Agam 05 Ang 05 Bhagvati Vyakhyaprajnapti Sutra Part 01 Sthanakvasi

Author(s): Amarmuni, Shreechand Surana
Publisher: Padma Prakashan

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[Ans.] Gautam ! On accepting the Pranama initiation the initiate is i obliged to bow to (pay homage and obeisance; pranam) to whomsoever he meets wherever; be he Indra, Skand (Kartikeya), Rudra (Mahadev), Shiva (Shankar or some other Vyantar god), Vaishraman (Kuber, the Lok-pal of north), Aryaa (serene Parvati), furious Chandika (Durga); a king, ... and so on up to... caravan-chief; a crow, a dog, a Shvapaak or Chandal (keeper of cremation ground). Of these he offers greater courtesy to those of higher status and lesser courtesy to those of lower status. (In other words) He bows to or greets with courtesy each and every one he comes across according to his rank and status. That is the reason this initiation is called Pranama Pravrajya. पादपोपगमन अनशन PADAPOPAGAMAN FASTING
२८. तए णं से तामली मोरियपुत्ते तेणं ओरालेणं विपुलेणं पयत्तेणं पग्गहिएणं बालतवोकम्मेणं सुक्के लुक्खे जाव धमणिसंतते जाये यावि होत्था।
२८. तत्पश्चात् वह मौर्यपुत्र तामली तापस उस उदार, विपुल, प्रदत्ता और प्रगृहीत बाल (अज्ञान) तप द्वारा (अत्यन्त) सूखा (शुष्क) हो गया, रूक्ष हो गया, यावत् (इतना दुर्बल हो गया कि) उसके समस्त नाड़ियों का जाल बाहर दिखाई देने लगा।
28. Then, as a consequence of the said naive austerity (baal-tap); that 451 was free of expectations (udaar), extended (vipul), consented by the guru (pradatt), and observed with great devotion (pragrihit); that Mauryaputra Tamali Tapas became dehydrated, haggard... and so on up to... (He was famished and weak) so much so that the network of his veins became prominent and visible.
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प्रस्तुत शास्त्र में उल्लिखित 'प्राणामा' प्रव्रज्या और 'सरस्वती' में प्रकाशित उपर्युक्त घटना, दोनों की प्रवृत्ति समान प्रतीत होती है। किन्तु ऐसी प्रवृत्ति सम्यग्ज्ञान के अभाव की सूचक है। (भगवती, विवेचन (पं. घेवरचन्द जी), भा. २, 48 488)
1. This Pranama Pravrajya is still prevalent in Vedic sects. There is a mention about
a person who accepted such Pravrajya in a Hindi periodical Sarasvati (Vol. 13, No. 1, p. 184)—"... after that, in order to strengthen his faith in God and get rid of his conceit he started prostrating before every living being considering him to be the image of God. The moment he came across any living being he prostrated before him to pay respect. This way he started paying homage to everyone right from a high Brahmin to a lowly Chandal.” The Pranama Pravrajya mentioned here and that reported in Sarasvati appear to follow the same line of thought. However, such attitude is a sign of absence of right knowledge (samyak jnana). (Bhagavati, Vivechana by Pt. Ghevarchand ji, Part-2, p. 594)
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