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## Āgama Sūtra 39, Cheda Sūtra-5, ‘Mahānishīth’
Study/Purpose/Sūtrāṅka heard from near. Sūtra-1245-1250
Oh Jagadguru! Lord of the world, Dharma Tīrthaṅkara, recognizing the past and future, who have burnt the parts of all karma through penance, destroyer of Kāmadeva, the enemy, ending the group of four kṣayās, compassionate towards all beings in the world, destroying the deep darkness of the night of Mithyātva, the form of intense darkness, illuminating the Lokāloka with pure knowledge, conquering the enemy of delusion, who have renounced the thieves of attachment, aversion, and delusion from afar, more gentle than a hundred moons, giving happiness, with unparalleled strength, prowess, and influence, with unmatched great fame in the three worlds, with incomparable form, who cannot be compared to anyone, eternal form, giving liberation, complete with all characteristics, adorned with the Lakshmi of the three worlds, Oh Bhagavan! Whatever is done in order - by tradition - the work is achieved. But how can the work be achieved without order, like the milk of a sheep, suddenly, at an inopportune time? Sūtra-1251-1253
In the first birth, Samyagdarshana, in the second birth, Anu-vrat, in the third birth, Samāyika Charitra, in the fourth birth, Pauṣdha, in the fifth, Durdhara Brahmacharya-vrat, in the sixth, the renunciation of Sachitta, according to that, in the seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth births, the renunciation of food, etc., which was prepared for oneself - to give - was resolved. In the eleventh birth, one becomes like a Shraman in qualities. Why is it not said for the restrained according to this order? Sūtra-1254-1256
Hearing such difficult things, the children with little intelligence become anxious, the faith of some people is shaken, just as elephants run away in all directions at the sound of a lion, so children run away in all directions hearing the difficult Dharma. That kind of difficult accumulation, the wicked, the evil-minded, the delicate-bodied, do not even want to hear. So how can they be prepared to behave in that way? Oh Gautam! Tell me, besides the Tīrthaṅkara Bhagavan, is there anyone else in this world who behaves in such a difficult way? Sūtra-1257-1260
Even when they were in the womb, Devendra had made an amrita-filled thumb. With devotion, Indra Maharaja also gave food to Bhagavan. And always praised him. In the Devlok, when they were Chavyas, and in the house where they took birth, their house was always showered with gold due to their flower-like influence. Those who were born in their womb. In that country, all kinds of calamities, death, disease, enemies, due to their merit-influence, go away, as soon as they are born, the trembling community, on Mount Meru, with all prosperity, celebrated the bathing festival of Bhagavan and went to their place. Sūtra - 1261-1266
Oh, their wonderful beauty, radiance, brilliance, and form are also incomparable. If one thinks about the form of just one toe of Jinendra Bhagavan, then gather the form of all the Devatas in all the Devlokas, multiply it by crores, even then the form of Bhagavan's toe increases considerably. That is, it is like placing black coal among red embers, there is so much difference in form. The Devatas took refuge, the three knowledges, the group of arts, the wonder, the mind of the people, the family members of relatives, the Devatas and Asuras, the worshiped, the hope of the loving group, the place of supreme happiness for the world, the enjoyment of the wealth, the royal splendor, which they had earned by penance in the previous birth, for a long time, they knew from the knowledge of the period that this Lakshmi is indeed of the nature of being destroyed as soon as it is seen. Oh, this Lakshmi is the one that increases sin. So why don't we take Charitra?
Muni Dīparatnasāgar Kṛt (Mahānishīth) Āgama Sūtra-Hindi Anuvād
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