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 Due to hard austerities, the chest of Dhanya Anagar was looking like lower part of a bamboo-basket, a fan made of bamboo sticks or leaves of pine tree. His chest had become thin, its flesh and blood had dried up and only bones, skin and nerves were left.
Due to hard austerities the arms (the lower part of shoulders) were looking like dried long beams of Khejari tree, long beans hanging from Amaltas tree, long beans of Agastik (Agatiya) tree. The arms of Dhanya Anagar had dried up and their flesh and blood had almost gone. They had become so thin that only bones, skin and nerves were visible.
Due to hard austerities, the hands of Dhanya Anaagar were looking like dry leaves of Banyan tree or of Palash tree. His hands had dried up. They had almost lost entire flesh and blood. They appeared like bones and nerves covered with skin.
Due to hard austerities, the fingers of Dhanya Anaagar were looking like dry beans of peas, pulses (moong, urad).Just as soft beans get dried after they are cut and placed inthe sun, they lose their brightness, they shrink. The fingers of Dhanya Anaagar had also dried up. They had lost flesh andblood. They were merely bones, skin and nerves.
Due to hard austerities, the neck of Dhanya Anaagar was looking like neck of a pitcher of water, neck of small vessel, neck of water container (Surahi) with a long narrow opening. The flesh and blood of the neck was almost gone. It was looking long and dry.
Due to hard austerities, the chin of Dhanya Anagarwas looking like a dried up gourd, dried up hingota fruit dried up kernel of a mango. The flesh and blood of the chinhad gone and it was looking completely dry.
Due to hard austerities, the lips of Dhanya Anaagar were looking like dried leech, dried gum stick, dried incensestick and long dry stick of lacquer. The blood and flesh of lips had gone and they had lost their colour.
Due to hard austerities, the tongue of Dhanya Anagarwas looking like dried leaf of a banyan tree, a palash tree, ateak tree. The tongue had dried up and the blood and fleshtherein was almost nil.
Due to hard austerities, the nose of Dhanya Anagarwas looking like dried skin of a mango, aamda or bijaura. When these fruits are cut and the lone pieces of their skin are kept in the sun, they dry up and lose their colour. The nose of Dhanya Anaagar had also lost flesh and blood and had dried up.
Due to hard austerities, the eyes of Dhanya Anaagar were looking like holes of wind-pipe, a veena (musical instrument) or a morning star that has lost its lustre. The eyes of Dhanya were without flesh and blood; they had gone deep inside and they had lost their brightness. Only slight shine in the lens of the eye was visible.
Due to hard austerities, the ears of Dhanya Anaagar were looking like thin long skin of a slice of radish, cucumber or karela. His ears had dried up and flesh and blood in them was the barest minimum.
The head of Dhanya Anagar, due to hard austerities, was looking like a dry gourd or a dried water-melon. Just asthese soft fruits when cut and dried in the sun,
Aagam - 09 - Anuttaropapaatik
Compiled by - Deepratnasagar
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