Agam 11 Ang 11 Vipak Sutra English Translation

Author(s): Dipratnasagar, Deepratnasagar
Publisher: Deepratnasagar

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VipakShrut- Ang-11- ShrutSkandh-1, Chapter-3 [20] Meaning- Bhagavan Gautam was thoughtful (on seeing all this). He came out of the city, went to Bhagavan Mahavir and said "Bhant ! On getting your permission I went into the city to seek alms. There I saw a person in pathetic condition (as aforesaid). Bhante ! In his earlier birth, who was this person that now suffers such grave fruits of his karmas?"
(Narrating the story of previous birth of that person Shraman Bhagavan Mahavir said) "Gautam! During that period of time there was a prosperous city called Purimtal in Bharatvarsh area in Jambu continent. A king named Udit was the ruler of that city. In that Purimtal city lived an egg trader named Nirnaya. He was very rich but irreligious and extremely discontented. He derived pleasure only in sinful deeds.
Nirnaya egg-trader had many servants who were given food and cash as daily wages (dattabhritibhaktavetan). Every day they would go out of Purimtal City in all directions. They would collect eggs of crows, owls, pigeons, Titodis (sandpipers), Bagulas (herons), peacocks, hen, and many other aquatic, terrestrial and aerial beings. After filling the baskets with these eggs they would return to Nirnaya egg-trader and hand over the egg filled baskets to him.
Many such servants of Nirnaya egg-trader fried, roasted and cooked large numbers of eggs of crows... and so on up to... hen, and many other aquatic, terrestrial and aerial beings on cooking-plates, frying-pans, ovens, and grills. They earned their living by grilling, frying, roasting and choking as well as selling eggs in shops and stalls on the main roads and markets in the streets. That Nirnaya egg-trader too ate such grilled, fried, roasted and cooked eggs of crows... and so on up to... hen and drank a variety of wines (sura), namely madhu (made from flowers or honey), merak (made from palm-fruit), madya (a kind of white wine), seedhu (made from mixture of jaggery and grains) etc.
Involved in these kinds of cruel acts that Nirnaya egg-trader accumulated intense demeritorious karrnas. Completing his life span of one thousand years, he died at the destined moment of death and took rebirth as an infernal being in the third hell with a maximum life span of seven Sagaropam. On completing the life span in hell the soul tliat was Nirnaya eggtrader came in the womb of Skandashri, the wife of bandit-chief Vijaya.
[21] Meaning- At some point of time, when about three months of the pregnancy period had passed, Skandashri had a dohad (pregnancy desire) —"Blessed are those mothers who, after bathing and embellishing themselves with all kinds of ornaments, enjoy tasting and eating, distributing and sharing with female friends, Kinfolk, close and distant relatives and other women of the hideout, a variety of ashan, paan, khadya, svadya (staple food, liquids, general food, and savory food) and wines (sura), namely madhu etc. After this feast they dress themselves as males and tightly strap iron armours and equip themselves with swords, arrows, and other hand-wielding and launchable weapons. They move carrying shields in their left hands, brandishing drawn swords, quivers on their shouldeis, raised nets, and bows with arrows drawn on strings. Bells fixed on their thighs ring. Kshipraturya trumpets keep blowing. Filling the sky with such exhilarating tumult, matching the thunder of the sea, they move all around the hideout viewing everything. And thus they fulfill their dohad (desires of a pregnant mother).
How pleasurable it would be if I am also able to fulfill my dohad - in the same way?" With this thought and not being able to fulfill her dohad she turned gloomy. In due Course
Aagam - 11 - Vipak-Shrut
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