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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रत्नकरण्डकश्रावकाचारे
उपगूहने जिनेन्द्रभक्तो दृष्टान्तोऽस्य कथासुराष्ट्रदेशे पाटलिपुत्रनगरे राजा यशोधरो राज्ञी सुसीमा पुत्रः सुवीरः सप्तव्यसनाभिभूतस्तथाभूततस्करपुरुषसेवितः । पूर्वदेशे गौडविषये ताम्रलिसनगर्यो जिनेन्द्रभक्त श्रेष्ठिनः सप्ततलप्रासादोपरि बहुरक्षकोपयुक्तपार्श्वनाप्रतिमाछत्र योपरि विशिष्टतरानर्ध्यवैडूर्यमणि पारंपर्येणाकर्ण्य लोभात्तेन सुवीरेण निजपुरुषाः पृष्टाः तं माणं किं कोऽप्यानेतुं शक्तोऽस्तीति । इन्द्रमुकुटमणिमप्यहमानयामीति गलगर्जितं कृत्वा सूर्यनामा चौरः कपटेन क्षुल्लको भूत्वा अतिकायक्लेशेन ग्रामनगरक्षोभं कुर्वाणः क्रमेण तामलिप्तनगरौं गतः। तमाकर्ण्य गत्वाऽलोक्य वन्दित्वा संभाष्य प्रशस्य क्षुभितेन जिने - -न्द्रभक्त श्रेष्टिना नीत्वा पार्श्वनाथदेवं दर्शयित्वा मायया अनिच्छन्नपि स तत्र मणिरक्षको धृतः । एकदा क्षुलकं पृष्ट्वा श्रेष्ठी समुद्रयात्रायां चलि - तो नगराद्वहिर्निर्गत्य स्थितः । स चौरक्षुल्लको गृहजनमुपकरण नयनव्य ज्ञात्वा अर्धरात्रे तं मणि गृहीत्वा चलितः । मणितेजसा मार्गे कोट्टपालैर्दृष्टो धर्तुमारब्धः । तेभ्यः पलायितुमसमर्थः श्रेष्ठिन एव शरणं प्रविष्टो मां रक्ष 1 रक्षेति चोक्तवान् कोट्टपालानां कलकलमाकर्ण्य पर्यालोच्य तं चौरं ज्ञात्वा दर्शनेोपहासप्रच्छादनार्थं भणितं श्रेष्ठिना मद्वचनेन रत्नमनेनानीतिमिति विरूपकं भवद्भिः कृतं यदस्य महातपस्विनौरोद्घोषणा कृता । ततस्ते तस्य प्रमाणं कृत्वा गताः । स च श्रेष्ठिना रात्रौ निर्घाटितः । एवमन्येनापि सम्यग्दृष्टिना असमर्थज्ञानपुरुषादागतदर्शनदोषस्य प्रच्छादनं कर्तव्यं । स्थितीकरणे वारिषेणो दृष्टान्तोऽस्य कथा -
मगधदेशे राजगृहनगरे राजा श्रेणिको राज्ञी चेलिनी पुत्रो वारिषेणः उत्तमश्रावकः चतुर्दश्यां रात्रौ कृतोपवासः श्मशाने कायोत्सर्गेण स्थितः । तस्मि - I नेव दिने उद्यानिकायां गतया मगवसुन्दरीविलासिन्या श्रीकीर्तिश्रेष्ठिन्याः 'परिहितो दिव्यो हारो दृष्टः । ततस्तं दृष्ट्वा किमनेनालङ्कारेण विना जीवितेनेति । -संचिन्त्य शय्यायां पतित्वा सा स्थिता । रात्रौ समागतेन तदासक्तेन विद्यु
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In the Ratnakaranda Shravaka Charitra, there is an example of a Jina devotee, a story from the Surastra country, in the city of Pataliputra. King Yashodhara, Queen Susima, and their son Suvira were overwhelmed by seven vices and were served by thieves. In the eastern country, in the Gauda region, in the city of Tamralipta, there was a Jina devotee, a wealthy merchant, who had a seven-story palace with many guards and a statue of Parsvanatha with a canopy above it. Hearing about a very special, priceless Vaidurya gem, Suvira, out of greed, asked his men if anyone could bring it. A thief named Surya, boasting that he could even steal the gem from Indra's crown, pretended to be a simpleton and, causing great trouble in villages and cities, gradually reached Tamralipta. Hearing about the gem, he went there, saw it, bowed down, spoke to the merchant, praised him, and, being agitated, the Jina devotee, taking him to Parsvanatha, made him the gem's guard by trickery, even though he was unwilling. One day, the merchant, asking the simpleton to guard the gem, went out of the city on a sea voyage. The thief, knowing the household and the time, took the gem in the middle of the night and left. The gem's brilliance was seen by the Kottapala guards on the way, and they tried to seize it. Unable to escape from them, he went to the merchant for refuge, saying, "Protect me, protect me!" Hearing the commotion of the Kottapala guards, the merchant, seeing the thief, said, "You have done a great injustice by making this great ascetic's proclamation about this gem." The Kottapala guards, believing him, left. The merchant then beat the thief that night. Similarly, a person with right vision should cover up the fault of seeing something that is not there, which comes from a person who is unable to know.

The story of Varisena is an example of this situation.

In the Magadha country, in the city of Rajagriha, King Srenika, Queen Chelini, and their son Varisena, a great Shravaka, fasted for fourteen nights and lay in the cremation ground, giving up his body. On that very day, a beautiful woman from Magadha, Sri Kirti, went to the garden and saw a beautiful necklace. Seeing it, she thought, "How can I live without this ornament?" and fell on her bed. When night came, a man who was attracted to her came to her.