Future 24 Tirthankar Naamgotra Bandh Analysis

Author(s): Darshan Bavisi
Publisher: Darshan Bavisi

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Currently where?
There's a column in the below table as 'Currently where?' This data is extracted from other Jain books, but with this analysis it means that either, 1. That Tirthankara's jiv is currently in the stated devlok or narak. This also means that Tirthankara's jiv may actually
come from different a devlok or narak to take birth finally as Tirthankara.
OR 2. Such Tirthankara's jiv may be anywhere else currently in any other form (devlok, manushya, tiryanch, or narak), but
will arrive from the below mentioned respective devlok or narak to take his last birth as the stated Tirthankara.
To sum both the above, those Tirthankaras who have already done the bandh of Tirthankara Naam-gotra will be rightly in the stated devlok /narak currently, and those who have not yet done the bandh of Tirthankara Naam-gotra,
1. may be in that devlok /narak currently and come from elsewhere before last birth, or, 2. are elsewhere currently and may come from the stated devlok /narak to their last birth.
So 'currently where actually interprets as either (1) actually currently in that devlok / narak, or (2) will come from that devlok /narak to take birth as Tirthankara.
How is it analyzed? Based on that, below is the analysis of all the next 24 Tirthankaras on who may have already done the bandh of Tirthankara naam-gotra and who has not yet, i.e. who will do it in some of their respective future life. The analysis is done by calculating the maximum life of devlok and narak, and how much time after which each Tirthankara is born. If the 'Approx. time remaining for birth of this Tirthankara' column is more than minimum age devlok / narak or less than maximum age at devlok / narak column then only it can be valid, otherwise it is not possible to do Tirthankara Naam-gotra by that Jiv in his last previous life.
It shows what we all Jains believing until now may not be entirely correct (due to lost knowledge), but there's much more to that. This is only a small and humble attempt to bridge the lost gap and bring back the lost knowledge to complete the currently available incomplete knowledge. Even if it is not accurate, it will bring us closer to reality and true understanding.
The below table will show the complete analysis that will tell us,
1. Who have really already done the bandh of Tirthankara Naam-gotra and who are yet to do in some next their lives? 2. Who really have their next life as last life as Tirthankara and are in devlok or narak as mentioned in Jain books? 3. Tirthankara no.12 (Shri Amam Ji (Vasudeva Krishna's Jiv)) may be possibly the last one who has done the bandh of
Tirthankara Naam-gotra already. There's minor time mismatch though unless he also has to live more lives before
doing bandh of Tirthankara naam-gotra. 4. But from Tirthankara no.13 to 24, certainly there's huge time remaining (far more than max devlok age of 33
saagaropam) and so it can't be possible for any of those Jivs to already have done bandh of Tirthankara Naam-gotra. They must live a few, to innumerable more lives, before they can do bandh of Tirthankara Naam-gotra. Simplest example to accept this fact is from the Jiv of Lord Mahavir. He lived innumerable lives from the Jiv of Marichi onwards including 33 saagaropam in 7 Narak then again went to 4" Narak and also spent lives of Vasudeva, Chakravarti, etc., many lives, and all these in the same previous 4 Aaro of 100 Trillion Saagaropam.
Dilution of knowledge with passage of such a long time may have made us believe that all have already done the bandh of Tirthankara Naam-gotra, and so it is now extremely difficult to accept the fact if many of them have not done so yet.
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