Agam 11 Ang 11 Vipak Sutra English Translation

Author(s): Dipratnasagar, Deepratnasagar
Publisher: Deepratnasagar

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VipakShrut- Ang-11- ShrutSkandh-1, Chapter 1
After this he will take birth and die millions of times in numerous different species including animals such as ur-parisarp (non-limbedreptilian), bhuj-parisarp (limbed reptilian), khechar (aerial beings); four, three, and two sensed beings; plant-bodied beings such as trees with bitter fruits and milk, and air, fire, water and earth-bodied beinas.
After that he will take birth as a bull in Supratishthapur city. When this bull will mature, one day at the beginning of the monsoon season while digging earth on the banks of the Ganges the bank will collapse. He will be swept away in the currents of the river and die a painful death. He will then reincarnate in the very same Supratishthapur city in the house of a merchant as his son.
On completing his adolescence and attaining youth he will listen to the sermon of worthy senior ascetics. He will ponder over it and get initiated as an ascetic after tonsuring his head. He will observe the codes of Irya sarniti (care of movement)... and so on up to... he will become completely celibate. Leading an ascetic life observing the ascetic codes properly he will embrace meditational death after purifying his soul with critical review and expiation (pratikrarnan). He will then reincarnate as a god in the first heaven called Saudharma Devlok.
On completing the life-span in the divine realm he will descend and be reborn in an affluent family in Mahavideh area. There his education, initiation and other information up to getting liberated should be read as in the story of Dridhapratijna.
Sudharma Swami concluded, "Jambu! Shraman Bhagavan Mahavir, who has attained nirvana, has narrated this text and meaning of the first chapter of Duhkha-vipaak. (So I have heard from him and so I state.)"
Commentary-Explaining the meanings of the phrases like 'unmukka baal bhaavarn' Acharyashri writes—baal bhaava means childhood. Vinnaya means one who can differentiate between good and bad; sagacious. Jovvanaganupatte means to attain youth.
In this story yoni, jati and kulakoti words have been used. While interpreting these terms Acharya Shri Atmaram ji M. has provided following explanation
"Pondering over the terms yoni, jati and kulakoti will be helpful in properly understanding the aforesaid statement. This goes as follows
Jati—It has many meanings but in this context it means one, two, three, four and five sensed beings. The statement under reference is discussing aquatic five sensed beings. Therefore, here the term jati specifically means aquatic five sensed beings.
Kulakoti-a group of beings is called kula (species), and different subgroups of these kulas are called koti. The beings having same attributes arebelieved to belong to one hula and those having different attributes are believed to belong to different groups.
In spite of the place of origin or the genus being the same there can be different groups (kulas) of beings depending upon their attributes. For a better general understanding a good example is cowdung
A variety of insects, such as scorpion, worms and other insects, originate from a lump of cowdung during the monsoon season. Although the place of origin is same the insects belong to different groups (kulas).
Yoni- place of origin (genus). A soul carries along it's taijas and karman shariras
Aagam - 11 - Vipak-Shrut
Compiled by - Deepratnasagar
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