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calmness, Cullanipita was born as a god with a life-limit of four Palyopams in the Arunaprabha Vimāna (aerial car named Aruna-prabha) in Saudharma Déva-loka. Descending from the Aruna-prabha Vimâna, he will be born in an excellent highly religious Śrävaka family in Maha Vidéha Kṣétra and having taken the highly meritorious Bhagavati Diksä, he will, in due course of time attain the Eternal Blissful Siddhi Pada
Vrata-grahaṇa of Surâdéva Śrāvaka
There lived at Varanasi Nagari (Banaras) a rich merchant named Surädéva and his wife Dhanya. Surādéva had as much wealth and as many cow-pens as Kamadéva. On hearing the preaching of Śramaņa Bhagavāna Mahāvira, Surādéva took the Twelve Vows of a house-holder, like Ananda Śrävaka and others. At the time of harassment from any living being-human, celestial, hellish, or any lower animal-he did not leave off his religious practices, but he went on with his religious meditation with great delight.
He had three sons. The same sort of harassment from a
god happened to him as was the case with Kâma-déva and Cullanîpitä. A wicked god intimidating him with the killing of his three sons, told him:-'O Surādéva! You leave off these religious practices.' But when Suradéva did not at all swerve from his firm determination, the god told him:-'Surâdèva! If you are desirous of saving your life, I again tell you, you immediately abandon all these practices; otherwise, I will produce sixteen most dangerous diseases in your body; you shall have to suffer agonising pains, and you will die with numerous tormentations' On hearing these words of the god, Surădéva made a loud noise of fear. Surãdéva's wife Dhanya at once came thereon hearing noise, and she made the situation clear. Suradéva became calm again Further account relating to Surâdéva was similar to that of Kāma-déva. He had practised the Eleven Stages of Spiritual Development of a house-holder, and at the time of his death, he
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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 |