Disclaimer: This translation does not guarantee complete accuracy, please confirm with the original page text.
436
In the Mahapurana, Uttara Purana, the Naga and Nagini were split into two parts due to the severance. Seeing this, the son of Subhauma approached them. || 103 ||
"You are a guru, a tapasvi, and you are carrying a heavy ego, but you don't know if this wrong tapasya leads to papa asrava or not. This ignorant tapasya is causing you suffering in this world and in the next." || 104 ||
Hearing these words, the muni replied, "I am the Lord, what can you do to me? You are speaking like this without knowing the greatness of my tapasya. Why are you doing this?" || 105 ||
"Sitting in the middle of five fires, living on air, standing on one leg with arms raised for a long time, and breaking your fast with fallen leaves, etc. This tapasya that burns the body is very difficult. There is no tapasya greater than this." || 106-107 ||
Hearing these words, Subhauma smiled and said, "I do not consider you a guru, nor do I disrespect you. But those who abandon the Agamas and the Aapta, and are under the influence of the four kshayas of mithyatva, krodha, etc., and engage in violence against the six types of beings with the body, speech, mind, and through action, causing others to act, and approving of such actions, and taking refuge in the words of the un-enlightened, and seeking nirvana - their desire is like trying to get rice by pounding the husk, or like trying to get ghee by churning water, or like trying to get gold by burning a pile of stones, or like a blind man running into a fire out of fear of the fire. The suffering of a person without knowledge is the cause of future suffering. I am saying this because I have great affection for you." || 108-114 ||
Hearing these words, the tapasvi, with his contrary mind, understood them, but due to the influence of past animosity, or due to his attachment to his own side, or due to coming from a world of suffering, or due to his inherently evil nature, he did not accept them. Instead, he thought, "This young man is arrogant and is disrespecting me." He became very angry at Lord Parshvanath. With this anger, he died and became a celestial being named Shambara. This is because the path of those who are angry is like this. || 115-117 ||
Meanwhile, the Naga and Nagini, having attained peace through the teachings of the Kumar, were no longer angry. || 118 ||