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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___ रत्नकरण्डकश्रावकाचारेत्वेन तासां तत्करोति तदा न तन्म्लानताहेतुः । तत् कुर्वतश्च दर्शनपक्ष. पाताद्वरमयाचितमपि ताः प्रयच्छन्त्येव । तदकरणे चेष्टदेवताविशेषात् फलप्राप्तिनिर्विघ्नतो झटिति न सिद्धयति । न हि चक्रवर्तिपरिवारापूजने सेवकानां चक्रवर्तिनः सकाशात् तथा फलप्राप्तिदृष्टा ॥ २३ ॥ इदानीं सद्दर्शनस्वरूपे पाषण्डिमूढस्वरूपं दर्शयन्नाहः
सग्रन्थारम्भहिंसानां संसारावर्त्तवर्तिनाम् ।
पाषण्डिनां पुरस्कारो ज्ञेयं पापण्डिमोहनम् ॥ २४ ॥ पाषण्डिमोहनं ज्ञेयं ज्ञातव्यं । कोऽसौ ? ' पुरस्कारः ' प्रशंसा । केषां ? 'पाषण्डिनां' मिथ्यादृष्टिलिंगिनां । किं विशिष्टानां ? ' सग्रन्थारंभहिंसाना ' ग्रन्थाश्च दासीदासादयः, आरंभाश्च कृष्यादयः हिंसाश्च 'अनेकविधाः प्राणिवधाः सह ताभिर्वर्तन्त इत्येवं ये तेषां । तथा — संसारावर्तवर्तिनां ' संसारे आवर्ती भ्रमणं येभ्यो. विवाहादिकर्मभ्यस्तेषु वर्तते. इत्येवं शीलास्तेषां । एतैत्रिभिर्मूढैरपोढत्वसम्पन्नं सम्यग्दर्शनं संसारोच्छित्तिकारणं अस्मयत्वसम्पन्नवत् ॥ २४ ॥ कः पुनरयं स्मयः कतिप्रकारश्चेत्याह:ज्ञानं पूजां कुलं जाति बलमृद्धिं तपो वपुः ।
अष्टावाश्रित्य मानित्वं स्मयमाहुर्गतस्मयाः ॥ २५ ॥ 'आहु'ध्रुवन्ति । कं? 'स्मयं'। के ते? 'गतस्मयाः' नष्टमदाः जिनाः। किं तत् ? ' मानित्वं । किं कृत्वा ? 'अष्टावाश्रित्य ' । तथा हि। ज्ञानमा श्रत्य ज्ञानमदो भवति । ननु शिल्पमदस्य नवमस्य प्रसक्तेरष्टाविति संख्यानुत्पन्नाः इत्यप्ययुक्तं तस्य ज्ञाने एवान्तावात् अनेनाष्टविधमदेन चेष्टमानस्य दोषं दर्शयन्नाह :
स्मयेन योऽन्यानत्येति धर्मस्थान् गर्विताशयः । सोऽत्येति धर्ममात्मीयं न धर्मो धार्मिकैर्विना ॥ २६ ॥

Translation AI Generated

The translation preserving the Jain terms is as follows:

The Shravakas (lay followers) perform the Ratnakarandaka (a set of religious practices) with the intention of becoming worthy of the Acharyas (spiritual preceptors). When they do so, it is not due to the desire for fame. Even if they are not asked, they willingly offer (to the Acharyas). And if they do not perform it, the attainment of the desired fruit is not obstructed due to the special divine power. For, in the worship of the Chakravartin (universal monarch), the servants do not obtain the fruit as much as the Chakravartin himself.

Now, showing the nature of the heretical and deluded person, he says: The praise of the Pashandins (heretics) who are engaged in the violence of starting scriptural studies and other activities, and who are wandering in the cycle of rebirth, is known as the deluding of the heretics.

The deluding of the heretics is to be known. Who is that? 'The praise' - appreciation. Of whom? 'Of the Pashandins' - those who have the mark of false belief. What kind of them? 'Who are engaged in the violence of starting scriptural studies and other activities' - the scriptures like servants and slaves, and the activities like agriculture, etc., and the various kinds of killings of living beings along with them. Similarly, 'who are wandering in the cycle of rebirth' - those whose conduct is in the cycle of rebirth, such as marriage and other karmas. These three deluded ones possess the complete absence of right faith, which is the cause of the cessation of the cycle of rebirth, like the one possessed of humility.

Who is this humility, and of how many kinds is it? He says: They consider knowledge, worship, family, caste, strength, prosperity, penance, and physique as the eight sources of pride. The ones who have lost this pride are called 'the ones who have lost pride'.

The one who, due to this eightfold pride, surpasses others in the religious principles, he transgresses his own religious duty. There is no religion without the religious people.