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
द्वीपेऽस्मिन् भारते क्षेत्रे देशोऽस्ति कुरुजाङ्गलः । 'हस्तिनाख्यं पुरं तस्य पतिर्गोत्रेण काश्यपः ॥१४॥ सोमवंशसमुद्भूतः सुदर्शनसमाह्वयः । मित्रसेना महादेवी प्राणेभ्योऽप्यस्य वल्लभा ॥ १५ ॥ वसुधारादिकां पूजां प्राप्य प्रीतानुफल्गुने । मासेऽसिततृतीयायां रेवत्यां निशि पश्चिमे ॥ १६ ॥ भागे जयन्तदेवस्य स्वर्गावतरणक्षणे । दृष्टषोडशसुस्वमा फलं तेषु निजाधिपम् ॥ १७ ॥ अनुयुज्यावधिज्ञानतदुक्तफलसंश्रुतेः । प्राप्तत्रैलोक्यराज्येव प्रासीदत्परमोदया ॥ १८ ॥ " तदा गतामराधीशकृतकल्याणसम्मदा । निर्वृता निर्मदा नित्यरम्या सौम्यानना शुचिः ॥ १९ ॥ संवाह्यमाना देवीभिस्तत्कालोचित 'वस्तुभिः । मेघमालेव सद्गर्भमुद्वहन्ती जगद्धितम् ॥ २० ॥ मार्गशीर्षे सिते पक्षे पुष्ययोगे चतुर्दशी । तिथौ त्रिविधसद्बोधं तनूजमुदपीपदत् ॥ २१ ॥ तस्य जन्मोत्सवस्यालं वर्णनाय मरुद्वराः । यदि स्वर्ग समुद्वास्य " सर्वेऽप्यत्र सजानयः ॥ २२ ॥ अत्यल्पं तृप्तिमापना दीनानाथवनीपकाः । इतीदमिह सम्प्राप्तं यदि तृप्तिं जगत्त्रयम् ॥ २३ ॥ कुन्थुतीर्थेशसन्ताने पल्ये तुर्थांशसम्मिते । सहस्रकोटिवर्षोने तदभ्यन्तरजीवितः ॥ २४ ॥
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अरो जिनोऽजनि श्रीमानशीतिं चतुरुत्तराम् । वत्सराणां सहस्राणि परमायुः समुद्वहन् ॥ २५ ॥ त्रिशरचापतनूत्सेधः चारुचामीकरच्छविः । लावण्यस्य परा कोटिः सौभाग्यस्याकरः परः ॥ २६ ॥ सौन्दर्यस्य समुद्रोऽयमालयो रूपसम्पदः । गुणाः किमस्मिन् सम्भूताः किं गुणेष्वस्य सम्भवः ॥ २७ ॥ इस तरह प्राप्त हुए भोगोंका उपभोग करता हुआ आयुके अन्तिम भागको प्राप्त हुआ - वहाँ से च्युत होनेके सम्मुख हुआ ॥ १३ ॥
अथानन्तर इसी जम्बूद्वीपके भरतक्षेत्रमें कुरुजांगल नामका देश है। उसके हस्तिनापुर नगरमें सोमवंश में उत्पन्न हुआ काश्यप गोत्रीय राजा सुदर्शन राज्य करता था। उसकी प्राणोंसे भी अधिक प्यारी मित्रसेना नामकी रानी थी ।। १४-१५ ।। जब धनपतिके जीव जयन्त विमानके अहमिन्द्रका स्वर्गसे अवतार लेनेका समय आया तब रानी मित्रसेनाने रत्नवृष्टि आदि देवकृत सत्कार पाकर बड़ी प्रसन्नतासे फाल्गुन कृष्ण तृतीयाके दिन रेवती नक्षत्रमें रात्रिके पिछले प्रहर सोलह स्वप्र देखे । सबेरा होते ही उसने अपने अवधिज्ञानी पतिसे उन स्वप्नोंका फल पूछा । तदनन्तर परम वैभवको धारण करनेवाली रानी पतिके द्वारा कहे हुए स्वप्नका फल सुनकर ऐसी प्रसन्न हुई मानो उसे तीन लोकका राज्य ही मिल गया हो ।। १६-१८ ।। उसी समय इन्द्रादि देवोंने जिसके गर्भकल्याणकका उत्सव किया है, जो अत्यन्त संतुष्ट है, मद रहित है, निरन्तर रमणीक है, सौम्य मुखवाली है, पवित्र है, उस समयके योग्य स्तुतियोंके द्वारा देवियां जिसकी स्तुति किया करती हैं, और जो मेघमाला के समान जगत्‌का हित करनेवाला उत्तम गर्भ धारण करती है ऐसी रानी मित्रसेनाने मगसिर शुक्ल चतुर्दशी के दिन पुष्य नक्षत्र में तीन ! ज्ञानोंसे सुशोभित उत्तम पुत्र उत्पन्न किया ।। १६-२१ ।। उनके जन्म के समय जो उत्सव हुआ था उसका वर्णन करनेके लिए इतना लिखना ही बहुत है कि उसमें शामिल होनेके लिए अपनी-अपनी देवियों सहित समस्त उत्तम देव स्वर्ग खालीकर यहाँ आये थे ॥ २२ ॥ उस समय दीन अनाथ तथा याचक लोग सन्तोषको प्राप्त हुए थे यह कहना बहुत छोटी बात थी क्योंकि उस समय तो तीनों लोक अत्यन्त सन्तोषको प्राप्त हुए थे ॥ २३ ॥ श्री कुन्थुनाथ तीर्थंकरके तीर्थ के बाद जब एक हजार करोड़ वर्ष कम पल्यका चौथाई भाग बीत गया था तब श्रीअरनाथ भगवान्‌का जन्म हुआ था । उनकी आयु भी इसी अन्तरालमें शामिल थी। भगवान् अरनाथकी उत्कृष्ट श्रेष्ठतम आयु चौरासी हजार वर्षकी थी, तीस धनुष ऊँचा उनका शरीर था, सुवर्णके समान उनकी उत्तम कान्ति थी, वे लावण्यकी अन्तिम सीमा थे, सौभाग्यकी श्रेष्ठ खान थे, भगवान्को देखकर शङ्का होती थी कि ये सौन्दर्यके सागर हैं या सौन्दर्य सम्पत्तिके घर हैं, गुण इनमें उत्पन्न हुए हैं या इनकी गुणोंमें उत्पत्ति हुई है अथवा ये स्वयं गुणमय हैं-गुणरूप
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१ हास्तिनाख्यं ख०, ग० । २ समुद्भूतसु-ल० । ३ प्रीत्यानु घ०, ल० । ४ प्रसीदत् स० । ५ ततो गता ल० । ६ संस्तुमिः ल० । ७-मुदयीययत् ल० । ८ समुद्धास्य क०, ख०, ग०, घ० । १- जिनश्री - ० ।

