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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प्रथमः परिच्छेदः ।
पर्यालोच्य तद्वधार्थं युगपच्चतुर्भिः खड्गा उद्गीर्णाः । कंपितनगरदेवतया तथैव ते कीलिताः । प्रभाते अ ( त ) थैव ते सर्वलोकैर्दृष्टाः । रुष्टेन राज्ञा क्रमागता इति न मारिता गर्दभारोहणादिकं कारयित्वा निर्घाटिताः । अथ कुरुजांगलदेशे हस्तिनागपुरे राजा महापद्मो राज्ञी लक्ष्मीमती पुत्रौ पद्मो विष्णुश्च । स एकदा पद्माय राज्यं दत्वा महापद्मो विष्णुना सह श्रुतसागरचंद्राचार्यस्य समीपे मुनि - र्जातः । ते च बलिप्रभृतय आगत्य पद्मराजस्य मंत्रिणो जाताः । कुम्भपुरदुर्गे च सिंहबलो राजा दुर्गबलात् पद्ममण्डलस्योपद्रवं करोति । तद्ग्रहणचिन्तया पद्मं दुर्बलमालोक्य बलिनोक्तं किं देव ! दौर्बल्ये कारणमिति । कथितं च राज्ञा । तच्छ्रुत्वा आदेशं याचयित्वा तत्र गत्वा बुद्धिमाहात्म्येन दुर्गे भंक्त्वा सिंहबलं गृहीत्वा व्याघुय्यागतः । तेन पद्मस्यासौ समर्पितः । देव ! सोऽयं सिंहबल इति । तुष्टेन तेनोक्तं वांछित वरं प्रार्थयेति । बलिनोक्तं यदा प्रार्थयिष्यामि तदा दीयतामिति । अथ कतिपयदिनेषु विहरन्तस्तेऽकम्पनाचार्यादयः सप्तशतयतयस्तत्रागताः । पुरक्षोभाद्रलिप्रभृतिस्तान् परिज्ञाय राजा एतद्भक्त इति पर्यालोच्य भयात्तन्मारणार्थं पद्मः पूर्ववरं प्रार्थितः सप्तदिनान्यस्माकं राज्यं देहीति । ततोऽसौ सप्तदिनानि राज्यं दत्वाऽन्तःपुरे प्रविश्य स्थितः । बलिना च आतापनगिरौ कायोत्सर्गेण स्थितान् मुनीन् वृत्या वेष्टय मण्डपं कृत्वा यज्ञः कर्तुमारब्धः । उच्छिष्टसरावच्छागादिजीव कलेवरैर्धूमैश्च मुनीनां मारणार्थमुपसर्गः कृतः । मुनयश्च द्विविधसंन्यासेन स्थिताः । अथ मथि - लानगर्यामर्धरात्रे बहिर्विनिर्गतश्रुतसागरचन्द्राचार्येण आकाशं श्रवणनक्षत्रं · कम्पमानमालोक्यावधिज्ञानेन ज्ञात्वा भणितं महामुनीनां महानुपसर्गो वर्तते तच्छ्रुत्वा पुष्पधरनाम्ना विद्याधरक्षुलकेन पृष्टं भगवन् ! क केषां मुनीनां महानुपसर्गो वर्तते ? हस्तिनापुरे अकम्पनाचार्यादीनां सप्तशत
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## Chapter One

Four swords were simultaneously drawn, aiming to kill him. The city deity trembled, and they were nailed there. In the morning, they were seen by all the people. The angry king, not wanting to kill them, ordered them to be banished after making them ride on donkeys.

Now, in the Hastinapur of Kuru-Jangala country, King Mahapadma had a queen named Lakshmi-mati and two sons, Padma and Vishnu. One day, Mahapadma gave the kingdom to Padma and, along with Vishnu, became a disciple of Shruta-Sagara-Chandra-Acharya. Bali and others came and became ministers of King Padma.

In the Kumbhapura fort, King Singhabala, due to his strength, was causing trouble to the Padma Mandala. Seeing Padma's weakness, a strong man asked, "O Lord, what is the reason for your weakness?" The king explained. Hearing this, the strong man requested an order, went there, and with his intelligence and strength, broke into the fort, captured Singhabala, and brought him back. He presented him to Padma, saying, "O Lord, this is Singhabala." The pleased king said, "Ask for any boon you desire." The strong man replied, "I will ask for it when the time comes."

After some days, seven hundred monks, including Akampana-Acharya, arrived there. Recognizing them, the king, fearing for his kingdom, decided to kill them. He remembered his previous boon and asked Padma to give him his kingdom for seven days. Padma, giving him the kingdom for seven days, entered his palace. Bali, with the intention of killing the monks, built a pavilion around them on the Atapa-giri mountain and started a yagna. He used the remains of food, goats, and other animals to create smoke and cause harm to the monks. The monks remained steadfast in their two-fold renunciation.

At midnight, Shruta-Sagara-Chandra-Acharya, who had gone outside, saw the constellation Shravana trembling in the sky. With his knowledge of omens, he declared, "A great calamity is befalling the great monks." Hearing this, a Vidyadhara named Pushpadhara asked, "O Lord, which monks are facing this great calamity?" He replied, "The seven hundred monks, including Akampana-Acharya, in Hastinapur."