$JES 981 Ashtapad Tirth Booklet

Author(s): JAINA Education Committee
Publisher: JAINA Education Committee

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way, Gautam Swami gave a description of Mahävir Swami, listening to which another 501 täpas became Kevali. Upon arrival, they saw Mahävir Swami in Samavasaran, and the remaining 501 täpas became Kevali. At that time, Gautam Swami asked all Täpas to sit along with other Sädhus. Then Bhagawän Mahävir said, "Gautam! You need to bow to these Kevalis." Now Gautam Swami realized that all the Täpas had become Kevali.
Shri Mahävir Swämi
SHRI ASHTÄPAD MAHÄ-TIRTH
Gautam Swämi Täpas Kheer-Pärnä
7.0 Näg Kumar and King Sägar's Sons
King Sagar had sixty thousand sons. Once they went to Ashtäpad and prayed to all the 24 Tirthankars. Impressed with the beauty of Ashtäpad temple and considering the precious material it was made of, they were concerned about the safety of the temple and were afraid that it may be destroyed in times to come. In order to protect the temple, they dug a big trench all around the mountain. While digging, they disturbed the King of serpents (Näg Kumar) and their homes. Näg Kumar Dev was very angry and met the princes in a fury. The Princes apologized to Näg Kumar and explained that they had dug the trench to protect the Ashtäpad temple. Näg Kumar pardoned them and went away. Meanwhile all the princes thought this trench would get filled up as time passes so they decided to fill it up with the holy water from the Ganges. This disturbed Näg Kumar Dev again, so he came out and with his fiery power, reduced all the 60,000 princes to ashes. Having learned of the sad demise of his 60,000 sons, King Sagar renounced the worldly life and became a monk under Bhagawän Ajitnäth, the 2nd Tirthankar.
Näg Kumar Sagar's Sons
8.0 Ravan & Bali Muni
Once king Rävan was flying over mount Ashtäpad and suddenly his Vimän (plane) came to a halt. This happened as he did not pay respect to a monk named Bali Muni, who was in meditation there. One is supposed to pay respect to a Monk in meditation. This made Rävan very angry and he decided to punish Bali Muni. Rävan uprooted the whole mountain with intent to throw it in the ocean along with Bali. Bali with his
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