 1956, pR. 305 / 23 Jainism, does not derive from Brahman Aryan sources but reflects the cosmology and anthropology of a much old, Pre-Aryan upper class of north-eastern India. -The Philosophies of India, p. 217 -13 271 Rushabhdev : Ek Parishilan

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Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth ikSvAkubhUmi, hastinApura Adi bastI kA samaya I. pU. aThAraha sau varSa mAnate haiN| yaha jo mantavya hai vaha aitihAjisaka vidvAnoM kA hai| RSabhadeva aura paravartI tIrthaGkaroM ke vaMza, janmasthalI, varNa, nAma evaM zAsana kSetra se unheM Aryarakta mAnane kI paramparA ucita hai| yadyapi purAtatvavettA gaMgA ghATI kI citrita sileTI pAtra saMskRti ko hI AryoM se sambandhita karate haiM, kyoMki isake pUrva kI AryoM kI bhUmi ke rUpa meM saptasiMdhu pradeza aura brahmavarta pradeza kI pratiSThA vaidika sAhitya meM pragaTa hotI hai| sindhu ghATI kI Aryettara sabhyatA ke prApta dhvaMsAzeSa aura utkhananoM se bhI yahI pratIta hotA hai, ki jainadharma ke Adi saMsthApaka RSabhadeva the| yadi hama jainetara sAhityika pramANoM kA vivecana kareM, to unakA caritra paurANika manu se milatA hai| Rgveda meM varNita vAtarazanA muni va RSabhadeva zramaNa saMskuti se sambandhita haiN| Rgveda hammurAbI (I. pU. 2123-2018) ke abhilekhoM, sindhu sabhyatA, sumerU sabhyatA evaM IrAna meM vRSabha ko deva rUpa mAnA gayA thaa| sambhavataH kRSi karma kI mahattA ke kAraNa vRSabha ko yaha viziSTa gaurava pradAna kiyA gayA hogaa| bhArata kI Aryetara sindhu sabhyatA meM baila kI mRNmaya mUrtiyA~ evaM mudrAMkita zreSTha AkRtiyoM se RSabhadeva kI mahattA spaSTa hotI hai| * pAzcAtya vidvAnoM kI khoja : jaina dharma bhArata ke hI vividha aMcaloM meM nahIM apitu vaha eka dina videzoM meM bhI phailA huA thaa| hamAre prastuta kathana kI puSTi mahAn vicAraka pAdarI revareNDa ebbe je. e. DubAI ne apanI phrAnsIsI bhASA kI pustaka meM eka jagaha kI hai| ve likhate haiM- "eka yuga meM jaina dharma sampUrNa eziyA meM sAiberiyA se rAjakumArI taka aura kespIyana jhIla se lekara kemsa caTakA khAr3I taka phailA huA thaa|" revareNDa DubAI ke prastuta abhimata kI puSTi meM bhI aneka pramANa haiN| videzoM meM aneka sthaloM para khudAI karane para tIrthaGkaroM kI vibhinna mudrAe~ prApta huI haiM jo vahA~ kI anubhUtiyoM meM bhI vibhinna ghaTanAoM evaM tathyoM ko ujAgara karatI bhagavAna RSabhadeva videzoM meM bhI paramArAdhya rahe haiN| vahA~ para ve kRSi ke devatA, varSA ke devatA aura sUrya deva ke rUpa meM upAsya rahe haiN| DaoN. kAmatAprasAda jaina ne sabhI mAnyatAoM aura gaveSaNAoM kA vargIkaraNa karate hue likhA hai"pUrva meM cIna aura jApAna bhI unake nAma aura kAma se paricita haiN| bauddha-cInI tripiTaka meM unakA ullekha prApta hotA hai| jApAniyoM ne (Rok' shab) kahakara AhvAna kiyA hai| madhya eziyA, mizra aura yunAna meM ve sUryadeva jJAna kI dRSTi se ArAdhya rahe haiM, aura phoneziyA meM rezepha nAma se baila ke cihna meM udRGkita kiye gaye haiN| madhya eziyA meM RSabhadeva (Bull God) arthAt 'bADa Ala' nAma se abhihita kiye gaye haiN| phaNika logoM kI bhASA meM rezepha zabda kA artha 'sIMgoM vAlA devatA' hai, jo RSabha ke baila ke cihna kA dyotaka hai| sAtha hI 'rezepha' zabda kA sAmya bhI 'RSabha' zabda se hai|" prophesara Ara. jI. harSa ne apane anveSaNAtmaka lekha24 meM likhA hai- 'Alasipha (sAiprasa) se prApta apolo (sUrya) kI I. pUrva bArahavIM zatI kI pratikRti kA dvitIya nAma 'rezepha' (Reshf) hai| prastuta rezepha 'RSabha' kA hI apabhraMza rUpa ho sakatA hai aura sambhava hai, ki yaha RSabha hI RSabhadeva hone caahiye| 24 buleTina Apha dI Dekkana kaoNleja risarca insTITayUTa, bhAga 14, khaNDa 3, pR. 226- 236 / / Rushabhdev : Ek Parishilan 362724

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Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth yUnAna meM sUryadava apolI ko aisI pratikRtiyA~ prApta huI haiM, jinakA sAmya RSabhadeva kI pratikRti ke sAtha ho sakatA haiN|' DaoNkTara kAlIdAsa nAga ne madhya eziyA meM DelphI sthala se saMprApta eka Argiva pratimUrti kA citra apanI pustaka meM diyA hai, jise ve lagabhaga dasa sahasra varSa purAnA mAnate haiM, jo bhagavAn RSabhadeva kI AkRti se milatA-julatA hai| isameM kandhoM para laharAtI jaTAe~ bhI dikhAI gaI haiM, jo unake keza rakhane kA pratIka hai| 'Argiva' zabda kA artha sambhavataH agramAnava yA agradeva ke rUpa meM ho sakatA hai| 'phaNika loga jainadharma ke upAsaka bhI the' prastuta kathana jaina kathA sAhitya meM Aye hue phaNika logoM ke udAharaNoM se jJAta hotA haiN| ataH phaNikoM ke bADala (Bull God) RSabha jJAta hote haiN| yaha nAma pratIkavAdI zailI meM hai| isa prakAra bhArata ke atirikta bAhya dezoM meM bhI bhagavAn RSabhadeva kA virAT vyaktitva vibhinna rUpoM meM camakA hai| sambhava hai, unhoMne mAnavoM ko kRSi kalA kA parijJAna karAyA thA ataH ve 'kRSi devatA' kahe gaye hoN| Adhunika vijJa unheM 'egrIkalcara eja' kA mAnate haiN| dezanA rUpI varSA karane se ve 'varSA ke devatA' kahe gaye haiN| kevalajJAnI hone se 'sUryadeva' ke rUpa meM mAnya rahe haiN| RSabhadeva kA jIvana vyaktitva aura kRtitva vizva ke koTI-koTI mAnavoM ke liye kalyANarUpa, maMgalarUpa va varadAnarUpa rahA hai| ve zramaNa saMskRti va brAhmaNa saMskRti ke Adi puruSa haiN| ve bhAratIya saMskRti ke hI nahIM; mAnava saMskRti ke Adya-nirmAtA haiN| unake himAlaya sadRza virAT jIvana para dRSTipAta karane se mAnava kA mastiSka U~cA ho jAtA hai aura antarabhAva zraddhA se nata ho jAtA hai| -33 273 Rushabhdev : Ek Parishilan

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// jaina dharma kA maulika itihAsa // AcArya hastImalajI jaina zAstroM ke anusAra isa avasarpiNIkAla meM 24 tIrthaMkara, 12 cakravatI, 9 vAsudeva, 9 prativAsudeva aura 9 baladeva- ye 63 uttama puruSa hue haiN| inako zAstrIya paribhASA meM triSaSThi zalAkA puruSa kahA jAtA hai| inakA vistRta citraNa prAcIna jaina-jaineMtara granthoM ke AdhAra se isa grantha meM sundara rUpa se prastutikaraNa kiyA gayA hai| yahA~ isa grantha meM samAviSTa bhagavAna RSabhadeva aura aSTApada viSayaka kucha tathyoM kA nidarzana kiyA gayA hai| * dezanA aura tIrtha sthApanA : kevalajJAnI aura vItarAgI bana jAne ke pazcAt RSabhadeva pUrNa kRtakRtya ho cuke the| ve cAhate to ekAnta sAdhanA se bhI apanI mukti kara lete, phira bhI unhoMne dezanA dii| isake kaI kAraNa batAye gaye haiN| prathama to yaha ki jaba taka dezanA de kara dharmatIrtha kI sthApanA nahIM kI jAtI, taba taka tIrthaMkara nAma karma kA bhoga nahIM hotaa| dUsarA, jaisA ki praznavyAkaraNa sUtra meM kahA gayA hai, samasta jagajIvoM kI rakSA va dayA ke liye bhagavAn ne pravacana diyaa| ataH bhagavAn RSabhadeva ko zAstra meM prathama dharmopadezaka kahA gayA hai| vaidika purANoM meM bhI unheM dazavidha dharma kA pravartaka mAnA gayA hai| jisa dina bhagavAn RSabhadeva ne prathama dezanA dI, vaha phAlguna kRSNA ekAdazI kA dina thaa| usa dina bhagavAn ne zruta evaM cAritra dharma kA nirUpaNa karate hue rAtribhojana viramaNa sahita ahiMsA, satya, acaurya, brahmacarya aura aparigraharUpa paMcamahAvrata dharma kA upadeza diyaa| prabhu ne samajhAyA ki mAnava-jIvana kA lakSya bhoga nahIM yoga hai, rAga nahIM virAga hai, vAsanA nahIM sAdhanA hai, vRttiyoM kA haThAt damana nahIM apitu jJAnapUrvaka zamana hai| 1. prazna pra. sNvr| 2. brahmANDa purANa... 3. (ka) phagguNabahule ikkArasII aha aTTameNabhatteNa / uppannaMmi aNaMte mahabbayA paMca pnnve|| -Avazyaka niyukti gAthA-340 (kha) savva jagajIva rakkhaNa dayaThyAe pAvayaNaM bhagavayA sukhiyN| -prazna vyaakrnn-2|1| Pg. 119-121 Rushabhdev Vol. I Ch. 2-C, Jain Dharma ka Maulik Itihas 3274 -

