Sthaviravali

SR No.: 006961
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Ratnaprabhvijay
Publisher: Jain Granth Prakashak Sabha
Publication Year: 1941
Total Pages: 232
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 5 MB

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After regaining his natural bodily vigour, however, when Lalitānga Kumāra was, one day, passing by the king's palace, he was again invited by queen Lilavati.
Jambū Kumāra addressing Jayasri, said “Dear ! Do you think he will go there again ! Jayasri replied “No, not by any means." Japbū Kumāra said "Lulitānga Kumāra may perhaps go, but I do not, in the least, desire the pleasures of this world acquired by association, with females, which are mostly impuré. If I ever fall into the amusement of such filtby pleasures, I will have to suffer the terrible miseries of hell." The moral of the story is this-Having come out from the embryo of a female, resembling a deep well, I do not desire the enjoyment of such happiness, becoming deeply engrossed like Lalitānga Kumāra, in pleasures of the senses, which are full of miseries in the long run.”
On hearing this story, Jambu Kumār's wife said “Dear husband! Please do not be in-considerate, like the fabulous bird, called AT FIFA mā sāhasa and hear the following story
STORY OF MĀ SAHASA.
When a powerful lion was quietly sleeping with his mouth wide open, in his cave on a high mountain, a bird called Mā Sāhasa, entering his mouth, began eating away, pieces of flesh adbering to the interval between his teeth loudly proclaiming, at the same time, AI AICh raf: Mā sābasam kärsih-. Do not be inconsiderate."
Tberenpon, a man passing by, said “O bird ! You loudly proclaim “Do not be inconsiderate, and at the same time, yon are doing an inconsiderate act of eating away pieces of flesh from the mouth of the lion! You appear to be stupid. You do not act in accordance with your speech. If the lion wakes up. while you are in his mouth, he will instantly kill you."