Ratnakarandaka Shravakachara

SR No.: 010669
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Jugalkishor Mukhtar
Publisher: Manikchand Digambar Jain Granthamala Samiti
Publication Year: 1982
Total Pages: 456
Language: Hindi, Sanskrit
Classification: Book_Devnagari
File Size: 7 MB

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मुनि-जीवन और आपत्काल ।
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उसकी कुछ पर्वाह नहीं की । वे स्वेच्छापूर्वक धारण किये हुए उपवासों तथा अनशनादिक तपोंके अवसर पर जिस प्रकार क्षुधापरीषहको सहा करते थे उसी प्रकार उन्होंने इस अवसर पर भी पूर्व अभ्यासके बल पर, उसे सह लिया- परंतु इस क्षुधा और उस क्षुधामें बड़ा अन्तर था; वे इस बढ़ती हुई क्षुधा के कारण, कुछ ही दिन बाद, असह्य वेदनाका अनुभव करने लगे; पहले भोजनसे घंटों के बाद नियत समय पर भूखका कुछ उदय होता था और उस समय उपयोगके दूसरी ओर लगे रहने आदिके कारण यदि भोजन नहीं किया जाता था तो वह भूख मर जाती थी और फिर घंटों तक उसका पता नहीं रहता था; परंतु अब भोजनको किये हुए देर नहीं होती थी कि क्षुधा फिरसे आ धमकती थी और भोजनके न मिलने पर जठराग्नि अपने आसपासके रक्त मांसको ही खींच खींचकर भस्म करना प्रारंभ कर देती थी । समन्तभद्रको इससे बड़ी वेदना होती थी, क्षुधाकी समान दूसरी शरीरवेदना है भी नहीं; कहा भी गया है—
" नरे क्षीणकफे पित्तं कुपितं मारुतानुगम् । स्वोष्मण पावकस्थाने बलमग्नेः प्रयच्छति ॥ तथा लब्धलो देहे विरूक्षे सानिलोऽनलः । परिभूय पचस्वचं तैक्ष्ण्यादाशु मुहुर्मुहुः ॥ पक्वान्नं सततं धातून् शोणितादीन्पचत्यपि । ततो दौर्बल्यमार्तकान् मृत्युं चोपनयेवरं ॥ भुक्तेने लभते शांति जीर्णमात्रे प्रताम्यति । तृस्वेददाह मूर्च्छा स्युर्व्याधयोऽत्यग्निसंभवाः ॥ “तमेत्या गुरुस्निग्धशीतमधुरविज्वलैः । 'अन्नपानैर्नयेच्छान्ति दीप्तमग्निमिवाम्बुभिः ॥
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- इति चरकः ।

Translation AI Generated

Muni-life and Emergency.
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He didn't care much about it. Just as he used to endure hunger pangs during the voluntary fasts and other austerities he had undertaken, so too did he endure it on this occasion, relying on the strength of his previous practice - but there was a big difference between this hunger and that hunger; due to this increasing hunger, he began to experience unbearable pain after only a few days; earlier, hunger would arise at a fixed time, hours after eating, and if food was not taken due to being engaged in other matters, the hunger would die down and there would be no trace of it for hours; but now, not long after eating, hunger would strike again, and if food was not available, the digestive fire would begin to burn the blood and flesh around it. Samantabhadra suffered greatly from this; there is no other bodily pain equal to hunger; it is also said -
"In a man with depleted phlegm, the aggravated bile, accompanied by wind, gives strength to the fire in its own place of heat. Thus, in a body that is dry and full of wind, the fire, having obtained fuel, burns fiercely again and again. It continuously cooks the tissues, blood, etc., and then brings weakness, diseases, and even death. One gets peace by eating, but it is tormented by digestion. Thirst, burning sensation, fainting, and diseases are caused by excessive fire. "Therefore, one should pacify the blazing fire with cool, sweet, and heavy food and drink, just as one would extinguish a fire with water."
- Thus says Charaka.