Shrutsagar 2014 09 Volume 01 04

SR No.: 525293
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Kanubhai L Shah
Publisher: Acharya Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir Koba
Publication Year: 2014
Total Pages: 36
Language: Gujarati
Classification: Magazine, India_Shrutsagar, & India
File Size: 5 MB

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SHRUTSAGAR
10
SEPTEMBER 2014 It was during this time that Lord Mahavira arrived in Pavapuri when the great Yagna was organised and the heavenly beings i.e., the devas erected a Samavasarana for the Lord.
To pay their obeisances and hear the holy discourse, the Gods came in their aerial vehicles“. Seeing this, Indrabhuti, the chief scholar was illusioned to believe that the Gods arrived there due to the unprecedented greatness of the Yagna and that they too were desirous to participate in the ceremony.
But when the Gods moved their chariots ahead of the ceremonial place, Indrabhuti was shaken and shattered in belief and this incident left Indrabhuti wondering and contemplating on the blunder committed by the gods. He wondered if the gods had mistaken the ceremonial place. He was also proud that huge crowds had come from far off places to attend the Yagna. Along with eleven great scholars and 4400 students, thousands of great Brahmin scholars like Shankar, Shivshankar, Krishnadas, Govindram and others had come to grace the occasion and the whole atmosphere was colourful and pompous. He wondered if the gods had lost their balance of mind and became bankrupt in their divine knowledge. Ordinary people commit mistakes owing to their limited knowledge, but it is not understandable how these gods possessing Avadhi Gyanana (clairvoyance knowledge) commit such a mistake.
In the meantime, one of the proceeding Gods said to another. “We have to go hurry to the Samavasarana, so as not to miss even a little part of the discourse of the last Thirthankara of this Kaal. Let it not happen that we miss even a single word of His divine speech”
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1. Place of Sermon of Thirthankars, 2. Heavenly Chariots, 3. Sacrificial ceremony.