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SHRAMAN MAHAVIR
travails-fearlessness and fellow feeling, the inviolateness of the inner realms of meditation by things external, the dignity of non-violence converting fury into gentlessess and the consequent relief to the masses from the growing fears 1
The second year of his spiritual pursuit is in progress The Lord is advancing towards the Thunak suburb from Surabhipur The expanse of the rolling waves of Ganges lay before him The Lord watches it from the bank Siddhadutta's boat awaits the passengers to take them across The boatman prays him to board it The lord accedes to his request
The boat sets towards its goal The passengers are busy conversing Mahavira is absorbed into himself It is midstream now The nature presents a different sight The sky is cast There is sharp and cracking lightning The roar of the hurricane is thunderous The waves were sky-high The boat tossed as a leaf The passengers were in panic And still the Lord sat unmoving, aside His meditation is secure as if unaware of the furious mask of nature Fear breeds fear and fearlessness a feeling akın to it The biological principle of Uke begets like applies to mental feelings of man The fearlessness of Mahavira took away the fright of the passengers A look at his placıd demeanour rendered them free of all fear Nature also grew calm The passenger duly disembarked across the river 2 Mahavira crossed over the stream of mortal fears to disembark in frightlessness
1 'Awashyakchumi, I pt pp 277, 279 2 'Awashyakchurni' 1 pt. pp 280, 281
| SR No. | 011093 |
| Book Title | Shraman Mahavira |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Dineshchandra Sharma |
| Publisher | Mitra Parishad Calcutta |
| Publication Year | 1976 |
| Total Pages | 351 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 13 MB |