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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रत्नकरण्डकश्रावकाचार
ततः परं नीली जयश्च । ततस्तेभ्यः परं यथा भवन्त्येवं पूजातिशयं प्राप्तौ । तत्राब्रह्मविरत्यणुव्रतान्नीली वणिकपुत्री पूजातिशयं प्राप्ता।
अस्याः कथा। लोटदेशे भृगुकच्छपत्तने राजा वसुपालः। वणिग्जिनदत्तो भार्या जिनदत्ता पुत्री नीली अतिशयेन रूपवती। तत्रैवापरः श्रेष्ठी समुद्रदत्तो भार्या सागरदत्ता पुत्रः सागरदत्तः। एकदा महापूजायां वसन्तौ कायोत्सर्गेण संस्थितां सर्वाभरणविभूषितां नीलीमालोक्य सागरदत्तेनोक्तं किमेषापि देवता काचिदे तदाकर्ण्य तन्मित्रेण प्रियदत्तेन भणित-जिनदत्तश्रेष्ठिन इयं पुत्री नीली। तद्पालोकनादतीवासक्तो भूत्वा कथमियं प्राप्यत इति तत्परिणयनचिन्तया दुर्बलो जातः । समुद्रदत्तेन चैतदाकर्ण्य भणित:-हे पुत्र ! जैनं मुक्त्वा नान्यस्य जिनदत्तो ददातीमां पुत्रिकां परिणेतुं । ततस्तौ कपटश्रावको जातौ परिणीता च सा ततः पुनस्तौ बुद्धभक्तौ जातो, नील्याश्च पितृगृहे गमनमपि निषिद्धं, एवं वंचनेजाते भणितं जिनदत्तेन इयं मम न जाता कूपादौ वा पतिता यमेन वा नीता इति । नीली च श्वशुरगृहे भर्तुः वल्लभा भिन्नगृहे जिनधर्ममनुष्ठतीति दर्शनात् संसर्गाद्वचनधर्मदेवाकर्णनाद्वा कालेनेयं बुद्धभक्ता भविष्यतीति पर्यालोच्य समुद्रदत्तेन भणिता नीली-पुत्रि ! ज्ञानिनां वन्दकानामस्मदर्थे भोजनं देहि । ततस्तया वन्दकानामामंत्र्याहूय च तेषामेकैका प्राणहितातिपिष्टा संस्कार्य तेषामेव भोक्तुं दत्ता । तैर्भोजनं भुक्त्वा गच्छद्भिः प्रष्ट-क प्राणहिताः ? तयोक्तंभवन्त एव ज्ञानेन जानन्तु यत्र तास्तिष्ठन्ति यदि पुनर्ज्ञानं नास्ति तदा वमनं कुर्वन्तु भवतामुदरे प्राणहितास्तिष्ठन्तीति । एवं वमनं कृतं दृष्टानि प्राणहिताखण्डानि । ततो रुष्टश्च श्वशुरपक्षजनः । ततः सागरदत्तभगिन्या कोपात्तस्या असत्यपरपुरुषदोषोद्भावना कृता । तस्मिन् प्रसिद्धिं
१ ललाटेदेशे ग. । २ मृष्टा ग.

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## Ratnakarandaka Shravakaachar

Then, after that, there was Neela Jay. And then, after them, as they are, so is the excellence of worship attained. There, Neela, the daughter of the merchant, attained excellence of worship, having taken the vow of non-violence towards all beings.

Here is her story: In the country of Lota, in the town of Bhrigukachapa, there was a king named Vasupala. The merchant Jinadatta, with his wife Jinadatta, had a daughter named Neela, who was extremely beautiful. In the same place, there was another wealthy man named Samudradatta, with his wife Sagaradatta, and their son Sagaradatta.

One day, during a grand festival, Sagaradatta saw Neela, adorned with all her ornaments, standing there, her body adorned with sandalwood paste. He said, "Is this some goddess?" Hearing this, his friend Priyadatta said, "This is Neela, the daughter of the merchant Jinadatta."

Sagaradatta became completely infatuated with her and thought, "How can I obtain her?" He became weak with worry about her marriage. Hearing this, Samudradatta said, "My son, Jinadatta will not give his daughter to anyone other than a Jain. He will not give her in marriage."

Then, they both became deceitful Shravakas and got married. After that, they both became Buddhists. Neela was also forbidden from going to her father's house. When this deception was revealed, Jinadatta said, "She is not my daughter. She must have fallen into a well or been taken away by Yama."

Neela, though living in her father-in-law's house, was devoted to her husband, but she practiced the Jain religion in a separate house. Seeing this, and considering that due to association, hearing the words of the Dharmadevata, or in time, she would become a Buddhist, Samudradatta said to Neela, "Daughter, give food to the devotees of the Knowledgeable Ones for our sake."

Then, she invited the devotees and, having prepared for them one by one, specially prepared food that was beneficial for life, she gave it to them to eat. After eating the food, they left, asking, "Where are the life-beneficial things?" They said, "Knowledgeable ones, know where they are. If you do not have knowledge, then you will vomit. The life-beneficial things are in your stomach."

Then, they vomited, and the pieces of the life-beneficial things were seen. Then, the father-in-law's family became angry. Then, Sagaradatta's sister, out of anger, falsely accused Neela of adultery. This became known...