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________________ puSNacUlikA aura vRSNidazA arvanAzivpA rAvI. devamAM himAMzu' puSpabUlikA evaM vRSNiva meM dharmakathAnaka hai, ataH ina donoM upAMgoM kA samAveza dharmakathAnuyoga meM kiyA jA sakatA hai| puSpabUlikA ne bhagavAna pArzvanAtha kAlIna daza zramagiyoM kA varNana jo AryA puSpavRlikA ke samakSa dIkSita huii| vRSNidaza meM dRSNivaMzIya (vaMza) 12 rAjakumAroM kA varNana hai| palaka evaM vRSNi ke sabhI sAdhaka mahAvideha kSetra se mokSa prApta kreNge| sAdhvI DaoN. henaprabhA jo ne donoM AgamoM kI viSayavastu kA saMkSipta evaM sAragarbhita paricaya diyA hai sampAdaka Arhata paramparA meM bhagavAna mahAvIra isa yuga ke antima tIrthaMkara hue| unhoMne jo dharmadezanA dI tathA unake pramukha antevAsI gaNadharoM ne jise sUtra rUpa meM saMgrathita kiyA, vaha Aja 'zAstra' yA 'Agama' ke rUpa meM vizruta hai| AcArya devavAcaka ne Agama sAhitya ko do bhAgoM meM vibhakta kiyA hai-- 1. aMga praviSTa aura 2. aMga bAhya aMga praviSTa Agama bhagavAna mahAvIra ke dvArA upadiSTa siddhAntoM kA gaNadharoM dvArA sUtrabaddha saMkalana hai| ye saMkhyA meM bAraha hone se dvAdazAMga yA dvAdazAMgI kahe jAte haiN| dvAdazAMgI kA dUsarA nAma 'gaNipiTaka' bhI hai| 'gaNi'- gaNanAyaka AcArya ke 'piTaka'- peTI athavA adhikAra meM rahane se saMbhavataH ye gaNipiTaka ke nAma se abhihita hue hoN| deza, kAla kI viSama paristhiti ke kAraNa bArahaveM aMga sUtra 'dRSTivAda' ke pUrNa rUpa se vilupta ho jAne ke kAraNa vartamAna meM gyAraha aMga sUtra hI upalabdha haiN| aMga bAhya AgamoM kA kAlika evaM utkAlika ke rUpa meM vivecana kiyA gayA hai| vartamAna meM upalabdha bAraha upAMga sUtroM kA samAveza aMga bAhya meM kiyA jA sakatA hai| 'puSpacUlikA' evaM 'vRSNidazA' - ye antima do upAMga sUtra haiM, jinakA samAveza 'nirayAvalikA' zrutaskaMdha meM kiyA gayA hai / vidvat manISiyoM kA mantavya hai ki 1. nirayAbalikA yA kalpikA 2. kalpAvataMsikA 3. puSNikA 4. puSpacUlikA aura 5 vRSNidazA yA vahidazA - ye pA~coM upAMga sUtra pahale nirayAvalikA ke nAma se hI pracalita the, kintu bAraha upAMgoM kA jaba bAraha aMgoM se saMbaMdha sthApita kiyA gayA taba inheM pRthak-pRthak parigaNita kiyA gyaa| yahA~ yaha dhyAtavya hai ki yadyapi pratyeka upAMga, pratyega aMga sUtra se saMbaMddha mAne gae haiM, kintu viSayavastu, vivecana Adi kI dRSTi se aMga, upAMgoM se bhinna haiN| eka dUsare ke vAstavika pUraka bhI nahIM haiN| phira bhI inakI pratiSThApanA kisa dRSTi se kI gaI hai, yaha eka anveSaNIya viSaya hai / astu... viSaya vyAkhyA, vivecana, vizleSNa kI dRSTi se AryarakSita sUri ne
