Sachitra Tirthankar Charitra

SR No.: 002582
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Amarmuni, Shreechand Surana
Publisher: Padma Prakashan
Publication Year: 1995
Total Pages: 292
Language: Hindi
Classification: Book_Devnagari, History, & Story
File Size: 13 MB

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सिंह
गज
वृषभ
लक्ष्मी
चन्द्र
O
embodiment of benevolence! I did not know that this man was your disciple." Gaushalak was saved from his iminent death.
सूर्य
ऋषभ
अजित।
पुष्पमाला In the Prison
सम्भव अभिनन्दन।
Gaushalak was releived. He asked, "Sire! What this abode of insects says?" Mahavir replied, "He was just going to turn you to ashes with his fire-power. You were saved by my pacifying power. Do not disturb anyone in future." (M-20)
Afflictions by Kataputna
It is an incident from the sixth year of the period of spiritual practices of Shraman Mahavir. It was the month of Magh, the peak of winter season. Chilling and biting winds were blowing. During the quiet part of the night, in a lonely jungle Mahavir was standing in meditation. All of a sudden a witch named Kataputna came there. Seeing Mahavir deep in meditation she became angry for no apparent reason.
सुमति
But there is nothing that happens without a reason. There must certainly have been some antagonism from some previous birth. As soon as the feeling surfaced, Kataputna lost her reason, and, in order to take revange of some forgotten deed from some past life, she started torturing Mahavir.
विमल
She took the form of a giant and ominous looking Parivrajak with long strands of hair. Filling ice cold water in her braided hair she sprayed that freezing water on Mahavir. The atmosphere was filled with the moaning sound of icy winds and demonic laughter of the witch. It was a horrific scene.
O
Mahavir, elevated completely into a higher spiritual realm, remained unmoved and serene. At last the witch accepted her defeat. She bowed at the feet of Shraman Mahavir and left. As a result of his total absorption in the self and his high purity of soul, Mahavir acquired the special mental powers of perceiving the whole physical world at will. (Vishishta Lokavadhi Jnan). (M-21/1)
अनन्त
पद्मप्रभ
During the sixth year of his practices, Mahavir one day went to the Kupiya village in the state of Videh, east of Vaishali. The village guards caught him and, taking him to be a spy, put him in the prison. There were two female mendicants in the village. When they, Vijay and Pragalbh, heard that a spy disguised as a nude ascetic had been apprehended, they came to see him. Shraman Mahavir, tied up, was standing in meditation in the prison. The mendicants recognized him and became sad. They approached the guards and said, "You call yourself guardians of the state and people and you fail to distinguish a thief from a honest citizen. You do not find any difference between a Shraman and a smuggler. For your information, you are torturing Shraman Vardhaman, the ascetic son of king Siddharth. Have you no fear of the wrath of the gods ?"
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