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________________ IEEEEE E%%%%%%%%%%$55555555555中 $$ $ $ $ $ $ 4A听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 with its mouth in the hole. A crowd gathered. When some of them 4 started throwing stones and pieces of wood, the elders said—“No, this 4 51 is a serpent god. do not kill but worship.” People started worshipping 4 9 the snake god by offering milk and sweets. The serpent tolerated all 55 this and remained immobile. Swarms of ants were attracted by the smell of sweets and milk. They started stinging the serpent. With the 5 resolve to cleanse its soul of the sins of the earlier births, the serpent 45 tolerated all these afflictions with equanimity for fifteen days. By i then his body was almost completely perforated and it died. 51 Chandakaushik reincarnated as a god in the Sahasrar Kalp. With the si help of parinamiki buddhi the serpent got an excellent rebirth. 20. The rhinocerous-After listening to the sermons of ascetics 4 a man accepted the shravak vows but could not properly observes them. Later he fell sick and died before atoning for the sins. As a consequence of this fall from the religious conduct he reincarnated as a rhinocerous in a jungle. Because of his cruel nature it killed other 4 animals in the jungle. If any human being happened to come into si that jungle it killed them as well. Once some ascetics were passing through that jungle. The moment the rhino saw them it rushed to kill. The aura of their penance and attitude of ahimsa did not allow him to reach them. 4 Failure in his desired act forced him to think about the reasons of this weakness. Gradually his anger was pacified. As a consequence of destruction and suppression of the knowledge veiling karmas he acquired Jati-smaran jnana. Knowing about his earlier birth he was 15 filled with self reproach. He started repenting, resolved to fast till 15 death and indulged in pious thoughts. When he died he reincarnated as a god. With the help of parinamiki buddhi the rhino recovered from his fall. (२१) स्तूंप-भेदन-राजा थेणिक के पुत्रों में कुणिक और विहल्लकुमार भी थे। राजा श्रेणिक ने अपने जीवनकाल में ही सेचनक हाथी और वङ्कचूड हार दोनों विहल्लकुमार को दे दिये थे। तथा कूणिक मगध का राजा बन गया था। विहल्लकुमार प्रतिदिन अपनी रानियों के साथ हाथी पर बैठकर जलक्रीड़ा के लिए गंगा-तट पर जाता था। सेचनक हाथी रानियों को अपनी सूंड़ पर उठाकर अनेक प्रकार से उनका है मनोरंजन करता था। जनता विहल्लकुमार तथा उनकी रानियों की सराहना करती थी और चर्चा, म करती थी कि राज्य-लक्ष्मी का सच्चा उपभोग तो विहल्लकुमार ही करता है। F5F55s听听听听听听听 4 Afart ( ufunfairs ( 2819 ) Mati-jnana (Parinamiki Buddhi) 45 乡牙牙牙牙牙牙牙另岁岁步步步男男男男%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org
SR No.007652
Book TitleAgam 31 Chulika 01 Nandi Sutra Sthanakvasi
Original Sutra AuthorDevvachak
AuthorAmarmuni, Tarunmuni, Shreechand Surana, Trilok Sharma
PublisherPadma Prakashan
Publication Year1998
Total Pages542
LanguageEnglish, Hindi
ClassificationBook_English, Book_Devnagari, Agam, Canon, Ethics, Conduct, & agam_nandisutra
File Size19 MB
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