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This sermon made Shri Krishna thirsty for knowledge. He felt blessed. This statement can be compared to the statement of Lord Arishtanemi in Antakrid Dasha, when Lord Krishna's face turns pale after hearing about the destruction of Dwarka and his own death at the hands of Jaratkumar, the Lord says - Shri Krishna! Don't worry. In the next birth, you will become a Tirthankara named Amma.49 Hearing this, Shri Krishna became content and free from sorrow.
This Agam contains a very interesting and inspiring story of Shri Krishna's younger brother, Gajasukumar. He was so impressed by Lord Arishtanemi's first sermon that he renounced everything and became a Shraman. He accepted the Bhikshu Mahapratima in the Mahakal cremation ground and became absorbed in meditation. Somil Brahman saw that his future son-in-law had become a monk. He had messed with his daughter's life by not marrying her. The storm of anger extinguished the lamp of his wisdom. He put a mound of earth on the Muni's head and placed burning embers on it. The burning of the head, skin, marrow, and flesh caused excruciating pain, yet he did not deviate from his meditation. There was not even a hint of opposition or revenge in his mind. This was a glorious victory of tolerance over anger. An immortal victory of humanity over demoniacal nature; due to which he attained liberation by the four-fold virtues of a single day.
The 41 chapters of the four sections of the Antagad Sutra mention those princes who renounced the vast wealth and comforts of Shri Krishna Vasudeva and practiced intense austerities in the presence of Lord Arishtanemi, performed various types of austerities, and finally attained liberation with the knowledge of the Self.
The ten chapters of the fifth section describe the life of renunciation of Vasudeva Shri Krishna's eight queens, Padmavati, Satyabhama, Rukmini, Jambavati, etc., and two daughters-in-law. The royal queens who slept on beds of flowers adopted the royal path of intense spiritual practice. How different is the life of enjoyment of a queen from the austere life of spiritual practice of Shramanas! The study of these chapters makes it clear that a woman is as delicate as a flower, but she is also as tough as a lioness in spiritual practice.
Thus, the 51 chapters of the five sections depict the life of austerity of 51 great practitioners of Lord Neminath's era. The events of Dwarka city and its destruction, and the story of Gajasukumal, have been the subject of many independent poetic works by later writers. It contains living experiences and inspirations that are still guiding us on the right path, even in the deep darkness of fear, weakness, lust, and indulgence, it radiates the divine rays of fearlessness, self-confidence, and detachment.
The sixth, seventh, and eighth sections contain a vivid depiction of the heart-wrenching spiritual practices of 39 intense ascetics, embodiments of forgiveness, and simple souls during the reign of Lord Mahavira. It describes the life of spiritual practice of Mankai and Kinkam, who practiced the Gunaratnasamvatsar tapa for sixteen years and attained liberation by Santhara on the Vipulgari mountain. The third chapter of the sixth section describes Arjun Malakar of Rajgriha. Bandhumati was his wife.
49. Antakrid Dasha Sutra, Section 5, Chapter 1.
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