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ज्ञाताधर्मकथांग सूत्र
Ram
"Since many years I have been enjoying my married life with Dhanya merchant satisfying all sexual desires through all the five sense organs of hearing, touch, taste, smell, and vision. However, I have not given birth even to a single child. In my opinion, those mothers are the blessed ones and their life is fulfilled who breast-feed their own child who is eager to suckle, who sweetly stutters, and who in stupor shifts from the base of the breasts toward the armpit. After feeding they lift the baby with their tender and loving hands, put it in the lap and speak to it in their sweet voice. I am the wretched one, the cursed, unqualified, and ill-fated one that has been deprived of any of these pleasures.
"As such it would be good for me to seek permission from Dhanya merchant and prepare for the worship of gods the first thing in the morning. For that I should first get a lot of food and delicacies cooked; arrange for enough flowers, dresses, fragrant flower-garlands, and ornaments; and invite many ladies from families of friends, relatives, prominent citizens and other close acquaintances. Taking them along I should go out of the town and visit temples and other such abodes of various deities including Naag, Bhoot, Yaksha, Indra, Skand, Rudra, Shiva and Vaishraman and worship them with all prescribed rituals offering them valuable things like garlands (etc.). After this I should pay them homage and seek their blessings - Beloved of gods ! If I give birth to even one child, male or female, I shall worship you, give charity in your name, and enhance your unlimited wealth by rich offerings.'"
सूत्र ८. एवं संपेहेइ, संपेहित्ता कल्लं जाव जलते जेणामेव धण्णे सत्थवाहे तेणामेव उवागच्छइ। उवागच्छित्ता एवं वयासी-“एवं खलु अहं देवाणुप्पिया ! तुब्भेहिं सद्धिं बहूई वासाइं जाव देन्ति समुल्लावए सुमहुरे पुणो पुणो मंजुलप्पभणिए। तं णं अहं अहन्ना अपुन्ना अकयलक्खणा, एत्तो एगमवि न पत्ता। तं इच्छामि णं देवाणुप्पिया ! तुब्भेहिं अब्भणुन्नाया समाणी विउलं असणं पाणं ४ जाव अणुवड्डेमि, उवाइयं करेत्तए।" ___ सूत्र ८. दूसरे दिन प्रातः भद्रा धन्य सार्थवाह के पास गई और बोली-“देवानुप्रिय ! मैंने आपके साथ अनेक वर्षों का दाम्पत्य जीवन बिताया है पर एक भी सन्तान को जन्म नहीं दे पाई। अन्य स्त्रियाँ अपने बच्चों को मीठी लोरियाँ सुनाती हैं पर मैं अधन्य, पुण्यहीन
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