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bhagavAn kI pIyUSavarSiNI vANI se nikale hue ina virAga pUrNa udgAroM ko suna kara samrAT bharata ke RSabhasena Adi pA~ca sau putroM evaM sAta sau pautroM ne sAdhu-saMgha meM aura brAhmI Adi pA~ca sau sannAriyoM ne sAdhvI saMgha meM dIkSA grahaNa kI / mahArAja bharata samyagdarzI zrAvaka hue| isI prakAra zreyAMzakumAra Adi sahasroM narapuMgavoM aura subhadrA Adi sannAriyoM ne samyagdarzana aura zrAvaka vrata grahaNa kiyaa| isa prakAra sAdhu-sAdhvI zrAvaka aura zrAvikA rUpa yaha cAra prakAra kA saMgha sthApita huaa| dharmatIrtha kI sthApanA karane se bhagavAn sarvaprathama tIrthaMkara kahalAye / RSabhasena ne bhagavAn kI vANI sunakara pravrajyA grahaNa kI aura tIna pRcchAoM se unhoMne caudaha pUrva kA jJAna prApta kiyA / bhagavAn ke caurAsI gaNadharoM meM prathama gaNadhara RSabhasena hue| kahIM-kahIM puDarIka nAma kA bhI ullekha milatA hai parantu samavAyAMga sUtra Adi ke AdhAra se puMDarIka nahIM, RSabhasena nAma hI saMgata pratIta hotA hai| RSabhadeva ke sAtha pravrajyA grahaNa karane vAle jina cAra hajAra vyaktiyoM ke liye pahale kSudhA, pipAsAdi kaSToM se ghabarA kara tApasa hone kI bAta kahI gaI thI, una logoM ne bhI jaba bhagavAn kI kevala - jJAnotpatti aura tIrtha - pravartana kI bAta sunI to, kaccha mahAkaccha ko chor3akara zeSa sabhI bhagavAn kI sevA me Aye aura ArhatI pravrajyA grahaNa kara sAdhu saMgha meM sammilita ho gye| " AcArya jinasena ke matAnusAra RSabhadeva ke 84 gaNadharoM ke nAma isa prakAra haiM : 1. vRSabhasena 2. kumbha 3. dRDharatha 4. zatrudamana 5. devazarmA 6. dhanadeva 7. nandana 8. somadatta 9. suradatta 10. vAyazarmA 4. 5. 6. 11. subAhu 12. devAgni 13. agnideva 14. agnibhUti 15. tejasvI 16. agnimitra 17. haladhara 18. mahIdhara 19. mAhendra 20. vasudeva 21. vasundhara Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth 22. acala 23. meru 24. bhUti 25. sarvasaha 26. yajJa 27. sarvagupta 28. sarvapriya 29. sarvadeva 30. vijaya 31. vijayagupta 32. vijayamitra 33. vijayazrI 34. parAkhya 35. aparAjita 36. vasumitra 275 "bhagavao sagAse pavvatA / " - A. ni. ma. pR. 230 (ba) tri. 1/3/654 harivaMza purANa, sarga 12, zloka 54-70 37. vasusena 38. sAdhusena 39. satyadeva 40. satyaveda 41. sarvagupta 42. mitra 43. satyavAn 44. vinIta 45. saMvara tattha usabhaseNo NAma bharahassa ranno puto so dhamma soUNa pavvaito teNa tihiM pucchAhiM cohasapuvvAI gahitAI uppanne vigate ghute, tattha bambhIvi pavvaiyA / - A. cUrNi pR 182 46. RSigupta 47. RSidatta 48. yajJadeva Jain Dharma ka Maulik Itihas

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Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth 70. candaca 50. yajJamitra 51. yajJadatta 52. svayaMbhuva 53. bhAgadatta 54. bhAgaphalgu 55. gupta 56. gupta phalgu 57. mitra phalgu 58. prajApati 59. satya yaza 60. varuNa 61. dhanavAhika 62. mahendradatta 3. tejorAzi 64. mahAratha 65. vijayazruti 66. mahAbala 67. suvizAla 68. vajra 69. vaira candracUDa 71. meghezvara 72. kaccha 73. mahAkaccha 74. sukaccha 75. atibala 76. bhadrAvali 77. nami 78. vinami 79. bhadrabala 80. nandI 81. mahAnubhAva 82. nandImitra 83. kAmadeva 84. anupama jabaki suSama-duHSama nAmaka tIsare Araka ke samApta hone meM 89 pakSa (tIna varSa, ATha mAsa aura pandraha dina) zeSa rahe the, usa samaya prabhu RSabhadeva nirvANa ko prApta hue| prabhu ke sAtha jina 10,000 sAdhuoM ne pAdapopagamana saMthArA kiyA thA ve bhI prabhu ke sAtha siddha-buddha-mukta hue| * nirvANa mahotsava : bhagavAn RSabhadeva kA nirvANa hote hI saudharmendra zakra Adi 64 indroM ke Asana calAyamAna hue| ve saba indra apane-apane vizAla deva parivAra aura adbhuta divya-RSi ke sAtha aSTApada parvata ke zikhara para aaye| devarAja zakra kI AjJA se devoM ne tIna citAoM aura tIna zivikAoM kA nirmANa kiyaa| zakra ne kSIrodaka se prabhu ke pArthiva zarIra ko aura dUsare devoM ne gaNadharoM tathA prabhu ke zeSa antevAsiyoM ke zarIroM ko kSIrodaka se snAna krvaayaa| una para gozIrSa candana kA vilepana kiyA gyaa| zakra ne prabhu ke aura devoM ne gaNadharoM tathA sAdhuoM ke pArthiva zarIroM ko kramazaH tIna atIva sundara zivikAoM meM rkhaa| "jaya jaya nandA, jaya jaya bhaddA" Adi jayaghoSoM aura divya deva vAdyoM kI tumula dhvani ke sAtha indroM ne prabhu kI zibikA ko aura devoM ne gaNadharoM tathA sAdhuoM kI donoM pRthak-pRthak zibikAoM ko utthaayaa| tInoM citAoM ke pAsa Akara eka citA para zakra ne prabhu ke pArthiva zarIra ko rkhaa| devoM ne gaNadharoM ke pArthiva zarIra unake antima saMskAra ke lie nirmita dUsarI citA para aura sAdhuoM ke zarIra tIsarI citA para rkhe| zakra kI AjJA se agnikumAroM ne kramazaH tInoM citAoM meM agni kI vikurvaNA kI aura vAyukumAra devoM ne agni ko prajvalita kiyaa| usa samaya agnikumAroM aura vAyukumAroM ke netra azruoM se pUrNa aura mana zoka se bojhila bane hue the| gozIrSacandana kI kASTha se cunI huI una citAoM meM devoM dvArA kAlAgasa Adi aneka prakAra ke sugandhita dravya DAle gye| prabhu ke aura unake antevAsiyoM ke pArthiva zarIroM kA agni-saMskAra ho jAne para zakra kI AjJA se meghakumAra devoM ne kSIrodaka se una tInoM citAoM ko ThaNDA kiyaa| sabhI devendroM ne apanI-apanI maryAdA ke anusAra prabhu kI DAr3hoM aura dA~toM ko tathA zeSa devoM ne prabhu kI asthiyoM ko grahaNa kiyaa| taduparAnta devarAja zakra ne bhavanapati, vANavyantara, jyotiSka aura vaimAnika devoM ko sambodhita karate hue kaha- "he devAnupriyo ! zIghratA se sarva-ratnamaya vizAla AlayoM (sthAna) vAle tIna caitya-stupoM kA nirmANa kro| unameM se eka to tIrthaGkara prabhu RSabhadeva kI citA para, dUsarA gaNadharoM kI citA para aura tIsarA una vimukta aNagAroM kI citA ke sthAna para ho|" una cAra prakAra ke devoM ne kramazaH prabhu kI citA para, gaNadharoM kI citA para aura aNagAroM kI citA para tIna caityastUpoM kA nirmANa kiyaa| Avazyaka niyukti meM una devanirmita aura Avazyaka malaya meM bharata nirmita caityastUpoM ke sambandha meM jo ullekha hai, vaha isa prakAra hai Jain Dharma ka Maulik Itihas 36276

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maDayaM mayasa deho, taM marudevIe paDhama siddho tti / devehiM purA mahiyaM jhAvaNayA aggisakkAro ya // 60 // so jiNadehAINaM devehiM kato citAsu thubhA ya / so ya ruNNasaddo, logo vi tato tahAya kato, tato tathA bhagavadehAdidagadhasthAneSu bharatena stUpA kRtA, tato loke'pi tata Arabhya mRtaka dAha sthAneSu stUpA pravartante / / Avazyaka malaya / / bha0 RSabhadeva, unake gaNadharoM aura antevAsI sAdhuoM kI tIna citAoM para pRthak-pRthak tIna caityastUpoM kA nirmANa karane ke pazcAt sabhI devendra apane deva-devI parivAra ke sAtha nandIzvara dvIpa meM gaye / vahA~ unhoMne bhagavAn RSabhadeva kA aSTAhnika nirvANa mahotsava manAyA aura apane-apane sthAna ko lauTa gaye / " vaidika paramparA ke sAhitya meM mAgha kRSNA caturdazI ke dina Adideva kA zivaliMga ke rUpa meM udbhava honA mAnA gayA hai / " bhagavAn AdinAtha ke ziva pada prApti kA isase sAmya pratIta hotA hai / yaha sambhava hai ki bhagavAn RSabhadeva kI niSadyA ( citA sthala) para jo stUpa kA nirmANa kiyA gayA vahI Age cala kara stUpAkAra cihna zivaliMga ke rUpa meM loka meM pracalita ho gayA ho / * Kevalgyan : 2 Rushabhdev traveled extensively for a period of 100 years into Arya and Anarya Desh to annihilate the four Ghati Karmas. All along, he led an austere life, walking barefoot and freeing his mind of evil thoughts, such as pride, greed, lust and fear. He observed perfect celibacy and exercised full control over mind and senses. Most of the time he maintained complete silence (Maun-vrat) as well as fasting for days. A considerable amount of his time was spent in the highest kind of meditation. Finally he observed Attam Tap (penace consisting of three consecutive days of fasting) sitting under a banyan tree in deep meditation and on the eleventh day in the second half of the Fagun he attained Kevalyan (absoute knowledge.) Indra & other Gods thronged there to celebrate the fourth Kalyanak (Kevalgyan) They constructed a divine Assembly Hall known as Samovsarana for Adinath Bhagwan's first sermon. Samovsarana is either circular or square. There are three levels, lower is silver, middle is gold and upper is of precious stones. Lower one is for parking, middle one is for animals and uppermost for Sadhu-Sadhvis and Devta & human beings. During one of his sermons Adinath Bhagwan explained to Bharat about forth coming chovishi and 24 Tirthankars. *Moksha-Nirvana: When he learnt that his life was to come to an end he went a top Mount Ashtapad along with 10000, Jain Munis for santhara ( fasting unto death). When third era was short of three year & eight half month, on the thirteenth day of second half of Maha under the influence of Abhijeet Nakshatra -after six days of fasting, Bhagwan attained Nirvana (Salvation). 7. jaMbUdvIpa prajJapti aura kalpasUtra 199. sU. 8. IzAna saMhitA (ka) mAghe kRSNe caturdazyAbhAdidevo mahAnizi Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth zivaliMgagatayodabhUtaH kITisUrya samaprabhaH / / tatkAlavyApinI grAhyA, zivarAtrivate tithiH / (kha) mAghamAsasya zeSe yA prathame phAlgunasya c| kRSNA caturdazI sA tu zivarAtriH prakIrtitA // ( kAlamAghavIya nAgarakhaNDa) 277 Jain Dharma ka Maulik Itihas

