Uttara Purana

SR No.: 002728
Original Sutra Author: Gunbhadrasuri
Author: Pannalal Jain
Publisher: Bharatiya Gyanpith
Publication Year: 2000
Total Pages: 738
Language: Hindi, Sanskrit
Classification: Book_Devnagari & Mythology
File Size: 20 MB

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पञ्चषष्टितमं पर्व
सरतारं परं सारं 'नरनाथकृतानतिम् । अगाधासारसंसारसागरोत्सारकारणम् ॥१॥ द्वीपे जम्बूद्रमख्याते सीतोत्तरतटाश्रिते। कच्छाख्यविषये क्षेमपुराधीशो महीपतिः ॥ २॥ नाम्ना धनपतिः पाता प्रजानां जनताप्रियः । धात्री धेनुः स्वयं तस्य दुग्धे स्म प्रस्नुतानिशम् ॥३॥ विनाथिभिरपि त्यागी विनाप्यरिभिरुद्यमी। तपिंतार्थिनि धृतारौ तस्मिस्तौ सहजौ गुणौ ॥४॥
स्ववृत्त्यनुगमेनैव वर्गत्रयनिषेविणः । राजा प्रजाश्च राज्येऽस्मिस्तम धर्मव्यतिक्रमः ॥ ५॥ कदाचिद्धरणीधर्ता पीत्वानन्दतीर्थकृद् । दिव्यध्वनिसमुद्भूतं धर्मसाररसायनम् ॥ ६॥ विरज्य राज्यभोगापरसाद्राज्यं निजात्मजे । नियोज्य मंक्षु प्रव्रज्यां जैनी जन्मान्तकारिणीम् ॥ ७॥ आसाथैकादशाङ्गोरुपारावारस्य पारगः । द्वयष्टकारणसम्बद्धतीर्थकृनामपुण्यकृत् ॥८॥ ४प्रायोपगमनेनापत्स जयन्तेऽहमिन्द्रताम् । त्रयस्त्रिंशत्समुद्रोपमायुर्हस्ततनुप्रमः॥ ९॥ शुक्ललेश्यादयः सार्थैर्मासैः षोडशभिः श्वसन् । त्रयस्त्रिंशत्सहस्रोक्तवर्मानसमाहरन् ॥१०॥ अमृतं निःप्रवीचारसुखसागरपारगः । स्वावधिज्ञाननिर्णीतलोकनाड्यर्थविस्तृतिः॥१॥ स्वावधिक्षेत्रनिर्णीतप्रकाशबलविक्रियः । अतिप्रशान्तरागादिरासन्नीकृतनिर्वृतिः ॥ १२ ॥ सद्वद्योदयसम्भूतमन्वभूत् भोगमुत्तमम् । उदितोदितपर्याप्तिपर्यन्तोपान्तमास्थितः ॥ १३ ॥
अथानन्तर जो अगाध और असार संसाररूपी सागरसे पार कर देनेमें कारण हैं, अनेक राजा जिन्हें नमस्कार करते हैं और जो अत्यन्त श्रेष्ठ हैं ऐसे अरनाथ तीर्थंकरकी तुम सब लोग सेवा करो-उनकी शरणमें जाओ ॥ १॥ इस जम्बूद्वीपमें सीता नदीके उत्तर तटपर एक कच्छ नामका देश है । उसके क्षेमपुर नगरमें धनपति नामका राजा राज्य करता था। वह प्रजाका रक्षक था और लोगोंको अत्यन्त प्यारा था । पृथिवीरूपी धेनु सदा द्रवीभूत होकर उसके मनोरथ पूर्ण किया करती थी॥ २-३ ॥ याचकोंको संतुष्ट करनेवाले और शत्रुओंको नष्ट करनेवाले उस राजामें ये दो गुण स्वाभाविक थे कि वह याचकोंके विना भी त्याग करता रहता था और शत्रुओंके न रहने पर भीउद्यम किया करता था ।।४।। उसके राज्यमें राजा-प्रजा सब लोग अपनी-अपनी वृत्तिके अनुसार त्रिवर्गका सेवन करते थे इसलिए धर्मका व्यतिक्रम कभी नहीं होता था ॥ ५॥ किसी एक दिन उस राजाने अईन्नन्दन तीर्थंकरकी दिव्यध्वनिसे उत्पन्न हुए श्रेष्ठधर्मरूपी रसायनका पान किया जिससे राज्यसम्बन्धी भोगोंसे विरक्त होकर उसने अपना राज्य अपने पुत्रके लिए दे दिया और शीघ्र ही जन्ममरणका अन्त करनेवाली जैनी दीक्षा धारण कर ली ।। ६-७ ।। ग्यारह अङ्गरूपी महासागरके पारगामी होकर उसने सोलह कारणभावनाओंके द्वारा तीर्थंकर नामक पुण्य कर्मका बन्ध किया । अन्तमें प्रायोपगमन संन्यासके द्वारा उसने जयन्त विमानमें अहमिन्द्र पद प्राप्त किया। वहाँ तैंतीस सागर प्रमाण उसकी आयु थी, एक हाथ ऊँचा शरीर था, द्रव्य और भावके भेदसे दोनों प्रकारकी शुक्ल लेश्याएँ थीं, वह साढ़े सोलह माहमें एक बार श्वास लेता था, और तैंतीस हजार वर्षमें एक बार मानसिक अमृतमय आहार ग्रहण करता था। प्रवीचाररहित सुखरूपी सागरका पारगामी था, अपने अवधिज्ञानके द्वारा वह लोकनाड़ीके भीतर रहने वाले पदार्थोक विस्तारको जानता था। ॥-११॥ उसके अवधिज्ञानका जितना क्षेत्र था उतने ही क्षेत्र तक उसका प्रकाश, बल और विक्रिया ऋद्धि थी। उसके राग-द्वेष आदि अत्यन्त शान्त हो गये थे और मोक्ष उसके निकट आ चुका था ॥ १२॥ वह साता वेदनीयके उदयसे उत्पन्न हुए उत्तम भोगोंका उपभोग करता था।
१ नरनाथाकृतानतिम् प० । २ स्ववृत्त्यानु-ल०। । समुद्भूत-ल। ४ प्रायोपगमनादापत् म०, ल०।

