________________
brought a thief to me. His hands and neck were tied. The stolen things and the witnesses to the incident were also present.
I got that thief placed in an iron pot with a narrow neck. I placed the iron cover at its mouth. I then with heated iron and ranga got it pasted and thus made it air tight. I appointed my trusted men to guard it.
One day, I went near that narrow-necked pot. I got that pot opened. I then myself examined that man. I found him dead. But there was no hole in that pot, not even a small hole like needle point. There was no hair-line gap nor any other gap. So there was no possibility for his Jiva (soul) to go out .
In case there had been any hole or infintecimal gap. I could admit that the soul of the person shut down in the long-necked pot had gone out. Then I would have accepted your view point, would have liked it and would have taken interest in it. I would have then concluded that soul is different from body. But, Reverend Sir! When there was no hole in that pot, my this conclusion is correct that soul is body and body is soul. Soul is not different from the body and body is not different from the soul.
कूटाकारशाला का दृष्टान्त
२४९. तए णं केसी कुमारसमणे पएसिं रायं एवं वयासी
पएसी ! से जहा नामए कूडागारसाला सिया दुहओ लित्ता-गुत्ता - गुत्तदुवारा - णिवायगंभीरा। अह णं केइ पुरिसे भेरिं च दंडं च गहाय कूडागारसालाए अंतो अंतो अणुष्पविसति, तीसे कूडागारसालाए सव्वतो समंता घण- निचिय - निरंतर - णिच्छिड्डाई दुवारवयणाई पिs, तीसे कूडागारसालाए बहुमज्झदेसभाए टिच्चा तं भेरिं दंडएणं महया महया सणं तालेज्जा, सेणूणं पएसी ! से सद्दे णं अंतोर्हितो बहिया निग्गच्छइ ?
हंत णिग्गच्छइ ।
अत्थि णं पएसी ! तीसे कूडागारसालाए केइ छिड्डे वा जाव राई वा जओ णं से सद्दे अंतोर्हितो बहिया णिग्गए ?
नो तिणट्ठे समट्ठे ।
शीकुमार श्रमण और प्रदेशी राजा
Jain Education International
(341) Keshi Kumar Shraman and King Pradeshi
For Private. Personal Use Only
www.jainelibrary.org