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mAtA bhava deva yuga lika - manu jya pitA janmabhUmi ayodhyA Ayu 84 lAkha pUrva (1 pUrva= 7056000 karoDa varSa) - 1 marudevA nAbhirAjA sAthe vAha - 3 ' // zrI RSabhadeva caritra (saMkSipta) || 4 vidhAdhara 5 lalitAMga Shree Rushabhdev Charitra dIkSA (1 lAkha pUrva), kumArAvasthA (20 lAkha pUrva 6 rAjyAvasthA (63 lAkhapUrva) 7 - 8 C jIvAnaMda vaidya dIptibena ke. zAha hAlamAM pU.sA. hemayazAzrIjI laMchana 4278. vRSabha varNa suvarNa uMcAI - 500 dhanuSa 10 v 11 vajranAbha cakravartI * prathama bhava... thI vahorAvatA samyaktvanI prApti ! * pAMcamA bhavamAM... zreyAMsakumArano jIva potAnI devI hatI. navamA bhavamAM... 5 mitro sAthe muninI cikitsA karI. dIkSA lIdhI. agyAramo bhava... vIza sthAnakanI ArAdhanAthI tIrthaMkara nAmakarmanI nikAcanA... karI. 12 13 zrI deva * sarvArthasiddha vimAnathI vyavyA... mAtAne vRSabhanuM svapna... tethI RSabha nAmakaraNa. * phAgaNa vada 8- janma ikSvAku vaMzanI sthApanA. * sunaMdA ane sumaMgalA sAthe vivAha... sumaMgalAthI bharata ane brAhmInuM yugala ane bIjA 49 yugala; ane sunaMdAthI bAhubalI ane suMdarInuM yugala... kula 100 putro ane 2 putrI. ma * rAjyakALe... puruSone 72 kaLA ane strIone 64 kaLA zIkhavI. * phAgaNa vada 8... dIkSA. chaThThano tapa... 4 muSTi loca... 4000 sAthe saMyama. * dIkSA kALe... varasItapa ! hastinApuramAM zreyAMsakumAranA hAthe zeraDInA rasathI pAraNuM. * dIkSA pachI 1000 varSe aThThama tapa pUrvaka kevaLajJAna-alhAbAdamAM 84 gaNadhara. * kevaLajJAna kALe... pratyeka phAgaNa suda 8 dheTInI pAyagethI zatruMjaya upara, rAyaNa vRkSa nIce pUrva 99 vAra samosaryA ! * poSa vada 13- nirvANa kALe... 10000 munio sAthe 6 divasanA aNasaNa pUrvaka aSTApada parvata upara mokSa.

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Chapter 4 Stories related to Ashtapad

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zItaLa-zreyAMsa-vAsupUjya jina vaMdanA... sirisIyalo jiNeso, naMdAdevImaNaM buhi-maMyako / vaDharadarivato , mAvaMchiyAgo mannA ||2|| daDharatha rAjAnA putra, naMdAdevInA hRdayanA AnaMdarUpa ane jagatane AhalAda karavAmAM caMdrasamAna evA he zItaLasvAmI ! tame amane harSakArI thAo. 10 siriviNhu mAutaNao, viNhunariMdakulamottiyAbharaNaM / nIseyasasiriramaNo, sijjaMso deu me mokkhaM // 11 // zrI viSNudevInA putra, viSNu rAjAnA vaMzamAM motI samAna ane mokSarUpa lakSmInA bharathAra evA he zreyAMsaprabhu ! tame kalyANane mATe thAo. 11 vasupujjanariMdasuo, mAijayAhiyayapaMkayAicco / arihaMtavAsupujjo, simassiriM dijja bhavvANaM / / 12 / / vasupUjya rAjAnA putra, jayAdevI rUpa vidUra parvatanI bhUmimAM ratnarUpa ane jagatane pUjya evA he vAsupUjya ! tame mokSa lakSmIne Apo. 12

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che bharata cakravartI che triSaSTi zalAkA puruSa caritra caritAnuyogano mahattvapUrNa graMtha che. kalikAlasarvajJa zrI hemacaMdrAcArya viracita A graMthanA prathama parvanA 6ThThA sargamAM bharatacakrInuM aSTApada para mokSagamananuM varNana karavAmAM AvyuM che. teno aMza atre ApavAmAM Avyo che. pratyeka tIrthakarane stuti pUrvaka namaskAra karIne mahArAjA bharata siMhaniSadyA caityanI bahAra nIkaLyA ane priya mitranI peThe e suMdara caityane vAMkA vALI pAchI najare jotAM jotAM aSTApada parvata uparathI nIce utaryA. potAnuM mana te parvatamAM lagna thayeluM hovAthI jANe vastrano cheDo bharAyo hoya tema ayodhyApati maMdamaMda gatie ayodhyA tarapha cAlyA. zokanA pUranI jema sainyathI uDelI raja vaDe dizAone AkuLa karatA zokArta cakrI ayodhyAnI samIpe AvI pahoMcyA jANe cakrInA sahodara hoya tema temanA duHkhathI atyaMta duHkhI thayelA nagarajanoe sAzradaSTie joyelA mahArAjAe potAnI vinItA nagarImAM praveza karyo. pachI bhagavaMtane saMbhArI saMbhArIne vRSTi pachI avazeSa rahelA meghanI peThe azrujaLanA biMdune varasAvatA teo potAnA rAjamahelamAM peThA. dravya haraNa thayela puruSa jema dravyanuM ja dhyAna karyA kare, tema prabhurUpI dhana haraNa thayAthI temaNe UbhA rahetA, cAlatA, sutA ane jAgatA, bahAra ne aMdara rAtadivasa prabhunuM ja dhyAna karavA mAMDyuM. bIjA hetuthI paNa potAnI pAse aSTApada parvata taraphathI AvanArA puruSone, teo jANe pUrvanI peThe prabhune mATe kAMI kahevA AvyA hoya tema mAnavA lAgyA. AvI rIte zokAkuLa mahArAjAne joI maMtrIo temane kahevA lAgyA - "he mahArAjA ! ApanA pitAzrI RSabhadeva prabhue prathama gRhavAsamAM rahIne paNa pazunI peThe anna evA sarva lokone vyavahAra nItimAM pravartAvyA, tyAra pachI dIkSA laI thoDA kALamAM kevaLajJAna pAmI A jagatanA lokone bhava samudramAMthI uddhAra karavAnI icchAe dharmamAM pravartAvyA, chevaTe pote kRtArtha thaI avarajanone kRtArtha karI parama padane pAmyA, tevA parama prabhuno tame zoka kema karo cho ?" AvI rIte pratibodhita karelA cakrI dhIme dhIme rAjakAryamAM pravartavA lAgyA. rAhuthI mukta thayelA caMdranI peThe zanaiHzanaiH zokamukta thayelA bharatacakrI bahAra vihAra bhUmimAM vicaravA lAgyA. viMdhyAcaLane saMbhAratA gajeMdranI peThe prabhunA caraNane saMbhAratA ane viSAda karatA mahArAjAnI pAse AvIne Aptajano sadA vinoda karAvavA lAgyA. Bharat Chakravarti Vol. I Ch. 1-A, Pg. 046-050 - 281 - Bharat Chakravarti

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Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth eka divasa bharatezvara snAna karI, balikarma kalpI, devaduSya vastrathI zarIrane sApha karI, kezamAM puSpamALA guMthI, gozIrSa caMdana vaDe sarva aMgamAM vilepana karI. amUlya ane divya ratnanA AbhUSaNo sarvAMge dhAraNa karI. aMtaHpuranI zreSTha strIonA parivAra sAthe chaDIdAre batAvele raste aMtaHpura mAMhenA ratnanA AdarzagRhamAM gayA. tyAM AkAza ane sphaTika maNinA jevA nirmaLa tathA potAnA sarva aMganuM rUpa pratibiMba rUpe dekhI zakAya tevA, zarIranAM pramANa jevaDA darpaNamAM potAnA svarUpane jotAM mahArAjAnI eka AMgaLImAMthI mudrikA paDI gaI. jema mayUranI kaLAmAMthI eka pIMchuM paDI jAya tenI tene khabara paDe nahIM, tema paDI gayelI te mudrikA mahArAjAnA jANavAmAM AvI nahIM. anukrame zarIranA sarvabhAgane jotAM jotAM divase caMdrikA vinAnI caMdrakaLAnI jema potAnI mudrikA rahita AMgaLI kAMtivinAnI jovAmAM AvI. 'aho ! A AMgaLI zobhA rahita kema che ?' ema ciMtavatA bharatarAye pRthvI upara paDelI te mudrikA joI. pachI teNe vicAryuM ke 'zuM bIjA aMgo paNa AbhUSaNa vinA zobhA rahita lAgatA haze ?' ema dhArI teNe bIjA AbhUSaNo paNa utAravA mAMDyA. prathama mastaka uparathI mANikyano mugaTa utAryo eTale mastaka ratnavinAnI mudrikA jevuM dekhAvA lAgyuM. kAna uparathI mANikyanA kuMDaLa utAryA eTale baMne kAna caMdra-sUrya vinAnI pUrva pazcima dizA jevA jaNAvA lAgyA. gaLacavo dUra karavAthI temanI grIvA jaLa vinAnI nadI jevI zobhA rahita jaNAvA lAgI. vakSasthaLa uparathI hAra utAryo eTale te tArA vinAnA AkAzanI jevuM zUnya lAgavA mAMDyuM. bAjubaMdha kADhI nAMkhelA baMne hAtha ardhalatApAzathI rahita thayelA be sAla vRkSa jevA jaNAvA lAgyA. hAthanA mULamAMthI kaDAM dUra karyAM eTale te AmalasArA vinAnA prAsAda jevA jaNAvA lAgyA. bIjI sarva AMgaLIomAMthI mudrikAno tyAga karyo eTale te maNi rahita sarpanI phaNA jevI dekhAvA lAgI. caraNamAMthI pAdakaTaka dUra karyA eTale te rAjahastInA suvarNa kaMkaNa rahita dAMtanI jevA jovAmAM AvyA. ema sarva aMganA AbhUSaNonA tyAga karavAthI patrarahita vRkSanI jema zobhA rahita thayelA potAnA zarIrane joI mahArAjA vicAravA lAgyA"aho ! A zarIrane dhikkAra che bhIMtane jema citrAdika kriyAthI kRtrima zobhA karAya che tema zarIranI paNa AbhUSaNothI ja kRtrima zobhA karAya che. aMdara viSTAdika maLathI ane bahAra mutrAdikanA pravAhathI milana evA A zarIramAM vicAra karatAM kAMIpaNa zobhAkArI jaNAtuM nathI. khArI jamIna jema varasAdanA jaLane dUSita kare che, tema A zarIra vilepana karelA kapUra ane kasturI vagerene paNa duSita kare che. jeo viSayathI virAga pAmIne mokSaphaLane ApanArA tapa tape che, te tattvavedI puruSo ja A zarIranuM phaLa grahaNa kare che.'" evI rIte vicAra karatAM samyak prakAre apUrvakaraNanA anukramathI kSapaka zreNImAM ArUDha thayelA zukladhyAnane pAmelA te mahArAjAne, vAdaLonA apagamathI jema sUryano prakAza thAya tema ghAtikarmanA kSayathI kevaLajJAna pragaTa thayuM. te vakhate tatkALa iMdranuM Asana kaMpAyamAna thayuM, kAraNa ke acetana vastuo paNa mahat puruSonI moTI samRddhine kahI Ape che. avadhijJAnathI jANI iMdra bharata rAjAnI pAse Avyo, bhakta puruSo svAmInI peThe svAmInA putranI sevA paNa svIkAre che, to tevA svAmInA putrane kevaLajJAna utpanna thatAM zuM na kare ! iMdre tyAM AvIne kahyuM- 'he kevaLajJAnI ! tame dravyaliMga svIkAra karo, jethI huM tamane vaMdanA karUM ane tamAro niSkramaNa utsava karuM.' bharatezvare paNa te ja vakhate bAhubalinI jema paMcamuSTi kezotpATanarUpa dIkSAnuM lakSaNa aMgIkAra karyuM, arthAt paMcamuSTi loca karyo ane devatAoe ApelA rajoharaNa vagere upakaraNo svIkAryA. tyArapachI iMdre temane vaMdanA karI, kAraNa ke kevaLajJAna prApta thayuM hoya topaNa adIkSita puruSanI vaMdanA thAya Bharat Chakravarti 8 282 a

