Shraman Bhagvana Mahavira Part 5

SR No.: 008006
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Ratnaprabhvijay, D P Thaker
Publisher: Parimal Publication
Publication Year: 1989
Total Pages: 616
Language: English, Sanskrit
Classification: Book_English, Biography, History, & Religion
File Size: 14 MB

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aggart Samudraśri addressing Jambū Kumāra, said, “O Master! Beware that you may not become the recipient of sorrow, liku the farmerat Baka, by abandoning sensual enjoyments already in your possession. Now, hear the story about Baka farmer -
STORY OF BAKA FARMER.
In a village named gear Su-simā, there lived a farmer named a Baka. During the rainy season, he produced gram, wheat, Kodrava (inferior corn eaten by poor people) kidney beans and other kinds of corn in his field, and one day, he went to the house of his daughter at Mālavā, where he was fed with TZATEGuda-maņdaka, large and very thin cakes made of wheaten flour and molases, by lus daughter The farmer inquired “How is molasses prepared " His daughter and other relatives replied, “ Dig a well and then, grow wheat and sugar canes." Acting on the advice received from his daughter and others, the farmer, bought seeds for wheat-growing, went immediately to his native place, and commenced the plucking out of corn-plants grown in huis field. When his relatives and acquaintances asked him the reason for his awkward behaviour, he said "I want to produce wheat and sugar-cane in this field. We shall eat sweet cakes prepared with molasses. We have become disgusted with the eating of such inferior corn" His relatives told him "Such corn will not grow in this land." Although remosntrated with a good deal by hs relatives, the farmer did not care for their advice, but proceeded on with the work of up-rooting tre corn-plants from his field He then commenced digging out a well. He dug out very low in the ground, but he could not get a drop of water from it The corn-seeds that he brought from his daughter's village were decomposed. The pulses and other inferior corn grown in his field, were up-rooted and thrown away. The farmer lost every thing by endeavouring to obtain an inappropriate article.
In the same manner, my dear husband, lest you may not