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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तर सचित्र उत्तराध्ययन सूत्र
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thought him to be a thief and apprehended. They produced him before Prasenjit, the king of Shravasti.
On being asked by the king, Kapil told everything without any hesitation. Impressed by his simplicity and truthfulness, the king promised him to give any amount of money he asked. Seeking some time to think, Kapil went to the palace garden and sat down thinking-How much money should I ask for? One hundred gold coins? No, that is naught. Two hundred coins? This too is meager.' Thus his desire went on increasing. He found even ten million gold coins to be insufficient. His ambition ran amuck and his greed reached up to palaces and kingdoms.
Just then the train of his thoughts got a jolt-'The goal that was to be reached with the help of two Masha gold is getting beyond the range of ten million gold coins. How impossible it is to fill this gorge of desires?
Kapil's mind was overwhelmed with the feeling of detachment. He went to the king and said,"O king! I don't want anything. Whatever I was to obtain, I have got."
With these words Kapil left the king's court and became a Nirgranth (Jain) ascetic. He started his practices as an ordinary ascetic (chhadmasth) and after a period of six months he attained omniscience to become a Kevali.
Once Kevali Kapil was passing through the great forest (of 18 Yojan area) spread between the cities of Shravasti and Rajagriha. On way five hundred thieves surrounded him. At that time Kapil gave a meaningful discourse to the thieves. That discourse is compiled in this chapter.
As the preceptor of this chapter is Kapil Kevali, this chapter is titled 'About Kapil' (Kapiliya).
In the preceding chapter effort was made to shift the aspirant away from attachment and aversion as well as mundane pleasures with the help of a variety of parables. Whereas, in this chapter effort is made to end the aspirant's infatuation for wealth by showing the vicious circle of gain and greed.
Lust and greed are the biggest obstacles on the path of liberation.
This chapter contains vivid and inspiring discussion about-obsessions from the past, mental and physical covetousness (granth or knots), infatuation of taste-buds, use of books of augury and other such subjects, getting free of the obsession for women and the ephemeral nature of the world. Description of violence and other sins is also included.
The means of avoiding ignoble consequences (lower rebirth etc.) have also been discussed; they include discipline, sagacity and detachment. It is also stated that abstinence from mundane pleasures and renouncing all possessions are the only means helpful in attaining liberation.
The message of this chapter is—an aspirant should keep on ignoring mundane pleasures even though he is in their proximity.
This chapter is composed in Dhruvak Chhand (a type of metric verse). There are 20 verses in this chapter.