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Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth nahIM evo AcAra che. te samaye bharatarAjAnA Azrita dazahajAra rAjAoe paNa dIkSA lIdhI, kema ke tevA svAmInI sevA paralokamAM paNa sukha ApanArI thAya che. pachI pRthvInA bhArane sahana karanArA bharatacakInA putra AdityayazAno iMdra rAjyAbhiSeka utsava karyo. RSabhasvAmInI jema mahAtmA bharatamunie kevaLajJAna utpanna thayA pachI grAma, khANa, nagara, araNya, giri ane droNamukha vageremAM dharmadezanAthI bhavI prANIne pratibodha karatAM, parivAra sahita lakSa pUrva paryata vihAra karyo. aMte temaNe paNa aSTApada upara jaI vidhisahita caturvidha AhAranuM pratyAkhyAna karyuM. eka mAsane aMte caMdra zravaNa nakSatrano hato teve samaye, anaMta catuSka (anaMta jJAna, anaMta darzana, anaMta cAritra ane anaMta vIrya) siddha thayA che jemane evA te maharSi siddhikSetrane prApta thayA. evI rIte bharatezvare sittotera pUrvalakSa kumArapaNAmAM nirgamana karyA, te vakhate bhagavAna RSabhadevajI pRthvInuM pratipAlana karatA hatA. bhagavaMta dIkSA laI chAstha avasthAmAM eka hajAra varSa rahyA, tema temaNe eka hajAra varSa mAMDalikapaNAmAM nirgamana karyA. eka hajAra varSe ochA evA cha lakSa pUrva temaNe cakravartIpaNAmAM nirgamana karyA. kevaLajJAna utpanna thayA pachI vizvanA anugrahane mATe divase sUryanI jema temaNe eka pUrva sudhI pRthvI upara vihAra karyo. e pramANe corAzI pUrva lakSa AyuSyane bhogavI mahAtmA bharata mokSa pratye pAmyA te vakhate tatkALa harSa pAmelA devatAonI sAthe svargapati iMdra temano mokSamahimA karyo. Ama, ahIM bharatarAjAe bhAvelI anitya bhAvanA tathA temanuM mokSagamana varNavyuM. - 283 - Bharat Chakravarti

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suMdarI ane 98 bhAIo che prastAvanA : bharata rAjA jyAre cha khaMDo jIvatA nIkaLe che tyAre temanI bahena suMdarI dIkSAnI anumati mAMge che paraMtu bharata rAjA anumati ApatA nathI. 60 hajAra varSa pachI jyAre teo cha khaMDo para vijaya prApta karIne pAchA Ave che tyAre atyaMta durbaLa thayelI suMdarIne joIne Azcaryasahita kheda pAme che. bharate suMdarIne dIkSA letAM rokI tyArathI teNe AyaMbila tapa AraMbhyo pariNAme zarIra atyaMta kaza thayuM. suMdarIe bharata sanmukha potAnI dIkSAnI bhAvanA abhivyakata karI. suMdarInI vAta sAMbhaLI bharatarAya bolyA- "aho ! pramAda athavA saralapaNAthI huM ATalA vakhata sudhI tenA vratamAM vidanakArI thaI paDayo. A putrI to pitAjIne anurUpa (sadaza) thaI ane ame putro haMmezAM viSayamAM Asakta tathA rAjyamAM atRpta rahenArA thayA! AyuSya samudranA jaLataraMganI jevuM nAzavaMta che, ema mArganuM avalokana karI levAya tema A gatvara AyuSyathI sAdhujananI jema mokSa sAdhI levo e ja yogya che. mAMsa, viSTA, mUtra, maLa, prasveda ane vyAdhimaya A zarIrane zaNagAravuM te gharanI khALane zaNagAravA jevuM che! he bena ! tamane zAbAza che ke tame A zarIrathI mokSarUpa phaLane utpanna karanAra vrata grahaNa karavAne iccho cho. nipuNa loko lavaNasamudramAMthI paNa ratnane grahaNa kare che" harSa pAmelA mahArAjAe A pramANe bolI dIkSAne mATe AjJA karavAthI, tapathI kRza thayelI suMdarI jANe puSTa hoya tema harSathI ullAsa pAmI. e samaye jagatarUpI mayUrane megha samAna bhagavAn RSabhasvAmI vihAra karatA aSTApadagirie AvIne samosaryA. jANe ratna, suvarNa ane rUpAno bIjo parvata hoya tevuM te parvata upara devatAoe samavasaraNa racyuM ane temAM besI prabhu dezanA ApavA lAgyA. giripAlakoe AvI tatkALa bharatapatine te nivedana karyuM. medinIpatine e vRttAMta sAMbhaLavAthI bharata kSetranA pakhaMDanA vijayathI paNa adhika pramoda thayo. svAmInA Agamanane kahenArA te bRtyone temaNe sADI bAra koTI sonaiyAnuM pAritoSika ApyuM ane suMdarIne kahyuM'tArA manorathanI mUrtimaMta jANe siddhi hoya tevA jagaguru vihAra karatA ahIM AvyA che." pachI cakrIe dAsIjananI jema aMtaHpuranI strIonI pAse suMdarIno niSkramaNaabhiSeka karAvyo. snAna karI, pavitra vilepana karyA pachI jANe bIjAM vilepana karyuM hoya tevA cheDAvALA ujjavaLa vastra ane uttama ratnAlaMkAra suMdarIe paheryA. jo ke teNe zIlarUpa mahAalaMkAra dhAraNa karela hato to paNa AcAra jALavavAne mATe teNe bIja alaMkAro svIkAryA. te vakhate rUpasaMpatti vaDe zobhatI jaMgama suMdarInI pAse strIratna subhadrA dAsI jevI lAgatI hatI. ziyaLa vaDe suMdara te bALA jaMgama kalpavallInI jema yAcakone je mAge te ApatI hatI. haMsI Sundari & 98 Brothers Vol. VI Ch. 39-o, Sundari & 98 Brothers Pg. 2711-2716 - 284 -

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Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth jema kamalinI upara bese tema kapUranI raja jevA sapheda vastrathI zobhatI te eka zibikAmAM ArUDha thaI. hastIo, ghoDesvAro, pAyadaLa ane rathothI pRthvIne AcchAdita karatA mahArAjA marUdevInI jema suMdarIne pachavADe cAlyA. tene be paDakhe cAmara DhoLAtA hatA, mastake zveta chatra zobhatuM hatuM ane cAraNa bhATo tenA vrata saMbaMdhI gADha saMzrayane vakhANatA hatA. bhojAIo tenA dIkSotsavanAM maMgaLika gIto gAtI hatI ane uttama strIo pagale pagale tenA uparathI lUNa utAratI hatI. evI rIte sAthe cAlanArA aneka pUrNa pAtrothI zobhatI te prabhunA caraNathI pavitra thayelA aSTApadaparvata upara AvI. caMdrasahita udayAcaLanI jema prabhue adhiSThita karelA te girine joI bharata tathA suMdarI ghaNo harSa pAmyAM. svarga ane mokSamAM javAnI jANe nisaraNI hoya tevA te vizALa zilAvALA parvata upara te baMne caDyAM ane saMsArathI bhaya pAmelA prANIone zaraNa tulya, cAra dvAravALA ane saMkSipta karelI (jaMbudvIpanI) jagati (koTa) hoya tevA samavasaraNa samIpe AvyA. samavasaraNanA uttara dvAranA mArgathI temaNe yathAvidhie praveza karyo. pachI harSa ane vinaya vaDe potAnA zarIrane ucchavAsita tathA saMkocita karatA teoe prabhune traNa pradakSiNA daI, paMcAge bhUmino sparza karI namaskAra karyo. te samaye jANe ratnabhUtaLamAM saMkrAta thayelA prabhunA biMbane jovAne teo icchatA hoya tema jaNAtuM hatuM. pachI cakravartIe bhaktithI pavitra thayelI vANI vaDe prathama dharmacakrI (tIrthaMkara) nI stuti karavAno AraMbha karyo. he prabhu! achatA guNone kahenArA manuSyo anya janonI stuti karI zake che, paNa huM to tamArA chatA guNone kahevAne paNa asamartha chuM, tethI ApanI stuti kema karI zakuM ? tathApi daridra puruSa paNa jema lakSmIvaMtane alpa bheTa kare che tema te jagannAtha ! huM ApanI stuti karIza. he prabhu ! caMdranA kiraNothI zephAlI jAtanA vRkSonAM puSpo gaLI jAya che. tema tamArA caraNakamaLanA darzana mAtrathI prANIonA anya janmanAM karelAM pApo paNa gaLI jAya che. te svAmI ! jenI cikitsA na thaI zake evA mahAmoharUpI saMnipAtavALA prANIone viSe paNa amRta auSadhinA rasa jevI tamArI vANI jayavaMtI varte che. he nAtha ! varSARtunI vRSTinI jema cakravartI ane raMkajana upara sadaza bhAvavALI tamArI dRSTi prItisaMpattinA eka kAraNarUpa che. he svAmI ! dUra karmarUpI baraphanI gAMThane gALI devAmAM sUryanI jevA Apa amArI jevAnA puNyathI ja pRthvI para vicaro cho. he prabhu! zabdAnuzAsanamAM vyApI rahelA saMjJAsUtranI jevI utpAda, vyaya ane dhrauvyamaya tame kahelI tripadI jayavaMtI varte che he bhagavan! jeo tamArI stuti kare che teone A chello bhava thAya che, to jeo tamArI sevA ane dhyAna kare tenI to vAta ja zI karavI ?' AvI rIte bhagavaMtane stavI namaskArI bharatezvara IzAna khUNAmAM yogya sthAne beThA. pachI suMdarI, bhagavAn RSabhadevane vAMdI aMjali joDI gadgad akSaravALI girAthI bolI- "he jagatpati ! ATalA kALa sudhI huM Apane manathI jotI hatI paNa Aje to ghaNA puNyathI ane bhAgyodayathI ApanA pratyakSa darzana thayAM che. A mRgatRSNA jevA mithyA sukhavALA saMsArarUpI marUpradezamAM amRtanA draha jevA tame lokone puNyathI ja prApta thayA cho. he jagannAtha ! Apa mamatArahita cho to paNa jagata upara tame vAtsalya rAkho cho, nahIM to A viSama duHkhanA samudrathI teno kema uddhAra karo ! he prabhu! mArI bena brAhmI, mArA bhatrIjAo ane temanA putro e sarva tamArA mArgane anusarIne kRtArtha thayA che, bharatanA AgrahathI meM ATalo kALa vrata grahaNa na karyuM tethI huM pote ThagAI chuM. he vizvatAraka ! have mane dInane tame tAro; AkhA gharamAM udyota karanAra dIpaka ghaDAne zuM udyota nathI Apato ? Ape che ja, mATe te vizvanuM rakSaNa karavAmAM vatsala ! Apa prasanna thAo ane saMsArasamudrane taravAmAM vahANa samAna dIkSA mane Apo.' suMdarInA evAM vacana sAMbhaLI "he mahAsattva ! tane zAbAza che ema kahI sAmAyika sUtroccArapUrvaka prabhue tene dIkSA ApI, pachI tene mahAvratarUpI vRkSonA - 285 - - Sundari & 98 Brothers

