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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तृतीयः परिच्छेदः। प्रभाते बध्वा सर्वेऽपि गच्छन्तु । तरुक्त हा हा तात ! पितामहस्त्वं किं तवैतत् संभाव्यते ? तेनोक्तं-" बुभुक्षितः किं न करोति पापं " इति । एवं प्रभाते तस्य पुनर्वचनात् तन्मुखं बद्ध्वा गताः । स च बद्धो गतेषु चरणाभ्यां मुखाद्बन्धनं दूरीकृत्वा तद्बालकान् भक्षयित्वा तेषामागमनसमये पुनः चरणाभ्यां बन्धनं मुखे संयोज्यातिकुर्कुटेन क्षीणोदरो भूत्वा स्थितः (३ ) । ततो नगरगतेन चतुर्थमतिकुर्कुटं दृष्टं मया यथा तत्र नगरे एकश्चौरस्तपस्विरूपं धृत्वा बृहच्छिलां च मस्तकस्योपरि हस्ताभ्यामूर्ध्व गृहीत्वा नगरमध्ये दिवा रात्रौ चातिकुर्कुटेनापसरपादं ददामीति भणन् भ्रमति । 'अपसरजीवेति' चासौ भक्तसर्वजनैर्भण्यते । स च गर्तादिविजनस्थाने दिगवलोकनं कृत्वा सुवर्णभूषितमेकाकिनं प्रणमन्तं तया शिलया मारयित्वा तद्रव्यं गृह्णाति ( ४ ) । इत्यतिकुर्कुटचतुष्टयमालोक्य मया श्लोकोऽयं कृतः
अबालस्पर्शका नारी ब्राह्मणस्तृणहिंसकः ।
वने काष्ठमुखः पक्षी पुरेऽपसरजीवकः । इति इति कथायित्वा तलारं धीरथित्वा सन्ध्यायां ब्राह्मणः शिक्यतपस्विसमीपं गत्वा तपस्विप्रतिचारकैर्निर्धाय्यमाणोऽपि रात्र्यन्धो भूत्वा तत्र पतित्वैकदेशे स्थितः । ते च प्रतिचारकाः रात्र्यन्वपरीक्षणार्थं तृणकंडुकांगुल्यादिकं तस्याक्षिसमीपं नयन्ति । स च पश्यन्नपि न पश्यति । बृहद्रात्रौ गुहायामन्धकूपे नगरद्रव्यं ध्रियमाणमालोक्य तेषां खानपानादिकंवालोक्य प्रभाते राज्ञा मार्यमाणस्तलारोरक्षितः तेन रात्रिदृष्टमावेद्य संशिक्यतपस्वी
चौरस्तेन तलारेण बहुकदर्थनादिभिः कदीमानो मृत्वा दुर्गतिं गतस्तृती'यव्रतस्य ।..
आरक्षिणाऽब्रह्मनिवृत्त्यभावादुःखं प्राप्तम् ।

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## Chapter Three:

Early in the morning, they bound all of them and went. Then, someone said, "Oh, father! What is this that you are doing?" He replied, "What does a hungry person not do?" Thus, after his words in the morning, they bound his mouth and went. He, being bound, after they left, removed the binding from his mouth with his feet, devoured the children, and when they returned, again bound his mouth with his feet, becoming very emaciated and with an empty stomach, he remained. (3)

Then, while going through the city, I saw the fourth *Atikurkut*. In that city, a thief, assuming the form of an ascetic, carried a large stone on his head with his hands, and wandered through the city, day and night, saying, "I will strike the *Atikurkut* with this stone." He was called "The Striker" by all the devotees. He would look around in secluded places like pits, and seeing a lone person adorned with gold, he would strike him with the stone and take his wealth. (4)

Seeing these four *Atikurkuts*, I composed this verse:

A woman who touches a child, a Brahmin who harms grass,
A bird with a wooden beak in the forest, and a striker in the city.

Thus, after narrating this story, I became fearless. In the evening, I went to the vicinity of the Brahmin who was practicing *Shikya* asceticism. Even though he was being guarded by the ascetics' opponents, he became blind at night and fell there, remaining in one place. Those opponents, to test him at night, brought blades of grass, fingers, etc., near his eyes. He saw, but did not see. In the great night, in the cave, in the blind well, seeing the city's wealth being carried, seeing their eating and drinking, in the morning, he was being killed by the king, but was protected by the *Talara*. He then informed the *Shikya* ascetic about what he had seen at night.

The thief, being persuaded by the *Talara* with many pleas, died and went to hell, being the third *Vrata* of the *Atikurkut*.

The protector, due to the absence of *Abrahma* (non-violence), suffered pain.