Jain Journal 1969 07

Author(s): Jain Bhawan Publication
Publisher: Jain Bhawan Publication

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very soon; he still declares himself to be a Tirthankara and puts forward the dogmas of eight climaxes to justify his mad and meaningless actions.
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It is interesting to note how his personality gradually under-goes disintegration. Vain and perfidious, and ambitious of worldly glory, he rises to power by the practice of falsehood, and for the time being seems quite composed. His narration of a significant allegory' to Ananda shows his self-composure at its best. He is like the serpent who emerges from the fourth peak of the ant-hill. The serpent is magestic and confident and so is his perfidy till he has not seen the truth that glared through the eyes of Lord Mahavira. Confronted with it his deception pales, and shatters to pieces.
Thus the legend of Gosala in the Bhagavati Sutra gives us in a rhythmical and effective prose, a consistent plot and a character developed with perfect consistency. The author does not directly aim at any objective analysis of, or rational attack upon the Ajivika system. He simply reveals the man and correlates his system with his own personality.
⚫attha carimain pannavei. tam jaha: (1) carime pane, (2) carime gaye, (3) carime natte, (4) carime anjalikamme, (5) carime pokkhalasamvattae mahamehe, (6) carime seyanae gandhahatthi, (7) carime mahasila kantae sangame, (8) carime tirthankara.
1egam maham uvamiyam.
8 uggavisam candavisam ghoravisam mahavisam aikayamahakayam masimusakalagam nayanavisarosapunnam anjanpunjanigarappagasam rattaccham jamalajuyal cancalacalantajiham, dharanitalavenibhuyam...ditthivisam sappam...sarasarasarassa vamniyassa siharatalam duruhai.