Acharya Bhadrabahu Diwakar Chitrakatha 053

Author(s): Jinottamsuri, Shreechand Surana
Publisher: Mahavir Seva Trust Mumbai

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Varahamihir
Brother! Who is a Chaturdash Purvadhar?
As in our Vedic religion there is a course of fourteen subjects, in
the Nirgranth tradition there is the knowledge of fourteen Purvas. A scholar
of these has knowledge of past, future,
divining, and all.
Arya ! His name
is Yashobhadra Suri. It is said that he is Chaturdash
Purvadhar."
What is the name of the Acharya ?
In the garden Acharya Yashobhadra Suri was sitting on a grand pedestal under a huge Ashoka tree and giving his discourse
Scholars indulging in sinful activities like violence cannot avoid a bad end even through all their knowledge of many subjects and languages. A person indulging in violence may consider himself to be a scholar but, in fact, he is an ignorant.
Then this Acharya must be a great
scholar ? Shouldn't we meet him ?
Of course! Meeting scholars
increases one's knowledge. Come, we go to meet
him today.
Both the scholars left for the garden with their students.
# न चित्ता तायए भासा कुओ विज्जाणुसासण। विसन्ना पावकम्मेहिं बाला पंडियमाणिणो ।
# Scholar of fourteen Purvas or subtle canon.