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________________ 316 jinavANI- jainAgama sAhitya vizeSAGka AgamoM ko cAra bhAgoM meM vargIkRta kiyA, jo anuyoga kahalAte haiN| ve isa prakAra haiM 1. caraNa karaNAnuyoga-saMyama kI ArAdhanA meM sahayogI / upayogI tattvoM kA isa anuyoga meM vivecana hai| 2. dharmakathAnuyoga - isameM kathAnakoM yA AkhyAnakoM ke mAdhyama se dharma ke aMgoM kA vivecana kiyA gayA hai| 3. gaNitAnuyoga - vibhinna jyotiSa grahoM kA vivecana isameM hai / 4. dravyAnuyoga - SaT dravyoM kA vizleSaNa isa anuyoga meM hai| puSpacUlikA evaM vRSNidazA kI gaNanA dharmakathAnuyoga meM kI gaI hai| inameM kathAoM ke mAdhyama se tatkAlIna tadyugIna mahAn cAritrAtmAoM ke jIvana prasaMga para prakAza DAlA gayA hai| donoM upAMga AgamoM kA saMkSipta sAra rUpa Age diyA jA rahA hai puSpacUlikA aitihAsika dRSTi se isa Agama kA atyadhika mahattva hai| isake dasa adhyayana haiN| unameM bhagavAna pArzvanAtha ke zAsana meM dIkSita hone vAlI dasa zramaNiyoM kI carcA kathA rUpa meM kI gaI hai tathA ina kathAoM kA preraNAtattva zuddha zramaNAcAra hai / bhagavAna mahAvIra ke uttarAdhikArI Arya sudharmA the| Arya sudharmA ke pramukha ziSya jambU the| ve jijJAsu bhAva se, lokopakAra kI vRtti se Arya sudharmA se prazna karate haiN| Arya sudharmA ziSya jambU kI jijJAsA ke anusAra mokSaprApta bhagavAna mahAvIra dvArA pratipAdita puSpacUlikA ke dasa adhyayanoM kA kathAnaka zailI meM varNana karate haiN| AkhyAnaka yA kathA ke mAdhyama se Arya sudharmA ne pratipAdya viSaya ko jana-jana ke lie bodhagamya banA diyA hai| aisA pratIta hotA hai ki jijJAsu aura samAdhAtA ke mAdhyama se jijJAsya viSaya mAno sAkSAt upasthita ho gayA hai| puSpacUlikA ke prathama adhyayana meM varNita kathA kA sArAMza isa prakAra hai - eka bAra rAjagRha nagara ke guNazIlaka cainya meM zramaNa bhagavAna mahAvIra svAmI kA padArpaNa huaa| darzana, vaMdana, dharmazravaNake lie pariSad aaii| usI samaya saudharmakalpa nAmaka prathama devaloka se zrIdevI bhI bhaktivaza prabhu ke darzanArtha phuNcii| bhagavAna kI dharmadezanA kI samApti ke pazcAt zrIdevI divya nATya vidhi ko pradarzita kara vApisa svasthAna calI gii| usake lauTa jAne ke pazcAt gautama svAmI dvArA usakI Rddhi-samRddhi saMbaMdhI kI gaI jijJAsA para bhagavAna mahAvIra ne kahA- gautama! pUrvabhava meM yaha rAjagRha nagara ke dhanADhya sudarzana gAthApati kI 'bhUtA' nAma kI putrI thii| vaha yuvAvasthA meM hI vRddhA
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________________ puSpacUlikA aura vRSNidazA.. .. : 317 dikhAI detI thI. ata: usakA vivAha nahIM ho skaa| eka bAra puruSATAnI arhat pArzva prabhu kA agamana huaa| unakI dharmadezanA zravaNa kara bhUtA dArikA ati prasanna huI tathA apane mAtA-pitA kI AjJA-anumati lekara AryA puSyacUlikA ke samakSa zramaNI dIkSA aMgIkAra kara lii| dIkSAporAnta kucha samaya ke pazcAt vaha bhUtA AryikA zarIra bakuzikA ho gaI arthAt zarIra kI sevA suzrUSA meM laga gii| bAra bAra zarIra ko dhotI, svaccha krtii| sAdhvAcAra ke viruddha aise kRtya ko dekhakara AryA puSpacUlikA ne bhUtA AryikA ko samajhAyA tathA zramaNAcAra kA mahatva batAte hue use pApoM kI AlocanA kara zuddhIkaraNa karane kI preraNA/ AjJA dii| kintu guruvaryA kI AjJA avahelanA kara vaha svacchanda-mati hokara svataMtra rahane lgii| pUrvavat AcAra-vyavahAra rakhate hue usa bhunA AryA ne vividha tapazcaryA