Agam 07 Ang 07 Upashak Dashang Sutra Stahanakvasi

SR No.: 003447
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Madhukarmuni, Kanhaiyalal Maharaj, Trilokmuni, Devendramuni, Ratanmuni
Publisher: Agam Prakashan Samiti
Publication Year: 1989
Total Pages: 276
Language: Hindi
Classification: Book_Devnagari, Agam, Canon, Conduct, & agam_upasakdasha
File Size: 19 MB

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[उपासकदशांगसूत्र है, उसी के मित्र होते हैं, उसी के बन्धु-बान्धव होते हैं, वही मनुष्य माना जाता है, उसी को सब बुद्धिमान् कहते है।
धन की गर्मी एक विचित्र गर्मी हैं, जो मानव को ओजस्वी; तेजस्वी, साहसी-सब कुछ बनाए रखती है, उसके निकल जाते ही; वही इन्द्रियां, वही नाम, वही बुद्धि, वही वाणी--इन सबके रहते मनुष्य और ही कुछ हो जाता है।
घबराहट में चुल्लशतक को यह भान नहीं रहा कि वह व्रत में है। इसलिए अपना धन नष्ट कर देने पर उतारू उस पुरूष पर इसको बड़ा क्रोध आया और वह हाथ फैलाकर उसे पकड़ने के लिए झपटा। पोषधशाला में खड़े खंभे के सिवाय उसके हाथ कुछ नहीं आया। देव अन्तर्धान हो गया। चुल्लशतक किंकर्तव्यविमूढ-सा बन गया। वह समझ नहीं सका, यह क्या घटित हुआ। व्याकुलता के कारण वह जोर-जोर से चिल्लाने लगा। चिल्लाहट सुनकर उसकी पत्नी बहुला वहाँ आई और जब उसने अपने पति से सारी बात सुनी तो बोली-यह आपकी परीक्षा थी । देवकृत उपसर्ग था। आप खूब दृढ रहे। पर, अन्त में फिसल गए। आपका व्रत भग्न हो गया। आलोचना, प्रतिक्रमण कर, प्रायश्चित्त स्वीकार कर आत्मशोधन करें । चुल्लशतक ने वैसा ही किया और भविष्य में धर्मों-पासना में सदा सुदृढ़ बने रहने की प्रेरणा प्राप्त की।
चुल्लशतक का उत्तरवर्ती जीवन चुलनीपिता की तरह व्रताराधना में उत्तरोत्तर उन्नतिशील रहा। उसने अणुव्रत, गुणव्रत, शिक्षाव्रत आदि की सम्यक् उपासना करते हुए बीस वर्ष तक श्रावकधर्म का पालन किया। ग्यारह श्रावक-प्रतिमाओं की भली-भांति आराधना की। एक मास की अन्तिम संलेखना अनशन और समाधिपूर्वक देह-त्याग किया। सौधर्म देवलोक में अरूणसिद्ध विमान में वह देव-रूप में उत्पन्न हुआ।
१. न हि तद्विद्यते किञ्चिद्यदर्थेन न सिद्ध्यति।
यत्नेन मतिमांस्तस्मादर्थमेकं प्रसाधयेत् ॥ यल्याऽर्थास्तस्य मित्राणि, यस्याऽर्थास्तस्य बान्धवाः। यस्याऽर्थाः स पुमाल्लोके, यस्याऽर्थाः स च पण्डितः ॥
पंचतन्त्र १.२, ३ २. तानीन्द्रियाण्यविकलानि तदेव नाम,
सा बुद्धिरप्रतिहता वचनं तदेव। अर्थोष्मणा विरहितः पुरूषः स एव, अन्यः क्षणेन भवतीति विचित्रमेतत् ॥
हितोपदेश १.१२७

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The Upasaka Dasanga Sutra is the friend, the relative, the human being, the wise one.
The heat of wealth is a strange heat, which keeps a human being strong, energetic, courageous, everything. When it leaves, the same senses, the same name, the same intellect, the same speech, with all these remaining, the human being becomes something else.
In his panic, Chullashataka did not realize that he was in a fast. Therefore, he was furious at the man who was about to lose his wealth and he lunged to grab him. He got nothing but the pillar standing in the dining hall. The god disappeared. Chullashataka was bewildered. He could not understand what had happened. Due to his anxiety, he started shouting loudly. Hearing his shouts, his wife Bahula came there and when she heard the whole story from her husband, she said - This was your test. It was a divine affliction. You were very firm. But, in the end, you slipped. Your fast is broken. Criticize, repent, accept atonement and purify yourself. Chullashataka did the same and received inspiration to remain steadfast in the observance of dharma in the future.
Chullashataka's subsequent life was progressively more and more devoted to fasting like Chulani Pita. He observed Anuvrata, Gunavrata, Shikshavrata etc. with proper worship and followed the Shravak dharma for twenty years. He worshipped eleven Shravak images properly. He gave up his body after a month of final Sanlekhana fasting and meditation. He was born in the Saudharma Devaloka in the Arun Siddha Vimana in the form of a god.
1. There is nothing that is not achieved by means.
Therefore, one should strive to achieve one's goal with intelligence.
Those who have wealth have friends, those who have wealth have relatives.
He who has wealth is a man in the world, he who has wealth is wise.
Panchatantra 1.2, 3
2. Those senses are unimpaired, that is the name,
That intellect is unimpaired, that is the speech.
A man devoid of the heat of wealth is the same,
It is strange that he becomes another in a moment.
Hitopadeśa 1.127