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Samantbhadra Swami | 'There is no bodily pain like hunger.' . At this time of intense hunger, it was against their Muni Dharma to beg for food from anyone, to eat again, or to inspire someone to prepare good, oily, sweet, cool, heavy and phlegm-inducing foods for them for the sake of alleviating their illness. Therefore, Samantbhadra, considering the situation, contemplated many excellent thoughts at that time and addressing his soul, said, "O Atman, you have wandered in this world for countless ages, enduring unbearable hunger-pain in many hells, animal, etc. realms; this hunger of yours is nothing compared to that. You have experienced such intense hunger that even after consuming the food of the three worlds, it did not subside, but you did not get even a single grain to eat. You have endured all these hardships under the control of others, and therefore, you have not gained any benefit from them. Now, you are free, endure this pain. All this is the result of your past karma. By enduring the pain with equanimity, karma will be exhausted, new karma will not be bound, and you will never again have the opportunity to suffer such pain." In this way, Samantbhadra kept his equanimity firm and did not give rise to the opportunity for passions and other evil qualities to arise. Besides this, all they could do to get this body some more food and to prevent the physical strength from being particularly depleted was to loosen or postpone the external and severe austerities like fasting, etc., which they were performing and whose practice depended on their daily desire and strength - like the basic qualities, it was not mandatory. They 82
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________________ स्वामी समन्तभद्र | 'क्षुधासमा नास्ति शरीरवेदना । ' . इस तीव्र क्षुधावेदनाके अवसर पर किसीसे भोजनकी याचना करना, दोबारा भोजन करना अथवा रोगोपशांति के लिये किसीको अपने वास्ते अच्छे स्निग्ध, मधुर, शीतल गरिष्ठ और कफकारी भोजनोंके तय्यार करनेकी प्रेरणा करना, यह सब उनके मुनिधर्मके विरुद्ध था । इस लिये समंतभद्र, वस्तुस्थितिका विचार करते हुए, उस समय अनेक उत्तमोत्तम भावनाओं का चिन्तवन करते थे और अपने आत्माको सम्बोधन करके कहते थे " हे आत्मन्, तूने अनादि काल से इस संसार में परिभ्रमण करते हुए अनेक बार नरक पशु आदि गतियोंमें दुःसह क्षुधा - बेदनाको सहा है; उसके आगे तो यह तेरी क्षुधा कुछ भी नहीं है । तुझे इतनी भी तीव्र क्षुधा रह चुकी है जो तीन लोकका अन्न खाजाने पर भी उपशम न हो परंतु एक कण खानेको नहीं मिला। ये सब कष्ट तूने पराधीन होकर सहे हैं और इसलिये उनसे कोई लाभ नहीं हो सका, अब तू स्वाधीन होकर इस वेदनाको सहन कर । यह सब तेरे ही पूर्व कर्मका दुर्विपाक है । साम्यभावसे वेदनाको सह लेने पर कर्म की निर्जरा हो जायगी, नवीन कर्म नहीं बँधेगा और न आगेको फिर कभी ऐसे दुःखोंकी उठानेका अवसर ही प्राप्त होगा ।" इस तरह पर समंतभद्र अपने साम्यभावको दृढ़ रखते थे और कषायादि दुर्भावोंको उत्पन्न होनेका अवसर नहीं देते थे । इसके सिवाय वे इस शरीर को कुछ अधिक भोजन प्राप्त कराने तथा शारीरिक शक्तिको विशेष क्षीण न होने देनेके लिये जो कुछ कर सकते थे वह इतना ही था कि जिन अनशनादिक बाह्य तथा घोर तपश्चरणोंको वे कर रहे थे और जिनका अनुष्ठान उनकी नित्यकी इच्छा तथा शक्ति पर निर्भर था— मूलगुणों की तरह लाजमी नहीं था — उन्हें वे ढीला अथवा स्थगित कर दें। उन्होंने ८२ 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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