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Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth udyAnamAM amRtanI nIka jevI zikSAmaya dezanA ApI, eTale jANe mokSa prApta thayo hoya ema mAnatI te mahAmanA sAdhvI moTAonI pAchaLa vratinIgaNa (sAdhvIonA samUha) nI madhyamAM beThA. prabhunI dezanA sAMbhaLI temanA caraNakamaLane namI mahArAjA bharatapati harSa pAmI ayodhyA nagarImAM gayA. tyAM potAnA sarva svajanone jovAnI icchAvALA mahArAjane adhikArIoe je AvyA tene batAvyA ane na AvyA temane saMbhArI ApyA pachI potAnA bhAIo jeo abhiSeka utsavamAM paNa AvyA nahotA temane bolAvavAne bharatarAjAe eka eka dUta mokalyo. dUtoe jaI temane kahyuM- 'tame rAjyanI IcchA karatA ho to bharata rAjAnI sevA karo.' dUtonA kahevAthI teo sarve vicAra karI bolyA- 'pitAe amane tathA bharatane rAjya vaheMcI ApeluM che to bharatanI sevA karavAthI te amane adhika zuM karaze ? zuM te kALa Avye kALane rokI zakaze ? zuM dehane pakaDanArI jarArAkSasIno te nigraha karaze ? zuM pIDAkArI vyAdhirUpI vyAdhone mArI zakaze ? athavA zuM uttarottara vadhatI jatI tRSNAne cUrNa karaze ? jo AvI jAtanuM sevAnuM phaLa ApavAne bharata samartha na hoya to sarvasAmanya manuSyapaNAmAM koNa kone sevavA yogya che ? tene ghaNuM rAjya hovA chatAM paNa teTalAthI asaMtoSI hovAne lIdhe potAnA baLathI jo amArAM rAjya grahaNa karavAnI icchA kare to ame paNa eka pitAnA ja putro chIe, tethI he dUto ! ame pitAjIne vidita karyA sivAya tamAro svAmI ke je amAro moTo bhAI che. tenI sAthe yuddha karavAne utsAha gharatA nathI'. e pramANe dUtone kahI RSabhadevajInA te 98 putro aSTApada parvata upara samavasaraNanI aMdara birAjelA RSabhasvAmInI pAse gayA. tyAM prathama traNa pradakSiNA karI paramezvarane temaNe praNAma karyA. pachI mastake aMjali joDI teo nIce pramANe stuti karavA lAgyA. 'he prabhu ! devatAo paNa tamArA guNone jANI zakatA nathI to tamArI stuti karavAne bIjuM koNa samartha thAya ? tathApi bALakanI jevI capaLatAvALA ame tamArI stuti karIe chIe. jeo haMmezAM tamane namaskAra kare che teo tapasvIthI paNa adhika che ane jeo tamArI sevA kare che teo yogIthI paNa adhika che. he vizvane prakAza karanAra sUrya ! pratidivasa namaskAra karanArA je puruSanA mastakamAM tamArA caraNanakhanAM kiraNo AbhUSaNarUpa thAya che te puruSone dhanya che ! he jagatpati ! tame koInuM kAMI paNa sAma vacanathI ke baLathI grahaNa karatA nathI tathApi tame trailokayacakravartI cho. he svAmin ! sarva jaLAzayonA jaLamAM caMdranA pratibiMbanI jema tame eka ja sarva jaganA cittamAM rahelA cho. he deva ! tamArI stuti karanAra puruSa sarvane stuti karavA yogya thAya che, tamane pUjanAra sarvane pUjavA yogya thAya che ane tamane namaskAra karanAra sarvane namaskAra karavA yogya thAya che, tethI tamArI bhakti moTA phaLavALI kahevAya che. duHkharUpI dAvAnaLathI tapta thayelA janomAM tame megha samAna cho ane mohAMdhakArathI mUDha thayelA janone tame dIpaka samAna cho. mArgamAM vRkSanI chAyA jema rAMkanA, samarthanA, mUrkhanA ane guNIjananA eka sarakhA upakArI cho. A pramANe stuti karyA pachI bhramaranI peThe prabhunA caraNa kamaLamAM potAnI dRSTi rAkhI sarva ekaThA thaI vijJapti karavA lAgyA"he svAmin ! Ape amane ane bharatane yogyatA pramANe judA judA dezanA rAjyo vaheMcI ApelAM che. ame to te rAjyathI saMtuSTa thaIne rahIe chIe, kAraNa ke svAmIe batAvelI maryAdA vinayI lokone anullaMdhya che; paraMtu he bhagavAn ! amArA moTA bhAI bharata potAnA rAjyathI ane haraNa karelA bIjAnAM rAjyothI vaDavAnaLanI jema hajI saMtoSa pAmatA nathI. jema bIjA rAjAonAM rAjya teNe kheMcI lIdhAM, tema amArAM rAjyone paNa khuMcavI levAne te icche che. e bharata rAjA apara rAjAonI peThe amArI pAse paNa potAnA dUto mokalI AjJA kare che ke tame rAjyane choDI do athavA mArI sevA karo. he prabhu ! potAne moTo mAnanArA bharatanA vacanamAtrathI ame napuMsakanI jema tAte ApelA rAjyane kema choDI daIe ? temaja adhika Sundari & 98 Brothers. 4 286 ma

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Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth RddhimAM icchArahita evA ame tenI sevA paNa kema karIe? je atRpta mANasa hoya te ja mAnane nAza karanArI para sevA aMgIkAra kare che. rAjya choDavuM nahIM ane sevA karavI nahIM tyAre yuddha karavuM e svataHsiddha thAya che; tathApi Apane pUchayA sivAya ame kAMI paNa karavAne samartha nathI." putronI AvI vijJapti sAMbhaLI temanA nirmaLa kevaLajJAnamAM sarva jagata saMkrAMta thayeluM che evA kRpALa bhagavAn AdIzvera teone A pramANe AjJA karI- "he vatso! puruSavratadhArI vIra puruSoe to atyaMta droha karanAra vairIvarganI sAthe ja yuddha karavuM joIe rAga, dveSa, moha ane kaSAyo jIvone seMkaDo janmAMtaramAM paNa anartha ApanArA zatruo che. rAga sadgatie javAmAM loDhAnI zRMkhalA samAna baMdhanakAraka che, dveSa narakAvAsamAM karavAne baLavAna mAnarUpa che, moha saMsArasamudranI ghumarImAM nAkhavAne paNa rUpa che ane kaSAya agninI jema potAnA Azrita janonuM dahana kare che; te mATe avinAzI upAyarUpa astrothI niraMtara yuddha karIne puruSoe te vairIne jItavA ane satyazaraNabhUta dharmanI sevA karavI, jethI zAzvata AnaMdamaya padanI prApti sulabha thAya. A rAjyalakSmI aneka yonimAM pAta karAvanArI, ati pIDA ApanArI, abhimAnarUpa phaLavALI ane nAzavaMta che. he putro ! pUrve svarganA sukhathI paNa tamArI tRSNA pUrI thaI nathI to aMgArA karanArI peThe manuSya saMbaMdhI bhogathI to te kema ja pUrI thAya ? aMgArA karanArano saMbaMdha A pramANe koI aMgArA karanAra puruSa jaLanI masaka laIne nirjaLa araNyamAM aMgAra karavAne mATe gayo. tyAM madhyAhanA ane aMgArAnA tApathI utpanna thayelI tRSAthI te AkrAMta thayo tethI sAthe lAvelI masakanuM sarva jaLa pI gayo; to paNa tenI tRSA zAMta thaI nahIM, eTale te sUI gayo. svapnamAM jANe te ghera gayo ane gharanI aMdara rahelA kalaza, goLA ane gAgara vigerenuM sarva jaLa pI gayo, tathApi agnine telanI peThe tenI tRSA zAMta thaI nahIM eTale eNe vAva, kUvA ane sarovaranuM jaLa pIne zoSaNa karyuM, tevI ja rIte saritA ane samudranuM jaLapAna karI tenuM paNa zoSaNa karyuM. topaNa nArakInA jIvonI tRSAvedanAnI jema tenI tRSA truTI nahIM. pachI marudezamAM jaIne rajuthI darbhano pULo bAMdhI jaLane mATe temAM nAMkhyuM Arta mANasa zuM na kare? kUvAmAM jaLa bahu UMDu hatuM tethI darbhano pULo kUvAmAMthI kADhatAM madhyamAM ja jaLa jhamI gayu topaNa bhikSuka talanuM potuM nIcovIne khAya tenI peThe te tene nIcovIne pIvA lAgyo; paNa je tRSA samudranA jaLathI paNa truTI nahIM te pULAnA nIcovelA jaLathI kema tUTe? te pramANe tamArI paNa svarganA sukhathI nahIM chinna thayelI tRSNA rAjyalakSmIthI kema chedAze? mATe he vatso! vivekI evA tamoe amaMda AnaMdamAM jharArUpa ane mokSa prAptinuM kAraNa evuM saMyamarUpI rAjya grahaNa karavuM ghaTe che." AvAM svAmInAM vacana sAMbhaLIne te aThThANuM putrone tatkALa saMvegaraMga utpanna thayo ane te ja vakhate bhagavaMtanI pAse temaNe dIkSA lIdhI "aho ! kevuM AmanuM vairya ! kevuM satva ane kevI vairAgyabuddhi!' ema ciMtavana karatA dUtoe AvIne te sarva vRttAMta cakrIne nivedana karyo pachI tArAonI jyoti jema jyoti pati (caMdra) svIkAra kare, agnionA tejano jema sUrya svIkAra kare ane sarva pravAhonA jaLano samudra svIkAra kare tema temanAM rAjyo cakravartIe svIkAryA. 1 paNa-pratijJA (mohe evI pratijJA karI che ke sarva prANIone saMsArarUpa ghumarImAM nAkhavA.) 2 pADanArI. 3. koyalA. 4 nadI. 5. mAravADanA. - 287 28 Sundari & 98 Brothers

