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## Āgama Sūtra 39, Cheda Sūtra-5, 'Mahānishītha'
Study/Purpose/Sūtra Number - 1330-1333
If one has to travel outside the village for two or three days, then one takes all the necessary things for the journey, food allowance, etc., and then sets out. Why then does one not contemplate the provisions of Dharma for the long journey of the transmigration of the world, which has eighty-four lakh Yonis and four states? As the hours, days, months, and years pass, so too does the great, sorrowful death draw near. Such is the understanding that anyone who does not know the time of death, perhaps even if they did know, no one in this world has been or will be immortal. Sūtra - 1334
These sinful beings, being heedless, are diligent in the work of the world, and even after suffering, they do not get tired, and O Gautama! they are not satisfied even with happiness. Sūtra - 1335-1338
This being has been born in hundreds of species and has shed countless bodies, but even if all the bodies were gathered together, they would fill the three worlds. Even the nails, teeth, head, nose, eyes, ears, etc., that have been shed from the body, if they were all collected separately, would form mountains as high as Mount Meru. All the food that this being has consumed, if it were all gathered together, would be heavier than the Himalayas, Malaya, Meru, the islands, the oceans, and the earth. The tears that this being has shed due to the weight of suffering, if they were all collected, would not fit in all the wells, ponds, rivers, and oceans. Sūtra - 1339-1341
Even the milk that was drunk from the mother's breast would be greater than the ocean water. In this infinite world, there are many Yonis of women, and among them, if a dog died seven days ago and its Yoni has rotted, the worms that are born in it, and the excrement that the being has left behind, if they were all collected and piled up as high as the fourteenth Rajapramāṇaloka, from the seventh hell to the Siddhikshetra, then there would be as many infinite piles of worms and excrement as there are Yonis. Sūtra - 1342-1343
This being has enjoyed all kinds of pleasures for an infinite time. Yet, every moment, the pleasures of the senses seem incomplete. Just as a person suffering from itching and pain due to heat and cold scratches their body and considers the pain to be pleasure, so too do humans, in their delusion, consider the pain of worldly desires to be pleasure. They recognize and experience the suffering caused by birth, old age, and death. Yet, O Gautama! the being who is about to depart for a bad destination does not become detached from the objects of the senses. Sūtra - 1344-1346
The evil spirits, who are more powerful than the sun, moon, and all the planets, and who are the instigators of all evils, are the tormentors of the entire world, and are bound by desire. They are the great planets, the planets of desire. Ignorant, dull-witted beings know that wealth and prosperity are the fruits of all Dharma, yet they are very foolish and commit sins, leading them to a bad destination. Sūtra - 1347-1349
The body of a being is subject to death at any moment due to disturbances in the vāta, pitta, kapha, dhātus, and jathrāgni. Therefore, strive for Dharma and do not be disheartened. It is very rare to find such a beautiful opportunity for Dharma. In this world, it is very rare for a being to be born with five senses, to be human, to be an Ārya, to be born in a noble family, to have the company of a sage, to hear the scriptures, to have faith in the words of the Tīrthankara, to have good health, to be ordained, etc. Even after obtaining all these rare things, a being can die in a moment due to a spear, a snake, poison, dysentery, water, weapons, fire, a wheel, etc., and be reborn in another body.
Muni Dīparatnasāgar Kr̥t (Mahānishītha) Āgama Sūtra - Hindi Translation
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