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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चतुर्थः परिच्छेदः। देवाधिदेवचरणे परिचरणं सर्वदुःखनिर्हरणम् ।। कामदुहि कामदाहिनि परिचिनुयादाहतो नित्यम् ॥ २९ ॥
आदृतः आदरयुक्तो नित्यं परिचिनुयात् पुष्टं कुर्यात् । किं ? परिचरणं पूजां । किंविशिष्टं ? सर्वदुःखनिर्हरणं निःशेषदुःखविनाशकं । क ? देवाधिदेवचरणे देवानामिन्द्रादीनामधिको वन्द्यो देवाधिदेवस्तस्य चरणः पादः तस्मिन् । कथं भूते ? कामदुहि वाञ्छितप्रदे । तथा कामदाहिनि कामविध्वंसके ॥२९॥
पूजामाहात्म्यं किं वापि केन प्रकटितमित्याशंक्याहःअर्हच्चरणसपर्यामहानुभावं महात्मनामवदत् ।
भेकः प्रमोदमत्तः कुसुमेनैकेन राजगृहे ॥ ३० ॥ भेको मण्डूकः प्रमोदमत्तो विशिष्टधर्मानुरागेण हृष्टः अवदत् कथितवान् । किमित्याह-अर्हदित्यादि, अर्हतश्चरणौ अर्हच्चरणौ तयोः सपर्या पूजा तस्याः महानुभावं विशिष्टं माहात्म्यं । केषामवदत् ? पहात्मनां भव्यजीवानां । केन कृत्वा ? कुसुमेनैकेन । क ? राजगृहे ।
. अस्य कथामगधदेशे राजगृहनगरे राजा श्रेणिकः श्रेष्ठी नागदतः श्रेष्ठिनी भवदत्ता । स नागदत्तः श्रेष्ठी सर्वदा मायायुक्तत्वान्मृत्वा निजप्राङ्गणवाप्यां भेको जातः । तत्र चागतामेकदा भवदत्ताश्रेष्ठिनीमालोक्य जातिस्मरो भूत्वा तस्याः समीपे आगत्य उपयुत्मुत्य चटितः । तया च पुन:पुनर्निर्धाटितो रटति, पुनरागत्य चटति च ततस्तया कोऽप्ययं मदीयो इष्टो भविष्यतीति
सम्प्रधार्यावधिज्ञानी सुव्रतमुनिः पृष्टः । तेन च तद्वत्तान्ते कथिते गृहे नीत्वा • परमगौरवेणासौ धृतः । श्रेणिकमहाराजश्चैकदा वर्धमानस्वामिनं वैभारपर्वते समागतमाकर्ण्य आनन्दभेरी दापयित्वा महता विभवेन तं वन्दितुं गतः। श्रेष्ठिन्यादौ च गृहजने वन्दनाभक्त्यर्थं गते स भेकः प्रांगणवापीकमलं पूजा

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## Chapter Four: Serving the Feet of the Supreme Lord Eliminates All Suffering

**Verse 29:** One should constantly serve the feet of the **Devaadhidev**, the one who is more worthy of worship than all the Devas (Indra and others). This service is the **Kamaduhi** (fulfiller of desires) and **Kamadahini** (destroyer of desires).

**Explanation:** Serving the feet of the **Devaadhidev** is a **Kamaduhi** (fulfiller of desires) and **Kamadahini** (destroyer of desires). It is a **paricharan** (service) and **puja** (worship) that eliminates all suffering.

**Verse 30:** The great **Mahatmas** (noble souls) have spoken about the great power of serving the feet of the **Arhat**.

**Explanation:** A frog, filled with joy, spoke in the city of Rajagriha, saying, "The **Arhat**'s feet are worthy of service. This service has great power." He spoke this to the **Mahatmas** (noble souls) while holding a single flower.

**Story:** In the city of Rajagriha in the Magadha country, there was a king named Shrenik and a wealthy merchant named Nagadatta. Nagadatta, due to his deceitful nature, was reborn as a frog in the courtyard well of his own house. One day, he saw his wife, the wealthy merchant Bhavadatta, and remembering his past life, he went to her and croaked. She repeatedly chased him away, but he kept returning and croaking. She then thought, "Perhaps this is someone dear to me."

She consulted the wise **Suvrata Muni**, who, after hearing the story, took the frog home and treated him with great respect. King Shrenik, upon hearing that the **Vardhamana Swami** had arrived at Mount Vaibhara, ordered the beating of drums of joy and went with great pomp to pay his respects. As the king's wife and the household went to offer their respects, the frog picked up a lotus flower from the courtyard well and offered it as a **puja**.