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che sagara cakravartInA putro che triSaSTi zalAkA puruSa caritra caritAnuyogano mahattvapUrNa graMtha che. kalikAla sarvajJa zrI hemacaMdrAcArya viracita A graMtha 36000 zloka pramANa che. je dasa parvomAM vibhAjIta che. tenA dvitIya parvanA pAMcamAM sargamAM sagara cakravartInA putronuM aSTApada tIrthanI rakSA nimitte nidhana thAya che tenuM vistRta varNana karavAmAM AvyuM che. teno aMza atre ApavAmAM Avyo che. - sagara rAjA cosaTha hajAra strIo sAthe ratisAgaramAM nimagna thaI jatI iMdranI peThe krIDA karavA lAgyA. tene aMtaHpuranA saMbhogathI thayelI glAni, vaTemArguno zrama jema dakSiNa dizAnA pavanathI nAza pAme tema strIratnanA bhogathI nAza pAmyo. evI rIte haMmezAM viSayasukha bhogavatAM temane jandukumAra vagere sATha hajAra putro thayA. udyAnapAlikAe pALelAM udyAnanA vRkSo vRddhi pAme tema dhAvamAtAe poSaNa karelA te putro anukrame vRddhi pAmyA. teo caMdranI jema dhIme dhIme sarva kaLA grahaNa karI zarIranI lakSmIrUpI vallInA upavanarUpa yauvanavayane prApta thayA. teo bIjAone potAnI astravidyAmAM kuzaLatA batAvavA lAgyA ane nyUnAdhika jANavAnI icchAthI pArakuM astrakauzalya jovA lAgyA. kaLA jANanArA teo ghoDA khelavAnI kriIDAmAM ghoDAone samudranA AvartanI lIlA vaDe bhramaNa karAvI durdama evA tophAnI ghoDAone paNa damatA hatA. devatAonI zaktinuM paNa ullaMghana karanAra teo vRkSanAM patrane paNa skaMdha upara nahIM sahana karanAra eva unmatta hAthIone temanA skaMdha upara caDIne vaza karatA hatA. madathI zabda karatA hAthIo jema viMdhyATavImAM rame tema saphaLa zaktivALA teo potAnA savayaska mitrothI parivRta thaIne svecchAe ramatA hatA. eka divase rAjasabhAmAM beThelA cakravartIne baLavAna kumAroe A pramANe vijJapti karI - "he pitAjI! pUrva dizAnuM AbhUSaNa mAgadhapati deva, dakSiNa dizAnuM tilaka varadAmapati, pazcima dizAno mugaTa prabhAsapati, pRthvInI be bhujA jevI e bAju rahelI gaMgA ane siMdhudevI, bharatakSetrarUpI kamalanI karNikA samAna vaitADhyadrikumAradeva, tamistrAguphAno adhipati kSetrapALa sadaza katamALa nAme deva ane bharatakSetranI maryAdAbhUminA staMbharUpa himAcalakumAradeva, khaMDakapAtAguphAno adhiSThAyaka utkaTa evo nATyamAla nAme deva ane naisarpa vagere nava nidhinA adhiSThAyaka nava hajAra devatAoe sarva devatAone tame sAdhAraNa manuSyanI jema sAdhya karyA che. vaLI tejasvI evA Ape aMtaraMga zatruonA pavarganI jema A pakhaMDa pRthvItala potAnI meLe ja parAjaya pamADyuM che. have tamArI bhujAnA parAkramane yogya koI paNa kArya avazeSa rahyuM nathI ke je karIne ame tamAruM putrapaNuM batAvI ApIe; mATe have to pitAjIe sAdhelA A sarva bhUtaLamAM svecchAe vihAra Sagar Chakravarti's sons Vol. I Ch. 5-A, Pg. 183-188 Sagar Chakravarti's sons - 288 re

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Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth karavAthI ja amAruM putrapaNe saphaLa thAo ema icchIe chIe, tema ja ApanA prasAdathI gharanA AMgaNAnI jema sarva bhUmimAM hAthInI peThe svacchede vihAra karavAne icchIe chIe." AvI potAnA putronI mAMgaNI teNe svIkArI, kAraNa ke mahAna puruSonI pAse bIjAnI paNa yAcanA vyartha thatI nathI to potAnA putronI yAcanA kema vyartha thAya? pachI pitAne praNAma karI potAnA nivAsamAM AvI teoe prayANanA maMgaLasUcaka duMdubhi vagaDAvyA. te vakhate prayANa samaye ja dhIrapuruSone paNa kSobha pamADe tevo azubha utpAta tathA azubha zukana temane thavA lAgyA. moTA sarpanA kuLathI AkuLa evA rasAtalanA dvAranI jema sUryanuM maMDaLa seMkaDo ketunA tArAthI AkuLa thayuM, caMdranA maMDaLamAM vacce chidra jaNAvA lAgyuM. tethI caMdra navA kotarelA daMtanA AkoTA jevo dekhAvA lAgyo, vAyuthI jema latA kaMpe tema pRthvI kaMpavA lAgI. zilAonA kakaDA jevA karAnI vRSTio thavA lAgI, sukAI gayelA vAdaLAnA cUrNanI jevI rajovRSTi thavA lAgI, roSa pAmelA zatrunI jevo mahAbhayaMkara vAyu vAvA lAgyo, azivakArI ziyAlaNI jamaNI tarapha rahI bolavA lAgI, jANe teonI hariphAI karatA hoya tema ghuvaDa pakSI Akroza karavA lAgyA, jANe UMce prakAre kALacakrathI krIDA karatA hoya tema AkAzamAM maMDaLAkAre thaI cAmAcIDIA UDavA lAgyAM, unALAmAM jema nadIo nirjala thaI jAya tema sugaMdhI madavALA hAthIo mada rahita thaI gayA ane rAphaDAmAMthI bhayaMkara sarpo nIkaLe tema khoMkhArA karatA ghoDAnA mukhamAMthI dhUmADA nIkaLavA lAgyA. AvA utpAta zukanane teoe gaNyA nahIM, kAraNa ke tevA utpAdAdine jANanAra puruSone bhavitavyatA ja pramANa hoya che. teoe snAna karIne prayANocita kautukamaMgaLAdi karyuM ane pachI cakravartInA sarva sainya sAthe teo tyAMthI cAlyA. mahArAjA sagare strI-ratna sivAya sarva ratno putronI sAthe mokalyAM, kAraNa potAno AtmA che te ja putra che. sarva putro tyAMthI cAlyA, temAM keTalAka uttama hAthI upara beThA hatA, teo dipALanI jevA jaNAtA hatA. keTalAka revaMta azva karatAM paNa vadhAre suMdara ghoDAo upara beThA hatA ane sUryAdika grahonI jema keTalAka rathamAM beThA hatA. sarvee mugaTa paheryA hatA. tethI teo jANe IMdro hoya tevA jaNAtA hatA. temanI chAtIo upara hAra laTakatA hatA. tethI jANe nadInA pravAhavALA parvato hoya tevA jaNAtA hatA, jANe pRthvI upara AyudhadhArI devatAo AvyA hoya tema teonA hAthamAM vividha jAtanAM hathiyAro hatAM, vRkSanA cinavALA jANe vyaMtaro hoya tema teonA mastaka upara chatro hatAM, velaMdhara devatAothI samudranI jema AtmarakSaka puruSothI teo vIMTAI rahelA hatA, UMcA hAtha karIne cAraNabhATa temanI stuti karatA hatA, ghoDAnI tIkSNa kharIothI pRthvIne khodI nAkhatA hatA, vAjiMtronA avAjathI sarva dizAone baherI karI mUkatA hatA, ghaNI UDelI pRthvInI rajathI sarva dizAone AMdhaLI karI mUkatA hatA, vicitra udyAnomAM jANe udyAnadevatA hoya, parvatonA zikharonI upara jANe manohara parvatanA adhiSThAyaka devatA hoya ane nadIonA kinArA upara jANe nadIputro hoya tema svecchAe krIDA karatA teo A bharatabhUmimAM sarva ThekANe bhamavA lAgyA. gAmaDAM, khANa, nagara, droNamukha ane kheDUlokonA nehaDAmAM paNa teo vidyAdharanI peThe jinapUjA karatA hatA. ghaNA bhoga bhogavatA, ghaNuM dhana ApatA, mitrajanane khuzI karatA, zatruono nAza karatA, rastAmAM nizAna pADavAmAM potAnuM kuzaLapaNuM batAvavA, bhamatA ane paDatA zastro pakaDI levAmAM nipuNatA dekhADatA ane zastrAzastrInI vicitra prakAranI kathAo tathA mazkarInI kathAo vAhana upara besI potAnA sarakhI vayanA rAjAonI sAthe karatA teo, anukrame jenA jovA mAtrathI sudhA ne tRSA maTI jAya tevI auSadhivALA ane puNyasaMpattinA sthAnarUpa aSTApada parvatanI samIpe AvI pahoMcyA. - 289 - - Sagar Chakravarti's sons

