Shraman Bhagvana Mahavira Part 2 Vibhag 2

SR No.: 008003
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Ratnaprabhvijay, D P Thaker
Publisher: Parimal Publication
Publication Year: 1989
Total Pages: 802
Language: English, Sanskrit
Classification: Book_English, Biography, History, & Religion
File Size: 20 MB

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charming with the buzzing of drones intoxicated with the fragrance of sweet-smelling flowers near Bijāvartta caitya ( temple ) outside the town Then, under the tree, when he was observing a two days' fasting, exposing himself to the hot rays of the Sun, sitting in a go-dohikāsana ( a posture for milking cows ), and when he was conceiving affection towards anuttara jn ina, anuittara darsána, a caritra (Right knowledge, Right Faith, Right Conduct) anuttara ksamă, mārdava, ārļava ( excellent forbearance, gentleness, honesty ) and when he was thinking about anuttara k ānti, lāghava, mukti, gupti, satya, and su--caritra (excellent patience, lightness, liberty, restraint truth and good behaviour) Śramaņa Bhagavān Mahavira-who was burning the fuel of dense ghătiya (destructive) Karmas by means, of the fire of Sukla dhyana (bright religious contemplation) he of pure contemlation of the pure soul—who had become more quiet by sa -vicára prithaktva vitarka-and a-vicāra ékatva vitarka and who had arrived at the two last remajning divisions of the Śukla Dhy nă-acquired Kévala Jnāna and Kévala Darčana (Perfect Knowledge and Perfect Faith) which is endless, excellent, un-hindered un-covered, complete, and capable of enlightening the entire Loka (the universe and the space outside the universe), after the lapse of twelve years and six and a half months from the time of his diksi, at Vijaya Muhurta, on the day named Suvrata, on Vaisakha Sud the 10 tenth day of the bright-half of the month of Vaisakha (April-May) when the Moon was in conjuction withi Hastottară Naksatra (Uttară-Phāguņi constellation ) (B C 555 )
With the manifestation of Kévalaloka (Complete Light) as a fruit of severe austerities and pure asceticism, Śramana Bhagavān Mahavira began to illuminate the three worlds like the Sun The thrones of Indras began to shake, and the thirty-two Indras came there immediately and they began to prepare a Samavasarana with three enclosing walls, and in the Samava sarana decorated with flags and banners, and elegant with Vava (square water-reservoirs) and private entrances, they made a lion-seated throne of gold and gems resembling an Indra dhanusya (Indra's how). The Samavasarana was thronged with gods of the four kinds, human beings, and heasta śramaņa Bhagavān Mahävira