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The 56th Chapter

The essence of the essence, the supreme essence, is the greatness of the Naranaath. It is the cause of the liberation from the ocean of the deep and insubstantial world. ||1||

In the Jambudvipa, on the northern bank of the Sita river, there is a country called Kachchha. In its city of Kshemapura, there reigned a king named Dhanapati. He was the protector of his people and beloved by them. The earth, like a cow, always fulfilled his desires, being filled with milk. ||2-3||

This king was naturally endowed with two qualities: he was generous even without being asked, and he was industrious even without enemies. ||4||

In his kingdom, both the king and the people followed their respective duties and enjoyed the three goals of life. Therefore, there was never any transgression of dharma. ||5||

One day, the king drank the divine nectar of dharma, which had arisen from the divine sound of the Ainnandan Tirthankara. This made him renounce worldly pleasures and he gave his kingdom to his son. He then quickly embraced the Jain monastic life, which ends birth and death. ||6-7||

He crossed the ocean of eleven angas and bound himself to the meritorious karma of becoming a Tirthankara through the sixteen causes of karma. Finally, through the practice of the Praayopgamana, he attained the position of Ahminndra in the Jayanta Vimana. There, his lifespan was the size of thirty-three oceans, his body was one hand tall, he had both types of white leshya (subtle matter), he breathed once every sixteen and a half months, and he consumed the mental, amrita-like food once every thirty-three thousand years. He was a crosser of the ocean of pleasure without any investigation, and through his own knowledge of the avadhi, he knew the extent of the objects within the lokanadi (the network of the universe). ||8-11||

The extent of his avadhi knowledge was the same as the extent of his light, power, and the power of his actions. His passions, like attachment and aversion, were completely pacified, and liberation was near. ||12||

He enjoyed the best of pleasures, which arose from the arising of the seven vedaniyas (types of feelings). He remained in this state until the end of his life. ||13||

Now, you all should serve and take refuge in the Naranaath Tirthankara, who is the cause of liberation from the deep and insubstantial ocean of the world, who is worshipped by many kings, and who is the most excellent. ||1||