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Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth te aSTApada parvata moTA sarovarathI jANe devatAnA amRtarasano bhaMDAra hoya tevo jaNAto hato, harSa pAmelA mayUranA madhura svarathI jANe gAyana karato hoya tema dekhAto hato, jANe pUtaLIovALuM caitya hoya tema tenI upara aneka vidyAdharIo rahetI hatI, cAre bAju paDelAM ratnothI jANe ratna-maNiothI banelo pRthvIno mugaTa hoya tevo te jaNAto hato ane tyAMnA caityane vaMdanA karavAnI icchAthI haMmezAM AvatAM cAraNazramaNAdikathI te parvata naMdIzvaradvIpa jevo jaNAto hato. Avo nitya utsavavALo sphaTika ratnamaya parvata joIne te kumAroe subuddhi vagere potAnA amAtyone pUchayuM - vaimAnika devonA svargamAM rahelA kriIDAparvatomAMthI jANe eka ahIM pRthvI upara utaryo hoya evo A kayo parvata che? ane tenI upara AkAza sudhI UMcuM tathA himAlaya parvata para rahela zAzvata caitya jevuM A caitya che te koNe karAveluM che?' maMtrIoe kahyuM -"pUrve RSabhaprabhu prathama tIrthakara bhagavaMta thaI gayA che, je tamArA vaMzanA ane A bharatamAM dharmatIrthanA AdikartA thayA che, tenA putra bharata navANuM bhAIothI moTA ane pakhaMDa bharatakSetrane potAnI AjJAmAM pravartAvanAra hatA. iMdrane jema meruparvata tema te cakrIno A aSTApada nAme krIDAgiri aneka AzcaryanA sthAnabhUta che. A parvatanI upara zrI RSabhadeva bhagavAna daza hajAra sAdhuonI sAthe avyayapadane pAmelA che. RSabhasvAmInA nirvANa pachI bharatarAjAe ahIM ratnamaya pASANothI siMniSadyA nAme caitya karAveluM che, temAM RSabhasvAmI ane pachI thanArA bIjA trevIsa tIrthakaronAM biMbo nirdoSa ratnothI potapotAnA dehanA pramANa, saMsthAna, varNa ane lAMchanavALA vidhi pramANe karAvelAM che. te sarve bibonI pratiSThA A caityamAM te bharatacakrIe cAraNamunionI pAse karAvelI che ane temaNe potAnA bAhubali vagere navANuM baMdhuonAM pagalAM ane mUrtio paNa karAvI che. ahIM samavasarelA zrI bhasvAmIe bhaviSyamAM thanArA tIrthakara, cakravartI, vAsudeva, prativAsudeva ane baLarAmanuM tenI pAse varNana tuM. A parvatanI cotarapha bharatacakrIe ATha ATha pagathiyAM karAvelAM che. tethI te aSTApadagiri kahevAya A pramANenI hakIkata sAMbhaLIne "aho ! A parvata ApaNA pUrvajono che,' ema jeone harSa upajyo che evA kumAro parivAra sahita tenI upara caDyA ane te siMhaniSadyA caityamAM praveza karyo. dUrathI darzana thatAM ja teoe harSa vaDe Adi tIrthakarane praNAma karyA. ajitasvAmInA biMbane tathA bIjA tIrthakaronAM biMbone paNa teoe sarakhI zraddhAthI namaskAra karyA, kAraNa ke teo garbhazrAvaka hatA. jANe maMtrathI AkarSaNa karIne maMgAvyuM hoya tema tatkALa AvelA zuddha gaMdhodakathI kumAroe zrI arvatanAM biMbone snAna karAvyuM. te vakhate keTalAka kaLazone pANIthI bharI detA hatA. keTalAka ApatA hatA, keTalAka prabhunI upara DhoLatA hatA, keTalAka khAlI thayelA pAchA letA hatA, koI snAtravidhi bhaNatA hatA. koI cAmara vIMjhatA hatA, koI suvarNanA dhUpiyA letA hatA, koI dhUpiyAmAM uttama dhUpa nAMkhatA hatA ane koI zikhAdi vAjiMtro UMce svare vagADatA hatA te vakhate vega vaDe paDatA snAnanA gaMdhodakathI aSTApada parvata bamaNA nirjharaNAvALo thayo. pachI komaLa, korA ane devadUSya vastrothI teo dAsanI jema bhagavaMtanAM biMbonuM mArjana karavA lAgyA. pachI siraghI dAsInI jema svecchAe ghaNI bhaktivALA teoe gozISacaMdananA rasa vaDe prabhune vilepana karyuM. vicitra puSponI mALAthI tathA divya vastra ane manohara ratnAlaMkArothI temanI arcA karI. iMdranI jevA rUpavaMta teoe svAmInAM biMbonI Agala akhaMDita cokhAthI paTTa upara aSTamaMgalika AlekhyA. divya kapUranI dIveTathI teoe sUryabiMba jevI dedIpyamAna ArAtrika taiyAra karI, tenI pUjA karI ane pachI te AratI Sagar Chakravarti's sons - 290 -

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Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth utArI. pachI aMjali joDIne zakrastavaDe vaMdanA karI RSabhasvAmI vagerenI A pramANe teo stuti karavA lAgyAH "he bhagavaMta! A apAra ane ghora evA saMsArarUpI samudramAM vahANa samAna ane mokSanA kAraNabhUta evA tame amane pavitra karo. syAdvAdarUpI mahelanI pratiSThAmAM sUtradhAra (sutAra) paNAne naya pramANathI dhAraNa karatA evA tamane ame namaskAra karIe chIe. yojana sudhI prasAra pAmatI vANIrUpI nIkathI sarva jagatarUpI bAgane tuma karanAra evA tamane ame namaskAra karIe chIe. tamArA darzanathI sAmAnya jIvitavALA amArI jevA jIvo pAMcamA ArA paryata paNa jIvitanuM paramaphaLa prApta karaze. garbha, janma, dIkSA, jJAna ane muktirUpa pAMca-pAMca kalyANakothI nArakIone paNa sukha ApanAra evA tamone ame namaskAra karIe chIe. megha, vAyu, caMdra ane sUryanI jema samadRSTi rAkhanArA evA tame amane kalyANane arthe thAo. A aSTApada parvata para rahelAM pakSIone paNa dhanya che ke jeo pratidivasa niraMtarapaNe tamane jue che. tamArA darzana ane pUjana ghaNIvAra karavAthI amAruM jIvita ane vaibhava kRtArtha thayela che." evI rIte stuti karIne pharIthI atine namaskAra karI te sagaraputro harSa pAmI prAsAdamAMthI bahAra nIkaLyA. pachI bharatacakrInA bhrAtAonAM pavitra pagalAMone temaNe vaMdanA karI. pachI kAMIka vicArIne jandukumAre potAnA nAnA bhAIone kahyuM - "huM dhAruM chuM ke A aSTApadanA jevuM bIjuM koI uttama sthAna nathI, mATe ApaNe A caityanA jevuM bIjuM caitya ahIM karAvIe. aho! bharatacakrIe jo ke A bharatakSetra choDyuM che, to paNa A parvata ke je bharatakSetramAM sArabhUta che tenI upara caityanA miSathI kAyama rahIne bharatakSetrane jANe atyAre paNa teo bhogave che." vaLI pharI vicAra karIne bolyo- "he baMdhuo ! navuM caitya karAvyA karatAM bhaviSyamAM lopa thavAnA saMbhavavALA A caityanuM ApaNe rakSaNa karIe to A caitya ApaNe ja karAveluM che ema samajI zakAya, kAraNa ke jyAre duHSamakALa pravartaze tyAre arthamAM lubdha, sattva rahita ane kRtyAkRtyanA vicAra vinAnA puruSo thaze, tethI jUnAM dharmasthAnonuM rakSaNa karavuM te navA dharmasthAna karAvyAthI paNa adhika che." A pramANe sAbhaLIne sarva nAnA bhAIoe : rakSaNanimitte tenI pharatI khAI karavA sAruM daMDaratna grahaNa karyuM. pachI jANe tIvra tejathI sUrya hoya tevo jandu potAnA bhAIo sAthe nagaranI jema aSTApadanI cotarapha khAI karavAne mATe daMDaratnathI pRthvI khodavA lAgyo. temanI AjJAthI daMDarabbe hajAra yojana UMDI khAI khodI, eTale tyAM AvelAM nAgakumAranA maMdiro bhAMgavA lAgyA. potAnAM bhuvano bhAMgavAthI, samudranuM maMthana karatAM jema jaLajaMtuo kSobha pAme tema sarva nAgaloka kSobha pAmavA lAgyo. jANe paracakra AvyuM hoya, jANe agni lAgyo hoya athavA jANe mahAvAta utpanna thayo hoya tema nAgakumAra Ama tema trAsa pAmavA lAgyA. evI rIte AkuLa thayelo nAgaloka joI jvalanaprabha nAme nAgakumArono rAjA agninI jema krodhathI baLavA lAgyo. pRthvIne khodelI joIne "A zuM ?" ema saMbhramathI vicArato te bahAra nIkaLI sagaracakrInA putronI pAse Avyo. caDatA taraMgavALA samudranI jema caDAvelI bhRkuTithI te bhayaMkara lAgato hato, UMcI jvALAvALA agninI jema kopathI tenA hoTha pharakatA hatA, tapelA loDhAnA tomaranI zreNI jevI lAla dRSTi te nAkhato hato ane vajAgninI dhamaNa jevI potAnI nAsikA phulAvato hato. evA tema ja yamarAjanI jema krodha pAmelA ane pralayakALanA sUryanI jema sAmuM na joI zakAya tevA te nAgapati sagaraputrone A pramANe kahevA lAgyA - "are ! potAne parAkramI mAnanArA ane durmada evA tame bhIla lokone jema killo maLe tema daMDaratna maLavAthI A zuM karavA mAMDyuM - 291 - Sagar Chakravarti's sons

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Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth che? are! avicArapUrvaka kArya karanArA tame bhavanapationAM zAzvata bhavanone A zo upadrava karyo? ajitasvAmInA bhAInA putra thaIne tame pizAcanI jema A dArUNa karma kema karavA mAMDyuM?" pachI jahue kahyuM- "he nAgarAja ! amArAthI thayelA tamArA sthAnabhaMgathI pIDita thaIne tame je kaho cho te ghaTita che, paNa daMDaratnavALA amoe tamArA sthAnano bhaMga thAya evI buddhithI A pRthvI khodI nathI, kiMtu A aSTApada parvatanA rakSaNane mATe pharatI khAI karavA ame A pRthvI khodI che. ahIM amArA vaMzanA mULapuruSa bharatacakrIe ratnamaya caitya ane sarva tIrthakaronI ratnamaya suMdara pratimAo karAvelI che. bhaviSyamAM kALanA doSathI loko tene upadrava karaze, evI zaMkA lAvIne ame A kAma karyuM che. tamArAM sthAno to ghaNA dUra che ema jANIne amane tenA bhaMganI zaMkA thaI nahotI, paNa Ama thavAmAM A daMDaratnanI amogha zaktino ja aparAdha jaNAya che, mATe ahaMtanI bhaktithI avicArIpaNe ame je kAma karyuM che te tame kSamA karo ane have pharIthI ame tema karazuM nahIM? evI rIte jandukumAre prArthanA karAyelo nAgarAja zAMta thayo, kAraNa ke sapuruSonA kopAgni zAMta karavAmAM sAmevANI jaLarUpa thAya che. pachI have pharIthI tame AvuM karazo nahIM ema kahI siMha jema guphAmAM jAya tema nAgapati nAgalokamAM gayo. nAgarAja gayA pachI jahue potAnA nAnA bhAIone kahyuM - "ApaNe aSTApadanI pharatI khAI to karI, paNa pAtALa jevI gaMbhIra chatAM A khAI, mANasanI moTI AkRti paNa buddhi vinA jema zobhatI nathI tema jaLa vinA zobhatI nathI. vaLI koI kALe A pAchI rajathI pUrAI paNa jAya, kAraNa ke kALe karIne moTA khADA hoya che te paNa sthaLarUpa thaI jAya che, mATe A khAI ghaNA jaLathI avazya pUravI joIe. paNa UMcI taraMgavALI gaMgA vinA te kAma pAra paDI zakaze nahIM." A pramANe sAMbhaLIne "tame kaho cho te ghaNuM sAruM che' ema tenA bhAIoe kahyuM eTale jajue jANe bIjo yamadaMDa hoya tevuM "daMDaratna hAthamAM lIdhuM. te daMDaratna vaDe gaMgA kAMThone IMdra jema parvatanA zikharane toDe tema toDI nAkhyo daMDe kAMTho toDavAthI te raste gaMgA cAlI, kAraNa ke sarala puruSanI jema jaLa jyAM laI jaIe tyAM jAya che. te vakhate gaMgAnadI potAnA uchaLatA moTA taraMgothI jANe teNe parvatanA zikharo UMcA karyA hoya tevI jaNAtI hatI ane taTa upara aphaLatA pANIthI utpanna thatA zabdo vaDe jANe jorathI vAjiMtro vagADatI hoya tevI dekhAtI hatI. evI rIte potAnA jaLanA vegathI daMDe karelA pRthvInA bhedane bamaNo pahoLo karatI gaMgA samudranI jema aSTApada girinI pharatI karelI khAI pAse AvI. eTale hajAra yojana UMDI ane pAtALanI jevI bhayaMkara te parikhAne pUravAne teo pravaryA. jahue aSTApada parvatanI khAI pUravAne gaMgAne kheMcI, tethI tenuM nAma jAnhavI kahevAyuM. ghaNA jaLathI te parikhA pUrAI gayA pachI vadheluM jaLa dhArAyaMtranI jema nAgakumAronAM sthAnomAM peThuM. rAphaDAnI jema nAgakumAranA maMdiro jaLathI pUrAI gayAM, eTale dareka dizAmAM phUMphADA mAratA nAgakumAro AkuLavyAkuLa thaI trAsa pAmavA lAgyA. nAgalokanA kSobhathI sarparAja valAprabha aMkuze mArelA hAthIne jama bhayaMkara AkRtipUrvaka kopAyamAna thayo ane bolyo- "e sagaranA putra pitAnA vaibhavathI durmada yelA che, tethI teo sAmane yogya nathI, paNa gadheDAnI jema daMDane ja yogya che. amArA bhuvanono nAza karavAno eka aparAdha meM sahana karyo ane zikSA na karI to pharIthI temaNe A aparAdha karyo, mATe have cora lokone jema ArakSaka puruSa zikSA kare tema huM temane zikSA karuM." A pramANe ghaNA kopanA ATopathI bhayaMkara rIte bolato, akALe kALAgninI jema ghaNI dIptithI dArUNa dekhAto ane vaDavAnala jema samudrane Sagar Chakravarti's sons - 292 -

