Jain Journal 1973 04

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

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APRIL, 1973
So he ate unoffered fruits and took clothes to cover, on seeing which Said the sylvan gods, "Not this is the way of the Nirgrantha monks. 54 "If clothes ye must take, name your creed," added theyOn Hearing this, and being governed by wrong deceptions, 55 He took the vow of a Parivrajaka and established a creed; With a long span, goaded was he, for devising a wrong way. 56
Thereon, knowledge of Parivrajaka texts came to him at once, For, instinct gives good as well as bad their respective lines, 57 Despite hearing Tirthankara's words, courted not religion true; Thought he, "As first Tirthankara, by giving up attachment, 58 "Acquired a great distinction in all the three worlds
"So to the world, shall I give an alternative line, a parallel path 59 "And because of the great impact it will have, I perceive, "Shall I be revered by Indra, the king of gods, who will wait on me." 60
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With pride-giving karma up, the sinner desisted not from wrong path Though full of many lapses, appeared he with garments on. 61 Tridaṇḍa (triple sticks) he held, but he held not the right one, Like a bad king, liable to punishment, he made himself fit for hells. 62 Devoid of right knowledge, he never cleaned, though with a water-pot And used to say, "Does water clean the impurities of the Soul?" 63 He bathed in cold water at dawn, ate ample roots and fruits Yet claimed he, "I am a renouncer, fixed in non-possession." 64 Unreal is the Sun, when created by a magicians' wand,
So baseless were his tenets no more than fancy's strand. 65 Thus giving his wrong tenets to his disciples, Kapila and others, Lived he, the son of king Bharata, a long life on this earth. 66
Then on completion of his earthy life. born was he in Brahmaloka, And there happily he spent a life lasting for ten sagaras, 67 And then he came back to Ayodhya as Jatila, a knower of the Vedas, As son to brahmin Kapila, from his wife whose name was Kali. 68 Parivrajaka tenets he propounded again, as in his previous birth, Spent a long life and, after death, was born in Saudharma-kalpa; 69 Lived there for two sagaras, enjoying, happiness as common there And again took birth in Bharata, in the best of cities (Sthunagara). 70 In Sthunagara, he was born as son unto brahmin Bharadvaja, From his wife named Puspadatta, Pusyamitra his name. 71 He resumed his former role, as determined by his destiny, Offered twentyfive tenets for the fools starting with Prakriti. 72 But as his passions four were mild, so he took birth again In Saudharma-kalpa, with a (brief) life-span of a sagara. 73