Agam 08 Ang 08 Antkruddasha Sutra English Translation

Author(s): Dipratnasagar, Deepratnasagar
Publisher: Deepratnasagar

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Antakrud-Dasha- Ang-08 - varga-3, Chapter- 8
becoming free from all mental and bodily pains he became free from all miseries (sarvadukha prahina).
At that time the nearby gods knowing that-'monk Gaja Sukumala has propiliated sage-order with supremity' they rained the divine fragrant non-sensient water, showered divine non-sensient flowers of five colours and clothes and echoed the sky by celestial song and melody.
[...13] Commentary: -
Apuvvakarana-Apurvakarana- This word means- which is never attained before-realisation of the sublime feeling of this stage. It is also taken as the eighth spiritual development stage named as nivrtti badara gunasthana. Two steps begin from this stage- (1) Subduative step (upasama sreni) and (2) exhaustive step (kshapaka sreni).
The mendicant who takes subduative step he stops reaching the eleventh stage of spiritual development and falls down from that satge. The mendicant who takes exhaustive steps he does not touch eleventh stage and reaches twelfth from tenth stage in a jumping way and becomes unfallible. Really the mendicant taking exhaustive step raises up one after another development stage, but not touching eleventh reaches twelfth directly. Then exhausting all ghati (soul-binding) karmas attains infinite knowledge and perception. Then crossing twelfth stage he stays himself in thirteenth stage of spiritual development and remains there till whole life but a little span of period. During this period he enters in fourteenth stage of spiritual development and within a few seconds becomes emancipated and reaching on the top of loka enjoys soul-bliss upto infinite time.
In the present maxim scripturist giving the word apuvvakarana pointed out the relativeness of apurvakarana with monk Gaja Sukumala. Its inherent idea is this, that monk Gaja Sukumala entering the eighth stage of spiritual development had taken the exhaustive step.
[...13] Meaning
Passing that night and at the dawn of second day Krushna Vasudeva bathed and adored by clothes and ornaments rode on an elephant. He was wearing the garland of Koranta flowers and canopy was on his head, white and best camaras were fanned on his both sides. Surrounded by numerous strong warriors, moving on the royal road started from Dwaraka to go where Bhagavana Arishthanemi was.
While going through middle part of Dwaraka Krushna Vasudeva saw a man, who was too old, with body bathered by old age, weak, wearied and tired. Out of his house, on the royal road a huge heap of bricks was accumulated. That oldman was carrying bricks from that heap one by one and keeping in the inner part of his house. Krushna Vasudeva seeing that grieved old man, filled with compassion. Sitting on elephant he took up one brick from that heap and put in the inner part of his house.
When the numerous followers saw Shree Krushna Vasudeva putting a brick from that heap then all of them put one brick in the house of that old man. Consequently heap was finished. In this way only taking one brick by Shreekrsna, the turmoil of carrying brick of that old bathered bodied man came to an end.
After that passing through the middle of Dwaraka city Krushna Vasudeva reached Sahasramravana, where Bhagavana Arishthanemi was present. He bowed down and worshipped Bhagavana.
Aagam - 08 - Antakrud-dasha
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