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Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth zoSaNa karavA Icche tema jagatane baLavAnI IcchA karato te pRthvImAMthI bahAra nIkaLyo ane vajAnaLanI jema UMcI jvALAvALo te nAgarAja nAgakumAronI sAthe vegathI rasAtaLamAMthI nIkaLIne tyAM Avyo. pachI dRSTiviSa sarpanA rAjAe tatkALa kopAyamAna dRSTi vaDe sagaraputrone joyA, eTale tatkALa ghAsanA puLAnI jema agnithI te sarve bhasmarAzi thaI gayA. te vakhate lokomAM AkAza ane pRthvIne pUrI de evo eka moTo hAhAkAra zabda thayo, kAraNa ke aparAdhI mANasano nigraha paNa lokone to anukaMpAne mATe ja thAya che. A pramANe nAgarAja sagaracakrInA sATha hajAra putrone mRtyu pamADI sAyaMkALe sUryanI jema nAgaloka sahita pAcho rasAtaLamAM cAlyo gayo. -cha 293 - - Sagar Chakravarti's sons

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ne rAvaNa ane vAlI muni ! eka divase rAvaNa nityAloka nAmanA nagaramAM nityAloka nAmanA rAjAnI ratnAvaNI nAmanI kanyAne paraNavA cAlyo. mArgamAM aSTApada girinI upara AvatAM tenuM puSpaka vimAna, killA pAse lazkara alita thAya tema alita thayuM. sAgaramAM laMgara nAMkhavAthI aTakelA vahANanI jema ane bAMdhI lIdhelA hastInI jema potAnA vimAnane aTakeluM joI rAvaNane ghaNo krodha caDyo A mArA vimAnane alita karanAra kayo puruSa yamarAjanA mukhamAM pesavAne icche che. A pramANe kahetA rAvaNe nIce UtarI parvatanA mastaka para joyuM, to tyAM jANe parvatamAMthI navIna zIkhara thayuM hoya tevA kAyotsarge rahelA vAlImunine potAnA vimAnanI nIce joyA. eTale rAvaNe temane kahyuM -"are vAlImuni ! zuM tuM adyApi mArI upara krodha rAkhe che ? ane zuM A jIvanane chetaravA mATe daMbha karIne vrata laI beTho che ? agAu paNa koI prakAranI mAyA vaDe mane upADI pheravyo hato. pachI "A mArA karelAno badalo vALaze evI zaMkAthI te tatkALa dIkSA lIdhI hatI. paNa adyApi huM rAvaNa teno te ja chuM, ane mArI bhujAo paNa tenI ja che. have mAro vakhata Avyo che to joI le, huM tArA karelAno badalo vALuM chuM; jema caMdrahAsa khaDjha sahita mane upADIne tuM cAre samudra pharato pharyo hato, tema have atyAre tane A parvata sahita upADI lavaNa samudramAM nAkhI dauM chuM." A pramANe kahI jema svargamAMthI paDeluM vaja pRthvIne phADI nAkhe tema rAvaNa pRthvIne phADI aSTApada girinI nIce peTho. pachI bhujabaLathI madoddhata evA rAvaNe eka sAthe sahastra vidyAnuM smaraNa karI te durdhara parvata upADyo te samaye tenA taDataDATa zabdothI vyaMtaro trAsa pAmavA lAgyA, jhalajhala zabda vaDe capala thayelA sumadrathI rasAtaLa purAvA lAgyuM, khaDakhaDa thaIne paDatA pASANothI vananA hastIo kSobha pAmavA lAgyA ane kaDakaDATa zabda karatA girinitaMbanA upavanamAMnA vRkSo bhAMgI paDavA lAgyA. AvI rIte rAvaNe parvata upADyo, te avadhijJAnathI jANI aneka labdhirUpa nadIonA sAgara ane zuddha buddhivALA mahAmuni vAlI A pramANe vicAravA lAgyA- "are ! A durmati rAvaNa adyApi mArI IrSAthI aneka prANIono saMhAra akALe karavA taiyAra thayo che, ane bharatezvare karAvelA A caityano nAza karIne bharatakSetranA AbhUSaNarUpa A tIrthano uccheda karavAno yatna kare che. jo ke huM atyAre niHsaMga, potAnA zarIramAM paNa niHspRha, rAgadveSarahita ane samatAjaLamAM nimagna chuM, tathApi A caityanA ane prANIonA rakSaNane mATe rAgadveSa dhAraNa karyA vagara A rAvaNane jarA zikSA ApuM." Avo vicAra karI bhagavAna vAlIe paganA aMgUThA vaDe aSTApada girinA mastakane jarA dabAvyuM. tatkALa madhyAhna vakhate dehanI chAyanI peThe ane jaLanI bahAra rahelA kUrmanI peThe rAvaNanAM gAtra saMkoca pAmI gayAM, tenA bhujadaMDa bhAMgI gayAM ane mukhathI rudhira vamana karato temaja pRthvIne rovarAvato rAvaNa UMce svare rovA lAgyA. te divasathI te "rAvaNa' kahevAyo. tenuM dIna rudana sAMbhaLI dayALu munie tene choDI mUkyo. kemake A kArya mAtra zikSAne mATe ja hatuM, krodhathI hatuM nahIM. Ravan & Vali Muni Upcoming Vol. XXI Ravan & Vali Muni - 294 -

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Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth pachI girinA taLamAMthI nIkaLIne pratApa rahita thayelo pazcAttApa karato vAlI muni pAse Avyo, ane namaskAra karI aMjali joDIne A pramANe bolyo- "je potAnI zaktine jANatA nathI, je anyAyanA karanArA che ane je lobhathI jitAyelA che te sarvamAM huM dhuraMdhara chuM. he mahAtmA ! huM nirlajja thaIne vAraMvAra tamAro aparAdha karuM chuM ane tame zaktivAna chatAM kRpALu thaIne sahana karo cho. he prabhu! have huM mAnuM che ke tame pUrve mArI upara kRpA karIne ja pRthvIne choDI dIdhI hatI, kAMI asamarthapaNe choDI dIdhI nahotI, tathApi te vakhate mArA jANavAmAM ema AvyuM nahIM. he nAtha ! jema hastIno zizu parvatane pheravavA mATe prayatna kare tema meM ajJAnathI mArI zakti toLavA mAMDI hatI. Aje mArA jANavAmAM AvyuM ke parvata ane rAphaDAmAM tathA garuDa ane cAsa pakSamAM jeTalo taphAvata che teTalo taphAvata tamArA ane mArA vacce che. te svAmI ! mRtyunI aNI upara rahelA evA mane tame prANa ApyA che, mArA jevA apakArI upara paNa tamArI AvI upakArabuddhi che, mATe tamane namaskAra che." A pramANe kahI daDha bhaktie vAlImunine khamAvyA ane traNa pradakSiNA karIne rAvaNe temane namaskAra karyA. AvA te muninA mAhAbhyathI harSa pAmelA devatAoe "sAdhu sAdhu" evA zabdo kahIne vAlImuninI upara AkAzamAMthI puSpavRSTi karI. pachI pharI vAra vAlImunine praNAma karI te parvatanA mugaTa jevA bharatarAjAnA karAvelA caitya samIpa rAvaNa Avyo. tyAM caityanI bahAra caMdrahAsa khaga vagere zastro mukI pote aMtaHpurasahita aMdara jaI RSabhAdika arvatanI aSTaprakArI pUjA karI. pachI e mahA sAhasika rAvaNe bhaktithI potAnI nasone kheMsI tenI taMtrI karIne bhajavINA vagADavA mAMDI. dazAnana grAma rAgathI ramya evI vINA vagADato hato ane tenA aMtaHpuranI strIo sapta svarathI manohara gIta gAtI hatI. tevAmAM pannagapati dharaNendra te caityanI yAtrA mATe tyAM AvyA. teNe pUjA karIne prabhune vaMdanA karI. te vakhate ahaMtanA guNamaya evA karaNa ane dhruvaka vagere gItonuM vINA vaDe gAyana karatA rAvaNane joI dharaNeDhe kahyuM- "he rAvaNa ! ahaMtanA guNonI stutimaya A gAyana bahu ja suMdara che. te paNa tArA bhAva sahita hovAthI tArI upara huM saMtuSTa thayo chuM. ahatanAM guNonI stutinuM mukhya phaLa to mokSa che, tathApi tArI saMsAravAsanA haju jIrNa thaI nathI tethI huM tane zuM ApuM? te mAgI le." rAvaNa bolyA- "he nAgaeNdra! devanA paNa deva, ahaMta prabhunA guNastavanathI tame tuSTa thayA, te tamane ucita che; kAraNa ke te tamArA hRdayamAM rahelI svAmIbhaktinuM cihna che. paraMtu jema varadAna ApavAthI tamArI svAmIbhaktino utkarSa thAya che, tema varadAna levAthI mArI svAmIbhakti hIna thAya che. nAgeDhe pharI vAra kahyuM- "he mAnada rAvaNa! tane zAbAza che ! tArI AvI niHspRhatAthI huM vizeSa saMtuSTa thayo chuM." A pramANe kahI ghareNaMdra amoghavijayA zakti ane rUpavikAriNI vidyA rAvaNane ApI potAne sthAne gayA. pachI rAvaNa tyAM rahelA sarva tIrthakarone vAMdI nityAloka nagare gayo. tyAM ratnAvalIne paraNI pAcho laMkAmAM Avyo. te samaye vAlImunine kevaLajJAna utpanna thayuM. suraasuroe AvIne kevaLajJAnano mahotsava karyo. anukrame bhavopagrAhI karmano kSaya karIne anaMta catuSTaya jenA siddha thayAM che evA vAlImuni paramapadane prApta thayA. - 295 - Ravan & Vali Muni