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-both of them-approached śramapa Bhagavāna Mahävira and having done due adoration, they requested the Worshipful Lord thus:-O Bhagavan ! All the people in this world, are being burnt by the terror of janma (birth), jārā (old age) and mrityu (death). Just as, a man during a fire catastrophy to his house, picks up a very valuable article of light weight from the blazing flames and goes away with it to a solitary place, and just as, that valuable article conduces to his welare, happiness, and prosperity in future, in the same way, we have picked up from the burning flames of this worldly existence, an unique object-our Soul-which is greatly desirable, charming, agreeable, pleasing, and which is agreeable to our mind, and we have now come under your shelter. We are fully confident that our warderings in this world, will be greatly curtailed. O Lord ! Give us Bhāgavati Dikså. You initiate us with your lotus-like hands. You teach us Sūtras (religious compositions) and give us a gift of knowledge. And please show us the Rules of Conduct-of Polite mauners-of going out for alms-of purity or otherwise of articles of food and drins-materials etc, and other matters which may become serviceable to us in our ascetic life". The Worshipful Lord said:-.Do everything for the welfare of your Soul. There will no obstruction from any one'.
With the permission of śramaņa Bhagavana Mahavira, both of them went under an Asoka tree in North East. They themselves removed their ornaments. The elderly females of the family took the ornaments in a wirite clean cloth and then they gave both of them, the following piece of advice:-O good men! you are born in noble families. It is easy to take a vow; but to preserve it carefully is extremely difficult it is like going against the full current of water in a river. It is like chewing iron-beads with an ordinary set of teeth, It is like removing itching sen sation with the pointed end of a sharp lance. O good souls ! you should not, in the least, be negligent in accomplishing your much-cherished desires. May you have continuous good fortune
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| SR No. | 008003 |
| Book Title | Shraman Bhagvana Mahavira Part 2 Vibhag 2 |
| 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 |