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
lose their shine, the flesh and blood of head and forehead of Dhanya Anagar had also dried up. Only bones, skin and nerves were visible.
This is the general description of various parts of the body of Dhanya Anagar and their ultimate condition due to hard austerities. The only difference is that there is no mention of bones in case of stomach, ears, tongue and lips. They had only skin and nerves.
Due to hard austerities, all the parts of the body of Dhanya Anagar had dried up and lost flesh and blood. The feet had gone feeble and dry due to starvation, the thigh, shins, etc., had gone extremely thin and weak. The waist was like a shallow vessel and wrinkled like the back of a tortoise. The bones in it were visible. The stomach had stuck to the back due to loss of flesh and blood. The ribs in it were distinctly visible. As the blood and flesh of the back-bonehad dried up, its joints were looking like beads of arudraksh rosary and could be easily counted. The chest was looking like waves of Ganga River. The arms were like a dried up snake-skin that has lost flesh and has elongated. His wrist was shivering like leather band of a horse. His neck was trembling like a patient suffering from Parkinson's disease. His face was lustreless. As both the lips had dried up, the face looked like a pitcher with broken mouth. His eyes had sunken. Due to hard and deep austerities his body had become so weak, that there was no strength in it. He was moving, sitting and standing only with the courage in his self. When he spoke sometimes, he soon got tired. He used to feel fatigue while foeaking. He used to feel tired even at the very thought that he shallutter something. While walking, his bones rattled as if atruck was carrying charcoal.
The condition of Dhanya Anagar was similar to that of Skandak Anagar. He was shining with inner liistre of the soul like fire covered with dust. Dhanya Anagar was firm in his spiritual practices due to the brightness caused by austerities and the aura thereof. He could not be dwindledor shaken in his practices.
[11] Meaning- At that time during that period there was a town named Rajagriha. There was Gunsheelak Chaitya. King Shrenik was the ruler of Rajagriha.
Once Bhagavan Mahavir came to Rajagriha. People cameto have his darshan and to listen his discourse. King Shrenik also came there. After the spiritual discourse, the congregation dispersed.
After listening to the spiritual discourse, meditating on it, king Shrenik turned to Bhagavan Mahavir and respectfully inquired--"Bhante! Out of your 14000 monks headedby Indrabhuti, who is the one practicing most difficultausterities? Who is the one shedding Karmas rapidly?" Bhagavan Mahavir said "Shrenik! Of my fourteen thousand monks-Indrabhuti and others, Dhanya Anagar ispracticing most difficult austerities. He is shedding the Karmas most rapidly."
Shrenik again inquired-"Bhante! On what basis your honour has said that out of Indrabhuti and other monks totalling fourteen thousands, Dhanya Anagar is practicing most difficult austerities and shedding Karmas at great speed?"
Then Bhagavan Mahavir said "Shrenik! At that time during that period, there was a town named Kakandi. It was prosperous in trade and business-, inhabited by well to-do people. Dhanya Kumar was enjoying worldly pleasures in grand palaces.
Aagam - 09 - Anuttaropapaatik
Compiled by - Deepratnasagar
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