Istopadesa The Golden Discourse

Author(s): Vijay K Jain
Publisher: Vikalp

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Verse 1
1. janma - (re)birth; 2. żarā -old-age; 3. trişā - thirst; 4. kşudhā-hunger; 5. vismaya - astonishment; 6. arati – displeasure; 7. kheda – regret; 8. roga - sickness; 9. śoka - grief; 10. mada-pride*; 11. moha - delusion; 12. bhaya – fear**; 13. nidrā - sleep; 14. cintā - anxiety; 15. sveda - perspiration; 16. rāga - attachment; 17. dveşa - aversion; and 18. maraņa - death.
Forty-six divine attributes of the Arhat comprise four infinitudes (ananta catusțaya), thirty-four miraculous happenings (atiśaya), and eight splendours (prātihārya).
* Pride is of eight kinds: pride of knowledge (jñāna mada), veneration
(pūjā mada), lineage (kula mada), caste (jāti mada), strength (bala mada), accomplishments (riddhi mada), austerities (tapa mada),
and beauty (śarīra mada). * Fear is of seven kinds: fear relating to this life (ihaloka bhaya), of
the life beyond (paraloka bhaya), of death (maraņa bhaya), of pain and suffering (vedanā bhaya), of being without protection (atrāņa bhaya), of divulgence of one's deeds (agupti bhaya), and of the unexpected (ākasmika bhaya).