Meghratha Raja

Author(s): JAINA Education Committee
Publisher: JAINA Education Committee
Catalog link: https://jainqq.org/explore/201014/1

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rAjA meghazya 14. rAjA megharatha svarganA deva indrae devonI sabhAmAM pRthvI paranA rAjA megharathanI bahAdurI ane dayALupaNAnI khUba prazaMsA karI. emaNe kahyuM ke rAjA megharatha potAnA zaraNe AvelAne rakSaNa ApavA mATe potAnA prANa ApatAM paNa acakAya nahi. be devoe iMdranI vAtano virodha karyo. tethI iMdrae temane pRthvIpara jaIne jAte ja joI levA jaNAvyuM. teoe vezapalaTo karI eke kabUtaranuM tathA bIjAe zikArI bAja pakSInuM rUpa lIdhuM. pRthvIpara rAjA megharatha sabhAmAM temanA rAjavI parivArajano sAthe beThA hatA. ekAeka khullI bArImAMthI eka kabUtara beThA hatA tyAM dhasI AvyuM ane goLa goLa AMTA mAravA lAgyuM. rAjAnA Azcarya vacce kabUtara temanA khoLAmAM AvIne besI gayuM. te bhayanuM mAryuM khUba dhrUjatuM hatuM. rAjAne lAgyuM ke kabUtara koI bhayathI phaphaDI rahyuM che ane mahelamAM te Azraya zodhatuM AvyuM che. eTalAmAM eka bAja pakSI UDatuM UDatuM rAjasabhAmAM AvyuM. teNe rAjAne kahyuM, "A kabUtara mAro khorAka che, te mane ApI do." rAjAe to bAja pakSInI vAta sAMbhaLI. teNe javAba Apyo, "A tAro khorAka che e sAcuM paNa te atyAre mArI zaraNamAM rakSaNa mATe che. huM tane A kabUtara nahi ApuM enA badalAmAM tAre je joIe te khorAka ApuM." pakSInI jiMdagI bacAvavA potAnuM mAMsa svIkAravAnuM kahetA rAjA medhatha 67 jaina kathA saMgraha

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bhagavAna mahAvIranA samaya pahelAnI kathAo rAjAe cAkarone TopalA bharIne zAkabhAjI tathA phaLaphaLAdi lAvavA kahyuM. bAja pakSIe kahyuM, "huM kAMI mANasa nathI ke zAkAhArI paNa nathI. mane to khorAka tarIke mAMsa ja joIe." rAjA megharathe kahyuM, "kabUtaranA badalAmAM huM tane mAruM mAMsa ApuM." rAjAnI LATA(Qaavaan a pakSInI jiMdagI bacAvavA potAnI jiMdagInuM balidAna ApatA rAjA megharatha 68 jaina kathA saMgraha

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rAjA megharatha vAta sAMbhaLI darabArIoe rAjAnA mAMsane badale bajAramAMthI kasAI pAsethI mAMsa lAvavAnuM sUcavyuM. rAjAe manAI karI kahyuM. kasAI mAMsa mATe bIjA prANIne mAraze. A kabUtara mArA zaraNe AvyuM che ane tenuM rakSaNa mArI javAbadArI che. sAthe bIjA koI prANIne ijA na thavI joIe. tethI huM mAruM ja mAMsa ApIza." ATaluM kahIne rAjAe charI hAthamAM lIdhI ane potAnI sAthaLanuM mAMsa kApIne bAjane ApyuM. Akho darabAra stabdha thaI gayo. bAje kahyuM, "mAre to kabUtaranA vajana jeTaluM ja mAMsa joIe." rAjAe sabhAmAM trAjavAM maMgAvyAM. eka pallAmAM kabUtara mUkyuM ane bIjA pallAmAM rAjAnuM mAMsa mUkyuM. rAjA kApI kApIne mAMsa mUkatA ja gayA paNa kabUtaranuM palluM bhAre ja rahyuM. aMte rAjAe potAnuM AkhuM zarIra trAjavAmAM mUkavAnI taiyArI batAvI. ajANyA pakSI mATe rAjA potAnA prANa ApavA taiyAra thayA te joI AkhI sabhA stabdha thaI gaI. rAjA to zaraNe AvelA pakSIne bacAvavA potAnI pharaja bajAvI rahyA che. rAjA to sAmenA pallAmAM AMkho baMdha karI dhyAnastha mudrAmAM besI gayA. jevuM rAjAe dhyAna zarU karyuM ke kabUtara ane bAja temanA asala deva svarUpamAM AvI gayA. baMne jaNA rAjAne namI paDyA ane kahyuM, "he mahAna rAjavI, iMdrae tamArA je vakhANa karyA hatAM te yathArtha ja hatA. ame kAna pakaDI kabUla karIe chIe ke tame mahAna dayALu rAjA cho." pharI pharI rAjAnI prazaMsA karatA teo rAjAne praNAma karIne cAlyA gayA. Akho darabAra AnaMdita thaI gayo ane ghoSaNA karavA lAgyo, "rAjA megharatha ghaNuM jIvo" A rAjA megharathano jIva trIjA bhavamAM soLamA tIrthaMkara zAMtinAtha banyA. A vAta zIkhavaeN che ke kamanasIba duHkhI lokonuM rakSaNa karavAnI ApaNI kRSNa pharaja che. koInuM dukha darda joIne mAkhaNane dayA bhrAtre eTaluM ja nahi paNa tenI pIDA ochI ka2vAnA prayatno karsae to ja sAcA dayALu kahevAIe. sAco dayALu garlsabone Arthika sahAya kare ane bhUggA tathA jarUriyAtavALAne khAvAnuM Ape. dayALu mANasa potAnI jiMdagI bacAvavA bIjAne nukazAna na kareM. paraMtu bIjAnA jIvana mATe potAnI jiMdagIno bhoga Ape. | jaina kathA saMgraha 69