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 8
All these five branches made a series. Such four series are in this penance. One series took six months and twenty days. So all the four series were completed in two years, two months and twenty days.
During first series vigayas were not renounced in meals, in second vigayas were avoided, in third even smearing of vigayas was avoided and in fourth ayambila was observed on day meant for taking meals after fast.
Arya Ramakrsna practised this penance in due order. Like Arya Kali exhausting all karmas, she was beatified.
Antakrud-Dasha-Ang-08 - varga-8, Chapter 9- PiusenKanha
[58] Meaning
So is description of Pitrasenakrushna. She was the consort of king Shrenika and younger step mother of king Konika. She accepted consecration and propiliated Muktavali penance with the permission of Arya Chandanabala. That is as follows
First of all she observed one day' fast then took meals; (in this first series vigayas are not excluded in meals) then she observed two days' fast, took meals; then one day fast, took meals; then three days' fast. In this way, observing one day' fast in between Arya Pitrasenakrsna ascended upto fifteen days' fast then one day fast, again sixteen days' fast and after it, again sixteen days' fast, one day' fast took meals and then again she observed one day' fast.
Then, likewise, according to Pascanupurvi (i.e. to go forward and then come backward and then again to go forward) and in between observing one day' fast, as she ascended, in the same way descended from fifteen days' fast to one day' fast in due order.
Thus, she completed one series of Muktavali penance. Like Kali Arya, she completed four series of this fast penance.
One series of this penance took eleven months and fifteen days to complete So four series were completed in three years and ten months. Among them were eleven hundred forty (1140) days of penance and 240 days of taking meals.
In the end she accepted samlekhana-samthuru and was emancipated.
Antakrud-Dasha-Ang-08 - varga-8, Chapter- 10- MahasenKanha
[59] Meaning
Same is the description of queen Mahasenakrushna. She also was the consort of king Srenika and younger step mother of king Konika. She accepted consecration and with the permission of Arya Chandanabala, she practised Ayambila Vardhamana penance. That is as follows
First of all she observed one ayambila, next day one fast; then two ayambilas and next day one fast, then three ayambilas and next day fast, then four ayambilas, next day fast, then five ayambilas, next day fast, then six ayambilas and next day fast; in this way increasing one ayambila and in between fast, she practised one hundred ayambilas and then fast. Thus she completed Ayambila Vardhamana penance.
Thus Arya Mahasenakrushna completed Ayambila Vardhamana penance in fourteen years, three months and twenty days according to the schedule prescribed by sutras and in proper manner. Among this, the days of ayambilas are - 5050 and Aagam - 08 - Antakrud-dasha
Compiled by - Deepratnasagar
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