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**Sarvarthasiddhi**
The introduction to all these matters was given by Shriman Pt. Nathuramji Premi in his book "Devanandi and his Jainendra Vyakaran". He wrote this introduction based on the "Poojyapad Charite" written in the Kanati language. The author of this book was the poet "Chandrasya". It is also known from the writings of Shriman Pt. Jugalkishorji Mukhtar that this biography is also mentioned in the "Rajavali". However, it is not clear how much truth and discrepancy there is in both of these. In the words of Premiji, the story is as follows:
1. Poojyapad was born to a Brahmin named Madhav Bhatt and his wife Shridevi Brahmani in a village called "Kole" in the Karnataka country. Astrologers declared the child to be "Trilok Poojya". Therefore, he was named Poojyapad. Madhav Bhatt accepted Jainism at the behest of his wife. His brother-in-law's name was "Panini". He also asked him to become a Jain. But due to the concern of reputation, he did not become a Jain and became a Vaishnavite ascetic in the village of Mudikuṇḍ. Poojyapad had a younger sister named Kamalini, who was married to Gunabhatt, and they had a son named Nagarjun.
Poojyapad saw a frog trapped in the mouth of a snake in a garden. This made him renounce the world and he became a Jain monk.
Panini was composing his grammar. He had not finished it when he realized his death was near. Knowing this, he asked Poojyapad to complete it. He agreed to do so.
Panini died due to carelessness and became a snake. Once he saw Poojyapad and hissed at him. Poojyapad said, "Have faith, I will complete your grammar." After this, he completed the Panini Vyakaran.
Before this, he had already written many books like Jainendra Vyakaran, Arhaspratisthalakshan, and Vaidak Jyotish. After Gun's death, Nagarjun became extremely poor. Poojyapad gave him a mantra of Padmavati and also told him the method of making it effective. Under its influence, Padmavati appeared before Nagarjun and showed him the plant of Siddharas.
With this Siddhir, Nagarjun started making gold. To remove his pride, Poojyapad made many pots of Siddharam in a simple plant. Nagarjun started making the Jay mountains golden, then Dharanendra Padmavati stopped him and asked him to build a Jinalaya. Accordingly, he built a Jinalaya and installed the statue of Parshvanath.
Poojyapad used to go to the Videha region by applying a celestial ointment on his feet. At that time, his disciple Vachananvi established the Bi Sangha by quarreling with his companions.
Nagarjun became very famous by performing many mantras, tantras, and rasasiddhis. Once two beautiful women came who were skilled in dancing. Nagarjun was captivated by them. They stayed there and after some time, they left with his Rasagutika.
In the song:
Poojyapad Muni practiced yoga for a long time. Then he boarded a divine chariot and traveled to many pilgrimages. On the way, his eyesight was lost, so he created a Shanti Ashtak and recited it. After this, he returned to his village and died peacefully.
Shri Motichandra Gautamchandra Kothari Faltonwal has edited another version of Sarvarthasiddhi, which was published from Solapur. In it, he has given some suggestions and discussed the grammar of this story.
1. See Jain Literature and History, p. 123.
2. See the introduction of Ratnakaranḍak.