Agam 08 Ang 08 Antkruddasha Sutra English Translation

Author(s): Dipratnasagar, Deepratnasagar
Publisher: Deepratnasagar

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Antakrud-Dasha-Ang-08 - varga-8, Chapter-6
Arya Mahakrushna with the permission of Arya Chandana began to practice Laghu Sarvatobhadra penance. The method of this penance is as follows
First of all she observed one day fast and next day broke it up, took food without renouncing vigayas. Then observed two days' fast, in the same way observed three days', four days; five days' fast, again observed three days', four days', five days', one day and two days' fast penance. Then observed five days', one day, two days', three days' and four days' fast. Then observed two days', three days' four day', five days' and one day fast, again four days' five days' one day', two days' and three days' fast. Thus Arya Mahakrsna completed the first series of small Sarvatobhadra penance.
This first series takes the time period of three months and ten days.
Practising this series according to schedule prescribed by Sutras and in due order Arya Mahakrsna observed one day' fast in second series of this penance and took food avoiding vigayas.
As four series are told in Ratnavali penance, so are the four series in this penance also. Taking food should also be known similar to that one.
The first series was performed in one hundred days, among these twentyfive days were of taking meals and seventyfive days were of fast penance. Same is the number of days in second, third and fourth series. Thus the time period of all the four series is one year one month and ten days.
In first series she took meals without renouncing vigayas, in second avoiding vigayas, in third even without smearing of vigayas and in fourth taking of ayambila gruel. In this way Arya Mahakrsna propiliated this penance according to the schedule prescribed in sutras. In the later period of life she accepted samlekhana- samthara, exhausted all the karmas and was liberated, beatified, completely free of all miseries.
Commentary: -
Khuddiya Savvaobhaddam Padimam-In this phrase word khuddiya (Sanskrta from Ksullaka) is given. It is in comparison to great (mahad). Really word ksullaka means small or smaller than that, i.e., mahad. Thus (Sarvatobhadra) penance is of two kinds-one great and another small. Here described penance is small; to make clear this the word Ksullaka (small) is given.
The figures counted from any side or all sides horizontal or vertical, the sum total of figures should be the same that is called magic square. In this small fivefold (magic square) one to five figures are given. Counting all these numbers from any side the total we get is fifteen.
As clarified by figures the penance practice penance in the same way e.g., one day fast, two days' fast upto five days' fast. So this penance has been termed as magic square or sarvatobhadra penance.
This can be clearly understood by the square given here.
Antakrud-Dasha-Ang-08 - varga-8, Chapter-7- VeerKanha
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Likewise the life-sketch of queen Virakrushna should be known. She was also consort of king Srenika and younger step mother of king konika. She also accepted consecration and with the permission of Arya Canadanabala practised greatmagic square (Maha sarvatobhadra) penance.
The method of this penance is like this
Aagam - 08 - Antakrud-dasha
Compiled by - Deepratnasagar
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