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## Gunādiparicaya | 27. They engaged in debate with great thought and understanding. This is included in the descriptions of the beginning and ceremony of Samantabhadra's debate in the inscription*. However, regardless of the royal court where this verse was spoken, there is no doubt that the event it describes is of great significance. It seems that Dhūrjati was a very famous and renowned debater at that time, he had a great reputation among the people, and he was badly defeated in front of Samantabhadra. By defeating such a great debater with ease, Samantabhadra's reputation was further enhanced among other scholars, and since then it has become a proverb: "If even a scholar like Dhūrjati cannot stand his ground in debate against Samantabhadra, then what is the ability of other scholars to debate with him?" The extent of Samantabhadra's debating prowess and the great influence he had on other scholars is evident from the above passages. However, we would like to point out here that Samantabhadra's field of debate was not limited. He did not only make his victory known in the land where he was born, but his love for debate, his desire to remove the ignorance of people and lead them towards the right path, and his Jain Siddha... * As is evident from the following sentence given before those descriptions: "Yasyaivaṃvidhā vidyāvādarambhasanrambhavijṛmbhitaabhivyaktayaḥ sūktayaḥ." † In Aufrecht's 'Catalogue', Dhūrjati is described as a 'Poet', and poets are considered to be good scholars, as can be seen from the characteristics given in the previous footnote.
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________________ गुणादिपरिचय | २७. वे बहुत सोच समझकर वाद में प्रवृत्त हों । शिलालेख में इस पको समन्तभद्रके वादारंभ-समारंभ समयकी उक्तियोंमें ही शामिल किया है * । परंतु यह पद्य चाहे जिस राजसभा में कहा गया हो, इसमें संदेह नहीं कि इसमें जिस घटनाका उल्लेख किया गया है वह बहुत ही महत्त्वकी जान पड़ती है। ऐसा मालूम होता है कि धूर्जटि उस वक्त एक बहुत ही बढ़ाचढ़ा प्रसिद्ध प्रतिवादी था, जनतामें उसकी बड़ी धाक थी और वह समंतभद्र के. सामने बुरी तरह से पराजित हुआ था । ऐसे महावादीको लीलामात्र में परास्त कर देने से समन्तभद्रका सिक्का दूसरे विद्वानों पर और भी ज्यादा अंकित हो गया और तबसे यह एक कहावतसी प्रसिद्ध हो गई. कि ' धूर्जटि जैसे विद्वान् ही जब समंतभद्रके सामने वाद में नहीं ठहर सकते तब दूसरे विद्वानोंकी क्या सामर्थ्य है जो उनसे वाद करें ।' समन्तभद्रकी वादशक्ति कितनी अप्रतिहत थी और दूसरे विद्वानोंपर उसका कितना अधिक सिक्का तथा प्रभाव था, यह बात ऊपर के अवतरणोंसे बहुत कुछ स्पष्ट हो जाती है, फिर भी हम यहाँ पर इतना और बतला देना चाहते हैं कि समन्तभद्रका वाद - क्षेत्र संकुचित नहीं था । उन्होंने उसी देशमें अपने वादकी विजयदुंदुभि नहीं बजाई जिसमें वे उत्पन्न हुए थे, बल्कि उनकी वादप्रीति, लोगोंके अज्ञान भावको दूर करके उन्हें सन्मार्गकी ओर लगानेकी शुभ भावना और जैन सिद्धा -- * जैसा कि उन उक्तियोंके पहले दिये हुए निम्न वाक्यसे प्रकट है— 66 यस्यैवंविधा विद्यावादारंभसंरंभविजृंभिताभिव्यक्तयः सूक्तयः ।" † आफरेडके ' केटेलॉग ' में धूर्जटिको एक 'कवि' Poet लिखा है और कवि अच्छे विद्वानको कहते हैं, जैसा कि इससे पहले फुटनोट में दिये हुए उसके -लक्षणोंसे मालूम होगा । Jain Education International For Personal & Private Use Only www.jainelibrary.org
SR No.010669
Book TitleRatnakarandaka Shravakachara
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorJugalkishor Mukhtar
PublisherManikchand Digambar Jain Granthamala Samiti
Publication Year1982
Total Pages456
LanguageHindi, Sanskrit
ClassificationBook_Devnagari
File Size7 MB
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