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158. One night while ascetic Megh was busy with his religious practices an idea surfaced in his mind, “Due to my penances I have become extremely weak (details as before). However, I am still left with barely enough energy, strength, potency, vigour, valor, confidence, firmness, and will to stand up. As such, as long as this capacity is available to me and my religious preceptor and leader, the odoriferous elephant like Jineshwar, Shraman Bhagavan Mahavir, is present I should fulfill the last duties of my life. When the night ends and sun dawns I shall seek his permission after due obeisance and retake the five great vows. Then I shall seek forgiveness from Gautam and other ascetics, seek company of senior ascetics who are proficient in the rituals, and slowly climb the Vipul mountain. Reaching there I shall explore and prepare a large rock, black as monsoon clouds, and in the end take the Sanlekhana vow, stop taking all food and water, accept the vow of fasting till liberation and transcend into meditation without any desire for death."
सूत्र १५९. एवं संपेहेइ संपेहित्ता कल्लं पाउप्पभायाए रयणीए जाव जलंते जेणेव समणे भगवं महावीरे तेणेव उवागच्छइ। उवागच्छित्ता समणं भगवं महावीरं तिक्खुत्तो आयाहिणं पयाहिणं करेइ, करित्ता वंदइ नमसइ, वंदित्ता नमंसित्ता नच्चासन्ने नाइदूरे सुस्सूसमाणे नमसमाणे अभिमुहे विणए णं पंजलिउडे पज्जुवासइ। ___ सूत्र १५९. यह विचार उठने और संकल्प कर लेने के बाद दूसरे दिन सूर्योदय होने पर अपने संकल्प के अनुसार मेघ मुनि भगवान महावीर के पास गये और यथाविधि वन्दन कर बैठ गये। हाथ जोड़ भगवान की उपासना करने लगे।
159. Once he got this idea he resolved to follow it. Next morning ascetic Megh went to Shraman Bhagavan Mahavir and formally bowed before him. He then joined his palms and sat down worshiping.
सूत्र १६0. मेहे त्ति समणे भगवं महावीरे मेहं अणगारं एवं वयासी-“से णूणं तव मेहा ! राओ पुव्वरत्तावरत्तकालसमयंसि धम्मजागरियं जागरमाणस्स अयमेयारूवे अज्झथिए जाव (चिंतिए, पत्थिए मणोगए संकप्पे) समुप्पज्जित्था-एवं खलु अहं इमेणं ओरालेणं जाव जेणेव अहं तेणेव हव्यमागए। से णूणं मेहा ! अढे समढे ?" _ “हता अत्थि।"
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