Agam 21 Upang 10 Pushpika Sutra English Translation

Author(s): Dipratnasagar, Deepratnasagar
Publisher: Deepratnasagar

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and seven shikshavrats (instructive or complimentary vows of spiritual discipline) that you had accepted in the past from Bhagavan Parshva Naath and move about, your bad praxis can become good praxis."
After this the god paid homage and obeisance to Somil Brahmarshi and returned in the direction from which he had come.
When the god left, Somil Brahmarshi, as advised by the god, once again accepted the five anuvrats (and all the twelves vows) that he had accepted in the past and commenced his spiritual journey.
Somil lead his Shramanopasak (lay worshipper of Jain ascetics) life, enkindling his soul by observing a variety of austerities including many one day, two day, three day... and so on up to... fortnight long and month long fasts. In the end he took the ultimate vow (sallekhana) of a fortnight duration and observed a fortnight long fast (avoiding thirty meals). As he died without doing pratikraman (critical review) at the moment of his death, thereby transgressing the righteous code, his soul has reincarnated instantaneously (upapat) as Shukra, the king of Shukra Jyotishk gods, in the divine bed (with a minimum occupied space of uncountable fraction of an Angul and a maximum of seven cubits) covered with divine cloth in the Upapat-hall of Shukravatansak vimaan in the Shukra Mahagraha (great planet).
Then Shukra Mahagraha god attained the state of full development (paryapti) through five kinds of full development (paryapt)... and so on up to... bhasha-man (speech and mind) paryapti.
Concluding story Bhagavan Mahavir said-Thus, Gautam! that Shukra Graha god acquired that divine opulence and power. His life span there is one Palyopam."
Gautam Swami again asked, "Bhante! Completing the age, state, and life of the dimension of gods and descending from that abode of gods, where will Shukra Graha god go? (Where will he be born?)"
Bhagavan said, "Gautam ! Completing the age, state, and life of the dimension of gods, that Shukra Graha god will be born as a human being in the Mahavideh area and finally become a Siddha (berated soul)."
Sudharma Swami told "Jambu ! Shraman Bhagavan Mahavir, who has attained nirvana, has narrated this text and meaning of the first chapter of Pushpika. So I state."
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Chapter (Adhyayan) - 4- Bahuputrika Devi
Introduction: This fourth chapter of the third section is popularly known as Bahuputrika Devi. The story in this chapter is much longer as compared to the other chapters and is full of many interesting incidents.
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This chapter gives an important message-one should never have intense desire or infatuation for anything or pleasure. Infatuation always leads to misery.
Aagam - 21 - Pushpika
Compiled by - Deepratnasagar
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