Jain Journal 1973 04

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

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bearers of Vaisaravana (Kuvera, the god of wealth), at the command of Sakra, brought to the palace of Ksatriya Siddhartha, great treasures of diverse kind, ancient and old, such as, treasures that had no owner, no user, no family protector, or treasures whose owners, users and family protectors had been dead, or treasures which had been stored or hidden in the villages, cluster of villages, towns, towns surrounded with mud/ (low) walls, bad (isolated) towns, towns surrounded within a mile and a half by villages, towns accessible by land and (or) water, natural strongholds, granaries, halting places for caravans, inns, triangular places, quadrangular places, countryside, squares, highways, ruins of an extinct village, ruins of an extinct town, village water outlets, town water outlets, (occasional) markets, temples, assembly halls, water-falls, parks, gardens, woods, groves, cremation grounds, vacant houses, mountain crevices, caves, waiting rooms, secret rooms, houses on an elevation, or halls of audience/palaces. 89
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During the night, in which Sramana Bhagavan Mahavira entered into the family of the Jnatris, during that night, in the house of the Jnatris, increased silver and gold, increased wealth and grains, kingdom and territory, transport, treasures and store-houses, palaces and seraglios, subjects, and fame; also increased their vast treasure in gold, gems, jewels, pearls, conches, stones, corals, rubies and many others, all genuine, real, valuable, the cream of treasures. Thereafter, in the minds of the parents of Sramana Bhagavan Mahavira took shape an ardent resolve: 90
'Ever since this our boy has been begotten, our silver has increased and so our gold, our wealth and grains, kingdom and territory, army and transport, treasures and stores, palaces and seraglios, subjects and fame; also have increased our vast treasures in gold, gems, jewels, pearls, conches, stones, corals, rubies and many others, all genuine, real, valuable, the cream of treasures; and we have also grown much in popularity, liberality and other good deeds: so when this boy will be born, shall we, in conformity with his high qualities, name this boy, all meritorious and endowed with all high traits, as 'Vardhamana'.' 91
Now, Sramana Bhagavan Mahavira, out of compassion for his mother, did not move, nor stir, nor quiver, but remained contracted and motionless. At this, in the mind of Ksatriyani Trisala took shape, in deep anxiety, an idea: 'That my progeny-in-womb it stolen, that my progeny is dead, that my progeny has fallen, that my progeny is lost. Formerly, this progeny in the womb used to move, but now it does not.' So saying, and thinking that 'all my heart's desire has fallen astray',