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**Āgama Sūtra 39, Chhedasūtra-5, 'Mahānishīth'**
Study/Purpose/Sūtra Number. Thinking that such a woman should not have such beauty, radiance, grace, loveliness, good fortune, and splendor, he began to lament - Sūtra 1515
In doing such sinful deeds, if a thunderbolt does not strike me with a loud roar, then where will I go from here to become pure? - Sūtra 1516
Saying this, the one who committed the great sin began to think - should I now cut my body into pieces as small as sesame seeds with a weapon? Or should I fall from the peak of a high mountain and break my wicked body into pieces, which is full of infinite sins? Or should I go to a blacksmith's workshop and have my body hammered for a long time like red-hot iron with a thick hammer? Or should I have my body cut open with the sharp teeth of a saw and pour into it molten lead, copper, brass, iron, salt, and the juice of alkali? Or should I pierce my own head with my own hand? Or should I enter the house of a crocodile? Or should I be hung between two trees with a rope, with my head down and my feet up, and fire lit below? What more can I say? Should I go to the cremation ground and burn my body on a pyre of wood? Thinking this, O Gautama! he built a large pyre there, and then, in the presence of all the people, he condemned his soul for a long time and revealed to everyone that I have done such a deed that I should not have done. Saying this, he mounted the pyre, then, by the power of destiny, the contact of that kind of substance and powder, all the wood was considered to be like that, even though he blew on it and tried many ways, the fire did not burn. Then the people said with hatred, "Even this fire is not giving you support. How difficult is your sinful culmination that even this fire is not burning." Saying this, they expelled both of them from Gokul.
On that occasion, they saw a pair of monks coming towards the garden on the same path, having taken food and water from another nearby village. Seeing them, those two sinners followed them. When they reached the garden, they saw Jagānanda, an Āṇagāra named Sugrīta, who was adorned with four knowledgeable disciples, Devendira and Narendra, who were bowing at the feet of the one who possessed all the virtues. Seeing them, they thought, "How can I ask for my purification from this great and glorious monk?" Thinking this, they bowed down and sat on the ground as appropriate in front of the head of the order who was adorned with that group. The head of the order said to Sujnasiv, "O Devanupriyā, quickly criticize the sin without any hesitation and perform penance to end all sins. This girl is pregnant, so she cannot perform penance until she gives birth to the child."
O Gautama! After that, Sujnasiv, who was overwhelmed with great sorrow, criticized all the sinful deeds from birth without any hesitation, and after taking the severe, extremely difficult, and great penance as instructed by the Guru Maharaja, he achieved great purity and strength in his asceticism, and for twenty-six years and thirteen nights and days, he practiced extremely severe, heroic, fierce, painful, difficult, and true austerity, and for one, two, three, four, five, and six months, he continuously fasted without any attachment to his body or its parts, and he remained vigilant in all places, always day and night, striving in self-study, meditation, etc., and burning away the remaining karmic impurities, making them inactive, and taking the क्षपकश्रेणी, he became a Kevali in the अंतगड़ and attained Siddhi. - Sūtra 1517
O Bhagavan! Why did Sujnasiv, who committed such a terrible and great sin, attain liberation so quickly?
Muni Dīparatnasāgara Kṛt (Mahānishīth) Āgama Sūtra - Hindi Translation
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