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
cool as snow. He realized that this ascetic has special powers. The road has cooled down due to his power of penance.
[125 ] द्वादश अध्ययन
Saluting the power of miracle, Brahmin Somdutt at once approached ascetic Shankha and begged forgiveness for his mistake.
Jain ascetics are kind and forgiving. Ascetic Shankha forgave Somdutt and, on his request, gave him sermon. Getting enlightened Somdutt got initiated and started observing austerities. But he could not get rid of his pride of caste and beauty. Even at the last moment of his life he was still trapped in the pride of his caste. In spite of that, as a consequence of following ascetic conduct, he reincarnated as a divine being.
At the end of his divine life-span he was reborn as the son of Gauri the wife of Balakott, the chief of the Harikesh clan of Chandaals on the banks of river Mritaganga. He was named as Bala.
With passage of time he became popular as Harikesh-bala.
Due to pride of clan and beauty during his past birth he was reborn in lowest Chandaal caste with a dark, deformed and grotosque body. As he grew up his disposition also became violent. He became ill tempered, quarrelsome and sharp tongued. Everyone in the village including children of his age despised him. He became a thorn even in the flash of his parents.
Once all the people of his hamlet were enjoying the spring ceremony in a nearby garden. Boys were playing. Harikesh-bala also tried to play with them. While playing he got angry on something and started abusing. His playmates threw him out. He sat aside disgraced. Everyone was enjoying but Harikesh-bala was staring at them sitting alone.
All of a sudden a poisonous snake came out. The crowd at once killed it with canes and sticks. After some time a benign snake came out. Seeing it, people said-"Oh! It is not poisonous. It does not bite anybody. What is the use of killing it? Catch it and leave it at some far away place." Some of them took snake away and resumed their fun games on coming back.
Harikesh-bala observed all this. He got lost in his thoughts. His train of thoughts took a turn-Due to his own faults a living being suffers and is disgraced by the society. People killed the poisonous snake and did not kill the non-poisonous one. I am neglected and ignored due to my pungent speech and misbehaviour. If I remove these faults, I will be loved by all. But why these vices infected me? What is the cause of this.......
Pondering thus Harikesh-bala went deeper and deeper. He attained Jatismaranjnana (the awakening of the memories of the past births). Two former births (as Brahmin Somadutt and the reincarnation as god) surfaced in his memory like a movie.