Agam 30 mool 03 Uttaradhyayana Sutra Sthanakvasi

SR No.: 002494
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Amarmuni
Publisher: Padma Prakashan
Publication Year: 2011
Total Pages: 726
Language: Hindi, Prakrit, Sanskrit
Classification: Book_Devnagari & agam_uttaradhyayan
File Size: 28 MB

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सचित्र उत्तराध्ययन सूत्र in
SAPTAM ADHYAYAN :
URABHRIYA
Foreview
The title of this chapter is Urabhriya (about lamb). This title is given because the first parable in tiis chapter is that of a lamb. In Samavayanga and Uttaradhyayan Niryukti it is mentioned as Urabbhijjam (urabhriya) while in Anuyogadvara Sutra it finds mention as Elaijjam. Even in the first verse of this chapter the word Elayam has been used. The words urabhra and elak are synonyms, bearing the same meaning-the young of a sheep or lamb. As such both the titles carry the same message.
The basic theme of Shraman culture is renunciation and detachment; detachment from mundane pleasures and sensual indulgences. The senses and the sensory pleasures are not lasting, they are ephemeral. Even after knowing this fact an average person finds it very difficult to subdue the attraction of momentary enjoyments.
This chapter gives a warning to an aspirant so that enticed by worthless and ephemeral pleasures he may not come to a greater harm. To reveal the ill consequences and bitter fruits of sensual indulgence, five fitting parables are narrated in this chapter. Composed primarily of these parables, this has become a chapter of parables.
1. First Parable-Bitter Consequences of Sensual Indulgence
A rich man had a cow and its calf. He had also domesticated a lamb. He simply fed hay to the cow and the calf with neglect. But to the lamb he fed rich and nourishing diet, nursed it well and caressed it affectionately. Within a short period the lamb grew fat to the extant of becoming plump and paunchy.
The calf watched this partisan behaviour of the owner. One day it complained sadly to its mother-"Mother! See, how much our owner loves this lamb? How much nourishing diet he feeds it? Within a few days how fat it has become? To us he gives dry fodder. Even though you give him milk, why does he treat us as he does?”
The experienced cow replied fondling its own-"Son ! Distress awaits this lamb. Its
th is very near. It is waiting for its end. The love and nourishing diet it gets is inspired by petty self-interest of the owner. Within a few days you will see the consequence.".
Some days passed. Some guests arrived at the owner's house and that very day proved to be the last day of the lamb's life. The owner slaughtered his lamb and feted the guest with its meat. The owner and his family members also ate the meat of the lamb.