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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आबिभ्यद्देवता चैवं शीलवत्याः परे न के। . ज्ञात्वा तच्छीलमाहात्म्यं गत्वा स्वस्वामिनं प्रति ॥ २७१ ।। प्राशंसत्सा तयोस्तादृमाहात्म्यं सोऽपि विस्मयात् । रविप्रभः समागत्य तावुभौ तद्गुणप्रियः ॥ २७२ ॥ स्ववृत्तान्तं समाख्याप युवाभ्यां क्षम्यतामिति । पूजयित्वा महारत्न कलोकं समीयिवान् ॥ २७३ ॥
-पर्व ४७ वाँ। श्रीजिनसेनाचार्यप्रणीत हरिवंशपुराणमें भी, निम्नलिखित दो पद्यों द्वारा 'जय'के शीलमहात्म्यको ही सूचित किया है
" शक्रप्रशंसनादेत्य रतिप्रभसुरेण सः।' परीक्ष्य स्वस्त्रिया मेरावन्यदा पूजितो जयः ॥ १३० ॥ सर्वासामेव शुद्धीनां शीलशुद्धिः प्रशस्यते । शीलशुद्धिर्विशुद्धानां किंकरास्त्रिदशा नृणाम् ॥ ३१ ॥
-सर्ग १२ वाँ । इस तरह पर जयका उक्त दृष्टांतरूपसे उल्लेख उसके प्रसिद्ध आख्यानके विरुद्ध पाया जाता है और इससे भी पद्यकी स्थिति संदिग्ध हो जाती है।
(७) इन पद्योंमें दिये हुए दृष्टांतोंको टीकामें जिस प्रकारसे उदाहृत किया है, यदि सचमुच ही उनका वही रूप है और वही उनसे अभिप्रेत है तो उससे इन दृष्टांतोंमें ऐसा कोई विशेष महत्त्व भी मालूम नहीं होता, जिसके लिये स्वामी समंतभद्र जैसे महान् आचार्योंको उनके नामोल्लेखका प्रयत्न करनेकी जरूरत पड़ती। वे प्रकृत विषयको पुष्ट बनाने अथवा उसका प्रभाव हृदयपर स्थापित करनेके लिये पर्याप्त नहीं हैं। कितने ही दृष्टांत तो इनसे भी अधिक महत्त्वके, हिंसाअहिंसादिके विषयमें, प्रतिदिन देखने तथा सुनने में आते हैं। __इन्हीं सब कारणोंसे उक्त छहों पद्योंको स्वामी समंतभद्रके पद्य स्वीकार करनेसे इनकार किया जाता है और कहा जाता है कि वे 'क्षेपक ' हैं।
हमारी रायमें, इन आपत्तियोंमेंसे सबसे पिछली आपत्ति तो ऐसी है जिसमें कुछ भी बल मालूम नहीं होता; क्योंकि उसकी कल्पनाका आधार एक मात्र टीका है। यह बिलकुल ठीक है; और इसमें कोई संदेह नहीं कि टीकाकारने इन

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The divine beings, even those with great virtue, are not superior to Jay. Knowing the greatness of her virtue, they went to their own master. || 271 ||
Ravi Prabha, pleased with her virtues, praised her greatness to them, and he was amazed. || 272 ||
He told them his story, asking for their forgiveness. After worshipping the great jewel, he went to his own abode. || 273 ||
- Chapter 47, Shri Jinaseenaacharya's Harivansh Purana also mentions the greatness of Jay's virtue in the following two verses:
"Shakra praised her, and Rati Prabha, the king of the gods, tested her, and Jay was worshipped by Meravan." || 130 ||
"Of all purities, purity of conduct is the best. Purity of conduct is the purest of all, and the servants of the gods and men." || 31 ||
- Chapter 12.
This way, the mention of Jay in the above verses is found to be contrary to her famous story, and this makes the position of the verses doubtful.
(7) The examples given in these verses, as they are cited in the commentary, if they are indeed in the same form and if they are indeed intended to be the same, then they do not seem to have any special significance for which great Acharyas like Swami Samantabhadra would need to mention them by name. They are not sufficient to strengthen the subject matter or to establish its impact on the heart. Many examples, even more significant than these, are seen and heard daily on the subject of violence and non-violence. For all these reasons, the six verses mentioned above are rejected as being the verses of Swami Samantabhadra, and it is said that they are "Kshepak".
In our opinion, the last of these objections is one that does not seem to have any force at all, because its basis is only the commentary. This is absolutely correct, and there is no doubt that the commentator has used these