Karkanda Chariu

SR No.: 034918
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Kankamar Muni
Publisher: Karanja Jain Publication
Publication Year: 1934
Total Pages: 364
Language: Sanskrit, Hindi
Classification: Book_Devnagari
File Size: 33 MB

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10.12. 12.)
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for his wife. As they lived in enjoyment, one day, two daughters were born to them. The first was named Dhanarati and the second Dhanasri. In the town of Nalanda, there was the merchant Dhanadatta whose wife was Dhanamitrā. His son named Dhanapāla, a patron of panegyrists, became first the husband of Dhanavali.
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11. In the town of Kausanibi there was the merchant Vasupala whose wife was Vasumati a source of pleasure. He got a son named Vasrdatto, the vanquisher of his foes and devoted to the lotus-feet of Jina. Dhanasri, the basket of virtues, was given to him as Candi was given to Isa the lord of men. She passed many days in ihe enjoyment of pleasures and sports. Then, one day, Vasumitra was spatched away by the cruel-handed messengers of Death. Out of sorrow, Nagadatta left Kausambi and went to the house of her daughter. Knowing her mother to be without any religious votrs, the lotus-eyed Dhanasri, devoted to the lotus-feet of the sages, took her iustantly to the Jina temple and gave her the row of abstaining from food at night, ( saying) "Do not take your food at night, oh mother." Hearing that, the mother replied “ Wonderful is this system of religious rots and practices." Having bowed to the feet of the sage with bending head, the excessively good woman took the vow in her mind. Knowing it to be a means of getting over the cycle of existence, destroyer of all ills and girer of many excellences, the mother of Dhanasri took the vow of abstaining from food at night as it was revealed to her.
12. Then, Nagodatta, one day, went to the house of Dhanavati. As she lived there for many days, her elder daughter violated her row of night. As it was violated once, so it was successively violated thrice. Then, for the fourth time, Nāgadattā went to the house of Dhanosri with pure mind. Here Nagadattā was, in course of time, carried away by the burrying messengers of Death. In Kavsambi there was Vasumati the agreeable wife of king Vasupāla. Nagadottā was born her daughter exceedingly beautiful. At ber birth, the mother Vasumati, by the ripeness of Karma, was overtaken by a serious desease. So, the king placed her in a box and threw it in the current of the Jumna. Being made of precious stones, it shone forth brightly on the dark waters of the Jumua, like the brilliant jewel on the crest of the female serpent. It moved on from its place.
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