Agam 09 Ang 09 Anuttaropapatikdasha Sutra English Translation

Author(s): Dipratnasagar, Deepratnasagar
Publisher: Deepratnasagar

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AnuttaropapaatikDasha- Ang-09 - varga-3, Chapter- 1
Vaya Sthavir- (Old in age) an ascetic who is of sixty years of age or more. Prayry Sthavir- (Senior on the basis of period of initiation) it is that monk whose period of initiation is twenty years or more.
Shrut Sthavir- (Accomplished and learned in view of his scriptural knowledge) they are those monks who have studied Sthanang and other Agams.
Meaning- The state of feet of Dhanya Anagar was as under-The skin of his feet was like dry bark of a tree. His feet were likewooden slippers (Khadaon) or an old shoe. His feet had dryskin. Their flesh had dried up. They were recognised only bybones, skin and nerves. As the flesh and blood had reduced tothe barest minimum, the feet could not be recognised by these.
The toes of Dhanya Anagar were like dried beans ofpeas, pulses or moong, urad-such beans that have dried upin the sun and have lost their lustre. Their flesh and blood had almost finished. Only bones, skin and nerves werevisible in them.
The shins of Dhanya Anagar had grown weak due to austerities and looked like those of a crow, kank (a bird), dhenik (a carnivorous bird living in water), a shepeacock, a grasshopper or like the stalk of kak-janghe vegetable.His thighs and shins had also dried up and contained only bones, skin and nerves. Their flesh and blood had almostdried up.
Due to austerities, the knees of Dhanya An,agar werelooking like joints of Kali (a vegetable), the joints of the feetof a peacock, the joints of Dhenik bird. His knees had alsodried up and only bones, skin and nerves were presentThe blood and flesh had almost dried up.
Due to hard austerities the thighs of Dhanya Anagaar were looking like cut and dried soft petals of berry and Shalmali tree. They were dried and had lost their lustre. The flesh and blood in them was the barest minimum-almost nil.
Due to austerities, the waist of Dhanya Anagar waslooking like foot of a camel, an old bullock or an old he buffalo. It had flesh and blood to the barest minimum. Onlybones, skin and nerves were left.
Due to hard austerities, the belly of Dhanya Anagar was looking like a dry mashak (leather bag used to bill water and carry at the back), and the flat plate used to parch grams, the vessel used to knead flour. The stomach of Dhanya Anagar haddried up, it had gone empty from within and so was sticking inside. The flesh and blood in it had almost finished.
Due to difficult austerities, the ribs of Dhanya Anagar were looking like a row of mirrors placed on eachother on a sloping land. They were like a line of packs of beatle containers (panavali). They were like a line of special type of pegs (mundawali). Just as the above things could be counted easily, the ribs of Dhanya Anagar could also be counted. The blood and flesh in them had dried up and they had reduced to a structure of bones alone covered with skin. Nerves were shining in it.
Due to hard austerities the upper part of back-bone of Dhanya Anagar was looking like the edge of crowns. It was looking like a line of round stones stuck to each other or round toys of lacquer. The flesh and blood in the back-bonehad almost dried up. The round rings of the bones were clearly stuck among themselves under a net of nerves and they simply had a covering of the skin.
Aagam - 09 - Anuttaropapaatik
Compiled by - Deepratnasagar
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