Tirthankar Mahavir

SR No.: 020834
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Kumarpal Desai
Publisher: Jaybhikkhu Sahitya Trust
Publication Year: 2003
Total Pages: 235
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 57 MB

Page 215

Acharya Shri Kailassagarsun Gyanmandir
बन्धु नः स भगवानरयोपि नान्ये, साक्षान्न दुष्टतर एकतमोऽपि चैषाम् । श्रुत्वा वयः सुचरितं च पृथग् विशेष, वीरं गुणातिशयलोलतया श्रिताः स्मः ।।
- लोकतत्त्वनिर्णय, ३३ bandhur na nah sa bhagavan arayo'pinanye, sakshat na drushtatara ekatamo'pica esham shrutva vachah sucharitam cha pruthag vishesham, Viram guna-atishaya-lolataya shritah smah ||
- Lokatattvanirnaya, 33
Mahavira is not our friend and Kanada etc are not our enemies. Yet on hearing ethically and spiritually inspiring words of Tirthankara Mahavira, we are attracted towards him and we have taken shelter under him.
वीतराग ! सपर्यातः, तवाज्ञापालनं परम् । आज्ञाराद्धा विराद्धा च, शिवाय च भवाय च ।। आकालमियमाज्ञा ते, हेयोपादेयगोचरा । आस्रवः सर्वथा हेय, उपादेयश्य संवरः ।।
-वीतरागस्तव, १९-४
vitaraga ! saparyatah, tava ajnapalanam param | ajna-araddha viruddha cha, shivaya bhavaya cha || akalam iyam ajna te, heya-upadeya-gochara | asravah sarvatha heyah, upadeyash chasamvarah ||
- Vitaraga-stava, 19-4
O Attachment-free Lord ! it is better to follow your commandments than to worship you. Practice according to your commandments is the cause of liberation, while practice against your commandments is the cause of bondage. Your eternal commandment is : "Discriminate between what is worthy of acceptance and what is worthy of rejection. Influx of karmic matter into soul (cause of bondage) is always worthy of rejection. And the stoppage of the influx is always worthy of acceptance."