karake aneka varSoM taka zramaNI paryAya kA pAlana kiyA ! anta meM binA AlocanA kie hI marakara saudharmakalpa nAmaka prathama devaloka meM zrIdevI ke rUpa meM utpanna huii| vahA~ ko eka palyopama ko Ayu sthiti pUrNa kara vaha mahAvideha kSetra meM utpanna hogI evaM vahA~ se siddhi prApta kreNgii| isI prakAra zeSa nau adhyayanoM meM kramaza: hIdevI, dhRtidevI, kIrtidevI, buddhidevI, lakSmIdevI, ilAdevI, surAdevI, rasadevI, gandhadevI kA varNana hai| sabhI zrIdevI ke samAna saudharmakalpa meM nivAsa karane vAlI thii| sabhI pUrvabhava meM bhagavAna pArzvanAtha ke zAsana meM AryA puSpacUlikA ke samakSa dIkSita huI aura bhUtA AryA kI bhAMti sabhI kA zarIra-zuddhi para vizeSa lakSya thaa| antata: sabhI deviyAM devaloka se nyavana karake mahAvideha kSetra meM janma lekara siddha hoNgii| kahA jAtA hai ki zrI, hI, dhRti, kIrti, buddhi, lakSmI Adi jitanI bhI viziSTa zaktiyoM haiM, unakI ye adhiSThAtrI deviyA~ hai| isa prakAra prastuta upAMga sUtra meM prabhu pArzva ke yugakAlIna sAdhviyoM kI jIvana kathAe~ haiN| kathAoM ke mAdhyama se sAdhviyoM kA pUrvabhava evaM parabhava pratipAdita huA hai| tatkAlIna jIvana kA citraNa kama huA hai tathApi tayugIna sAdhviyoM kA saMkSipta jIvana-caritra milanA bhI apane Apa meM mahatvapUrNa hai| yahAM eka bAta dhvanita hotI hai ki bhagavAna pArzvanAtha ke zAsanakAla ke sAdhu-sAdhvI RjuprAjJa hote the, ata: ve bahumUlya raMgIna vastrAdi dhAraNa karate the, kintu zramaNAcAra meM zithilatA kSamya nahIM thI, zarIra zuddhi para pUrNa pratibandha thaa| prastuta Agama kA nAmakaraNa saMbhavataH AryikA puSpacUlikA ke AdhAra para kiyA gayA ho. aisA pratIta hotA hai| isameM varNita sabhI deviyoM ne
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________________ 1318............ ...: jinavANI-- jainAgama-sAhitya vizeSAGka pUrvabhava meM AryA puSpacUlikA ke samakSa hI cAritra dharma svIkAra kara jJAna prApta kiyA thaa| vaNhidazA (vRSNidazA) yaha antima upAMga sUtra hai| isameM niSadhakumAra Adi vRdhigavaMzIya bAraha rAjakumAroM kA varNana bAraha adhyayanoM meM kiyA gayA hai| nandIcUrNi ke anusAra prastuta upAMga kA nAma aMdhakavRSNidazA thaa| kAlAntara meM usameM se 'aMdhaka' zabda ke lapta ho jAne se kevala "vRSNidazA' hI avazeSa rhaa| vartamAna meM yaha isI nAma se vikhyAta hai| vaMza ke AdhAra para yaha nAmakaraNa honA, siddha hotA hai| puSpacUlikA Agama kI bhAMti isameM bhI ziSya jambU kI jijJAsA para Arya sudhA svAmI bAraha adhyayanoM meM kramaza: niSadhakumAra, mAnalI kumAra, vahakumAra, vahekumAra, pragati(pagaya) kumAra, jyoti (yukti) kumAra, dazaratha kumAra, dRDharatha kumAra, mahAdhanukumAra, sapAdhanukumAra, dazadhanukumAra, zatadhanukumAra kA varNana karate haiN| prathama adhyayana meM pharamAne haiM.... dvArikA nagarI meM vAsudeva kRSNa rAjya karate the| unake jyeSTha bhrAtA baladeva rAjA kI rAnI revatI ne 'niSadha' nAmaka putra ko janma diyaa| yathAsamaya usakA pacAsa uttama rAjakanyAoM ke sAtha pANigrahaNa huA evaM