Agam 30 Mool 03 Uttaradhyayana Sutra Sthanakvasi

SR No.: 002912
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Amarmuni, Shreechand Surana
Publisher: Atmagyan Pith
Total Pages: 652
Language: Hindi, English
Classification: Book_Devnagari, Book_English, Agam, Canon, Conduct, & agam_uttaradhyayan
File Size: 21 MB

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६७] सप्तम अध्ययन
सचित्र उत्तराध्ययन सूत्र
Few days passed. Some guests came to the owner's house. The same day proved fatal for the lamb. The owner cruelly slaughtered his favourite lamb. The guests, owner and his family members ate the meat of lamb rejoicingly.
The calf perplexed, seeing the cruel saughter of the lamb. Shivering with fear, it said to its mother cow
"Mother! Today the owner has slaughtered his beloved lamb. Would I have to face the like fate anyday."
The cow comforted the calf
"Dear son! why you will be cut to pieces? You eat the dry grass. Those who takes ordinary diet, they never experience such ferocious results. Those who enjoy delicious dishes, indulge themselves in sensual pleasures, they are bound to experience such ferocious consequences. Inclineds are daggered."
Comforted by cow, the mother, calf got mental peace.
The purpose of this parable, is to disincline the adept from sensual pleasures and luxuries by showing bitter consequences of these tendencies, Because mere interest towards the empirical pleasures routed up the root of adept-life.
2. Second Example-To lose Mass for Meagre There was a beggar. He went to any other city far off from his village.
Facing too much difficulties he any how accumulated one thousand Kärṣāpaṇas (a standard silver coin of olden times may be taken as a rupee of modern age). Taking the small bag of those one thousand Kärṣāpaņas he took the way of his village. For necessary expenses during travel he kept some Käkinis (one-eightieth part of a Kärṣāpaṇa) in hand.
Once he forgot one Kākiņi at any place and moved forward. Going afar, he remembered his forgotten Kākiņi. How can he leave that. The path was going through a dense forest. He dug out a pitch in the ground and buried his small bag of thousand Kārṣāpaṇas in it. He evened the earth and returned to take his forgotten Käkiṇī.
One burgler has seen him burying the bag. He dug out and taking the bag full of Kārṣāpaṇas, went away.
The beggar approached the place where he has forgotten his one Käkini, but he could not found it there; on returning back he came to a jolt the bag of Kärṣāpaṇas was also vanished.
He lost one thousand Kārṣāpaṇas for a meagre coin Käkiņi. Now he lamented extensively. For such people English proverb befits-Pennywise, pound foolish.
Through this example the worst consequence of extensive greed is shown. Greedies are deceived like this. One who loses much more pleasures (divine pleasures) for few pleasures (manly pleasures) also repent and fall in miseries like this.
3. Third Example-Loss of Life for Taste
A king was very fond of eating mangoes. Over-eating of mangoes caused panic in his body. An experienced and expert physician cured him but warned-mango is very much
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