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The demon, with his enmity abandoned, found his protector in the Lord, having His splendour increased in the shadow of the hood and the umbrella, having perfect and flawless knowledge manifested, and 'having a lecturehall constructed for Him by Kubera. He said "Oh Lord! if you, though silent, give us bliss desired for, on request, like an amalgamated cloud giving water to the Cataka-birds, and if the devotee gets his purpose desired for achieved certainly through you, the excellent friend of the fortunate people, it is better. Do the desire-fulfilling trees bear fruits for the sake of the world through words? Bringing into effect only the purpose desired for is a reply of the good to the supplicants. I, put to shame in abundance, committing sin, burning at heart with enmity, am trying to stand before you with a great difficulty. Manifest your utmost compassion dear to me and improper in your opinion owing to your renunciation of attachment to your body even, on my request. Oh Lord! showing compassion to all living beings, I, bent down with modesty, request you now piteously to deliver me, devoid of any protection, merciless, characterised by fraud brought to climax, cherishing wicked desires, fallen at your feet through repentance, from sin either through good-heartedness or through a feeling of compassion towards me because of my being overwhelmed with grief."
The demon, called Kamatha in his former birth, making amends for the misdeeds perpetrated by himself, said again- " Oh Lord! resembling a cloud showering down water in the form of righteousness, like a new cloud, having splendour increased by the rainy-season, making happy all the living beings of this world, overspread with umbrella-like big unfolded hoods of the lord of serpents, roam about over agreeable regions. Oh friend, Jina Pārṣva, absorbed in meditation! may the various operations of the speech, carried, through ignorance, into effect, setting at nought the moral conduct, of me, bowing down to your feet
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| SR No. | 001704 |
| Book Title | Parshvabhyuday |
| Original Sutra Author | Jinsenacharya |
| Author | M G Kothari |
| Publisher | Gulabchand Hirachand Doshi |
| Publication Year | |
| Total Pages | 844 |
| Language | Sanskrit, English |
| Classification | Book_Devnagari, Literature, & Mythology |
| File Size | 16 MB |