Treasury of Jain Tales

SR No.: 006762
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: V M Kulkarni
Publisher: Shardaben Chimanbhai Educational Research Centre
Publication Year: 1994
Total Pages: 468
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 17 MB

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equipped with the right kind of instruments. He cut off pieces from the udders of some of the cows, from the tails of some bulls and from their testicles, dewlaps, humps, ears, noses, eyes as his wife had specified. He took them home, grilled some of them, fried some others and salted all of them. His wife was happy to eat them along with the wine and bore the child in her womb with happiness.
When it was born, it cried out with such terrific sound that all the cattle in the city felt frightened and scampered off in all directions. The parents therefore decided on the name of the child as Gotrāsaka which meant a cattle frightener. After his father's death in due course of time Gotrāsaka was appointed the cattle-keeper and like his father he too indulged in all sorts of wicked things. Almost every day, at midnight he would go to the cattle enclosure and cut off flesh from the limbs of several cattle and eat them with wine. He had this way accumulated much evil so much so that after his death he was despatched to the second hell where the maximum period is three sägaropamas. This is the boy Gotrāsaka that was born in the city of Vänijagrama in the family of Vijayamitra to his wife Subhadra and given the name Ujjhitaka.
After hearing the whole story of Ujjhitaka's former life, Gautama wanted to know what his future would be like. Mahāvira said that Viihitaka would soon be impaled on stake and would be born as a hell-being in Ratnaprabha. After that he would be sent to the earth as a monkey in the mountainous region of Vaitādhya. He would grow up a very greedy and wicked animal. He would even kill young monkeys as soon as they were born. After he had completed his existence as a monkey, he would be re-born as a son in the family of courtesans in the city of Indrapura. His parents would cut off his testicles and bring him up as a eunuch. He would follow that profession. He would be a handsome looking young man with a shapely figure, and become extremely popular because of his mastery over some magical arts and the charms that he would supply. A number of prominent young men including the princes would be his friends. Altogether it will be happy life for the pleasure seeking group of young men who indulge in sinful deeds. After his death, he has been destined to be born as a hell-being and after