Kartikeyanupreksha

SR No.: 002713
Original Sutra Author: Swami Kumar
Author: A N Upadhye, Kailashchandra Shastri
Publisher: Paramshrut Prabhavak Mandal
Publication Year: 2005
Total Pages: 594
Language: Hindi, Sanskrit
Classification: Book_Devnagari, Religion, & Spiritual
File Size: 15 MB

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KARTTIKEYANUPREKṢA
यौवनं नगनदीस्यदोपमं शारदाम्बुदविलासजीवितम् । स्वप्रलब्धधनविभ्रमं धनं स्थावरं किमपि नास्ति तत्त्वतः ॥ विग्रहा गदभुजङ्गमालयाः संगमा विगमदोषदूषिताः । संपदोsपि विपदा कटाक्षिता नास्ति किंचिदनुपद्रवं स्फुटम् ॥ प्रीतिकीर्तिमतिकान्तिभूतयः पाकशासनशरासनास्थिराः । अध्वनीनपथिसंग संगमाः सन्ति मित्र पितृपुत्रबान्धवाः ॥ मोक्षमेकमपहाय कृत्रिमं नास्ति वस्तु किमपीह शाश्वतम् । किंचनापि सहगामि नात्मनो ज्ञानदर्शनमपास्य पावनम् ॥ सन्ति ते त्रिभुवनेन देहिनो ये न यान्ति समवर्तिमन्दिरम् । शचापखचिता हि कुत्र ते ये भजन्ति न विनाशमम्बुदाः ॥ देहपअरमपास्य जर्जरं यत्र तीर्थपतयोऽतिपूजिताः ।
यान्ति पूर्णसमये शिवास्पदं तंत्र के जगति नात्र गत्वराः ॥
Viranandi, in his Acārasāra (c. A. D. 1153 ) 1 expounds the twelve Anuprekṣās under samsthana-vicaya of Dharmya-dhyana in 12 Sanskrit verses in the Sārdūla-vikridita metre ( X. 32 - 44 ). The contents are presented with a dignity, and some of the well-known similes are incorporated here. and there. The verse on anityaa. may be quoted here as a specimen (X. 33 ):
उत्पत्तिः प्रलयश्च पर्ययवशाद् द्रव्यात्मना नित्यता वस्तूनां निचये प्रतिक्षणमिहाज्ञानाज्जनो मन्यते । नित्यत्वं द्रवदम्बुदीपकलिकास्थैर्यं यथार्थादिके नष्टे नष्टयुतिः करोति बत शोकार्ती वृथात्मीयके ॥
The Pravacanasaroddhara of Nemicandra is an encyclopaedic work, primarily a source book, in 1599 Prakrit gāthās, dealing with all the aspects of Jainism. It has an exhaustive commentary in Sanskrit, which makes the basic text not only highly intelligible but also extremely valuable for the study of Jainism, written by Siddhasena who completed it in A. D. 1191. The Anuprekṣās, or the twelve topics to be reflected upon (bhavaniyaḥ, therefore called Bhāvanās) are enumerated in gāthās 572-73; and it is Siddhasena who offers an exposition of them in Sanskrit verses, of short and long metres and numbering about 133, more than one-third (59) of which are given to Lokabhāvanā. Siddhasena's style is smooth and simple with occasional Prakritisms. Now and then he has some striking ideas besides those which he draws from the common pool of inheritance. Siddhasena and Brahmadeva show the same tendency in giving the details about Loka. By way of specimen Siddhasena's verses on anitya-a. are quoted below:
प्रस्यन्ते वज्रसारङ्गास्तेऽप्यनित्यत्वरक्षसा । किं पुनः कदलीगर्भनिःसारानिह देहिनः ॥
विषयसुखं दुग्धमिव स्वादयति जनो बिडाल इव मुदितः । नोत्पाटितलकुटमिवोत्पश्यति यममहह किं कुर्मः ॥
1) It is already referred to above.
2 ) Ed, Devacandra Lalabhai J. P. No. 58 & 64, Surat 1922-26,