AnandapUrvaka rahane lgaa| grAmAnugrAma vicaraNa karate hue arhanta ariSTanemI kA dvArikA nagarI meM padArpaNa huaa| zrIkRSNa saparivAra dala-bala sahita prabhu ke darzanArtha ge| niSadha kumAra bhI bhagavAna ko vandana karane phuNcaa| kumAra ke divya rUpa-saundarya ko dekhakara prabhu ke pradhAna ziSya varadAna ANagAra ko jijJAsA utpanna huii| taba arhanta ariSTanemI samAdhAna karate haiM ki rohItaka nagara ke mahAbala rAjA evaM rAnI padmAvatI ke vIrAMgada nAmaka putra thaa| yuvAvasthA meM usakA battIsa zreSTha rAjakanyAoM ke sAtha pANigrahaNa huA : mAnavIya kAmabhogoM ko bhogate hue samaya bIta rahA thaa| eka dina AcArya siddhArtha kA nagara meM padArpaNa huaa| anya pariSadA ke sAtha vIrAMgaTa bhI darzanArtha phuNcaa| dharmadezanaH zravaNa kara jAgrata huA tathA mAtA-pitA kI anumati se zramaNa dIkSA aMgIkAra kii| aneka prakAra ke tapAdi anuSThAna kie, gyAraha aMgoM kA adhyayana karate hue 45 varSa taka zramaNaparyAya kA pAlana kiyaa| anta meM do mAha kI saMlekhanA kara samAdhipUrvaka kAladharma ko prApta hokara brahma nAmaka pAMcaveM devaloka meM deva bnaa| vahAM se devAyu pUrNa karake yahA~ niSadhakumAra ke rUpa meM aisA kaganIya rUpa evaM mAnavIya Rddhi prApta kI hai| niSadha kumAra kA yaha pUrvabhava sunakara varadatta aNagAra ko usake bhAvI jIvana ke prati jijJAsA huI. taba bhagavAna ne karamAyA - yaha mere samIpa dIkSita hokara, nau varSa taka zramaNa paryAya kA pAlana kara, anta meM anazana karake sarvArthasiddha vimAna meM devarUpa meM utAna hoga vahA~ se Aya parNa kara mahAvideha kSetra se mula hogaa|
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________________ puSpacUlikA aura vRSNidazA 319] isa prakAra prastuta sUtra ke prathama adhyayana meM niSadhakumAra ke pA~ca bhavoM kA saMkSipta ullekha milatA hai, jisameM tIna bhava manuSya ke evaM do bhava devatA ke haiN| prathama bhava vIrAMgada kA, dvitIya bhava brahmalokavAsI deva kA, tRtIya bhava niSadhakumAra kA, caturthabhava sarvArthasiddha deva kA, pAMcavA bhava mahAvideha kSetra ke rAjakumAra kA, jahAM se mokSa prApta kregaa| isake zeSa gyAraha adhyayanoM meM mAtalIkumAra Adi gyAraha kumAroM kA varNana hai| sabhI kA jIvana prasaMga niSadhakumAra kI bhAMti hI samajhanA caahie| kintu ina kumAroM ke pUrvabhava ke nAmollekhaM prApta nahIM hote| sabhI kumAra antata: mokSagAmI hue| isa prakAra hama dekhate haiM ki prastuta vaNhidazA (vRSNiNadazA) upAMga sUtra meM yaduvaMzIya rAjakumAroM kA varNana hai| isameM kathAtatvoM kI apekSA paurANika tattvoM kA prAdhAnya hai| puSpacUlikA upAMga sUtra meM jahAM bhagavAna pArzvanAtha ke zAsanakAla kI sAzviyoM kA varNana hai, vahA~ vRSiNadazA sUtra meM arhanta ariSTaneminAtha ke zAsanakAla meM dIkSita aNagAroM kaa| isase zramaNa bhagavAna mahAvIra ke vizAla udAra dRSTikoNa kA paricaya milatA hai sAtha hI sAdhviyoM ke saMprApta itihAsa se sAdhvI samAja kA mahattva sahaja hI AMkA jA sakatA hai| - dvArA, Agama prakAzala samiti, pIpaliyA bAjAra, byAvara (rAja.)