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The 56th Chapter

In this island, Bharat Kshetra, there is a country called Kuru Jangala. In its city of Hastinapur, there ruled a king named Sudarshan, born in the Soma dynasty, belonging to the Kashyap gotra. His beloved queen, more precious than life itself, was Mitra Sena. || 14-15 ||

When the time came for the soul of the Dhanapati, Jayant, to descend from heaven as the Ahamindra, Queen Mitra Sena, having received divine honors like a shower of jewels, was overjoyed. On the third day of the dark fortnight of the month of Falgun, in the constellation of Revati, in the last watch of the night, she saw sixteen dreams. As soon as dawn broke, she asked her husband, who was a knower of omens, about the meaning of these dreams. || 16-17 ||

Having heard the interpretation of the dreams from her husband, the queen, who was destined to possess supreme glory, was filled with such joy as if she had received the kingdom of the three worlds. || 18 ||

At that time, the queen Mitra Sena, whose womb was blessed by Indra and other gods, was completely satisfied, free from pride, eternally beautiful, with a gentle face, and pure. She was praised by the goddesses with appropriate hymns, and she carried in her womb a great blessing for the world, like a cloud carrying rain. || 19-20 ||

On the fourteenth day of the bright fortnight of Margashirsha, in the Pushya constellation, she gave birth to a son adorned with three kinds of knowledge. || 21 ||

To describe the celebration of his birth, it is enough to say that all the great gods, along with their consorts, emptied heaven and came here to participate. || 22 ||

To say that the poor, the helpless, and the beggars were satisfied at that time is a small thing, for the three worlds were filled with joy. || 23 ||

After the Tirthankara Kunthunatha's Tirtha, when one-fourth of a thousand crore years of the Paly had passed, the Lord Aranatha was born. His lifespan was included in this interval. The Lord Aranatha had a glorious lifespan of eighty-four thousand years, his body was thirty bows tall, his complexion was like gold, he was the epitome of beauty, and the greatest source of good fortune. Looking at him, one wondered if he was an ocean of beauty or a mansion of beauty, whether beauty was born in him or he was born in beauty, or whether he was himself beauty personified. || 24-27 ||

Thus, having enjoyed the pleasures he had attained, he reached the end of his lifespan and was about to depart from it. || 13 ||

Then, in this same Jambudvipa, in the Bharat Kshetra, there was a country called Kuru Jangala. In its city of Hastinapur, there ruled a king named Sudarshan, born in the Soma dynasty, belonging to the Kashyap gotra. His beloved queen, more precious than life itself, was Mitra Sena. || 14-15 ||