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Cakravart Maghav
In the Bharata region of Jamb dy pa a great king named Samudra Vijaya used to rule over a city named S vatth. His chief queen was named Bhadr. Both the king and queen were religious and just. One night the queen saw the 14 great dreams. Interpreters of dreams told the king that according to these dreams the soul that has entered the queen's womb shall grow up to be a cakravart emperor. Upon completion of her pregnancy period the queen gave birth to a bright and beautiful son. King SamudraVijaya named him Maghav . With proper training and upbringing when Maghav became a young boy he was married off to virtuous girls. After 25000 years of youth, immersed in learning and knowledge, King Samudra Vijaya anointed him over the throne. For 25000 years he ruled as a provincial king. In his reign a cakrajewel appeared in the armoury / weaponry on account of which king Maghav spent 10,000 years in expedition of conquest of six khandas (divisions). Ruling over the six khandas of Bh ratavar a for 39000 years as cakravart emperor, he became a monk. For 50,000 years he observed the conduct of a rama a monk and in the end, completing 5 lakh years, he became a god in the third heaven.
Concerning heavenly abode of cakravart Maghav , Verse number 57 of Titthog 1 Painnaya states that eight out twelve cakravart s attained liberation. Two cakravart s namely Subhuma and Brahmadatta attained seventh hell while other two cakravart s namely Sanatkum ra and Maghav attained abode in third heaven.
Few scholars believe that Maghav cakravart attained liberation, and didn't go to heaven. To corroborate this, they cite references in the Uttar dhyayana S tra, 18th chapter ‘Sajaijjam', where, among the souls that gained mok a, are included Bharata, Maghav and Sanatkum ra cakravart s. In the aforesaid chapter, in the 35th verse the term 'parinivvude’ is used for Bharata and Sagara cakravart ; the 38th to the 43rd verses (G th s) use the term 'patto gaima uttaram' for Lord
mtin tha, Kumthun tha, Aran tha and cakravarts Mah Padma, Hari e a and Jayasena. In contrast to this in the 36th G th the term ‘pavvajjamabhuvagao' for Maghav cakravart and in the 37th G th , 'sovi r y tavam care' is used for Sanatkum ra. If the last portions of the G th 37 and 38 had been, respectively, “Maghavam parinivvudo' and
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