Jain Journal 1973 04

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

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[He spent his last rainy season at the writers' building of King Hastipala in the very heart of Pava.] 123
During this monsoon halt, in the fourth month of the rainy season, in the seventh fortnight, in the dark half of Kartika, on the fifteenth day, that being his last, during the night, Sramana Bhagavan Mahavira passed away, went off, quitted 'the world, cut asunder the ties of birth-oldagedeath, became perfected, enlightened and liberated, the maker of the end; he entered into liberation and ended all misery.
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This occured in the year called Candra, being the second year (of the yuga or lustrum consisting of five years), in the month called Pritivardhana, in the fortnight called Nandivardhana, on the day called Suvratagni, also called Upasama, in the night called Devananda, also called Nirriti, at a lava called Arcya, at a prāṇa called Mukta, at a stoka called Siddha, at a karana called Naga, at a muhurta called Sarvarthasiddha, when the moon as in conjunction with the asterism Svati, (he) passed away, went off, quitted the world, cut asunder the ties of birtholdage-death, became perfected, enlightened and liberated, the maker of the end, he entered into liberation and terminated all misery. 124
During the night when Sramana Bhagavan Mahavira passed away, till ended all misery, during that night, the universe was lit by the ascending and descending of many gods and goddesses. 125
During the night when Sramana Bhagavan Mahavira passed away, till ended all misery, during that night, the universe was filled with confusion by the ascending and descending of many gods and goddesses, and there was an uproar everywhere-'What's this? 'Why this?' 126
During the night when Sramana Bhagavan Mahavira passed away, till ended 'all misery, during that night, his senior disciple-monk, Indrabhuti, of the Gautama line, was freed from the tie of attachment (towards the Master), and attained the supreme knowledge and faith, kevala by name, unprecedented, unobstructed, unlimited, complete and full. 127
During the night when Sramana Bhagavan Mahavira passed away,
till ended all misery, during that night, the night of the new moon, nine Mallaki kings, and nine Licchavi kings, (in all) eighteen confederate kings, from Kasi and Kosala respectively, instituted a spiritual practice name 'dvārābhoga-pausadha' and said: "As the light of intelligence is gone out, so shall (we) lit the light of material objects." 128
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