Book Title: Jain Legend Vol 2
Author(s): Hastimal Maharaj, Shuganchand Jain, P S Surana
Publisher: Hastimal Maharaj Shugan C Jain P S Surana
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emulating or following his predecessor. He could have said that, “In my opinion”, “I can say that”, “it appears to me”, and the like.
In such scenario, to keep the tradition of scriptures propounded by Lord Mah v ra intact, i.e. in their original form, rya Sudharm was preferred to be the first Successor rather than Indrabh ti Gautama who already became omniscient by then.
Available Ek da mg - rya Sudharm ' discourses (V can )
Ek damg that is available in the present times is the v can (or discourse) of rya Sudharm . Evidences are available in the gamas which strengthen this fact. Some of them are as follows:
The very first sentence of cramga S tra "s yam mei usam te am bhagavay evamakkh yam”, which means Oh! Long Live (Jamb !), I heard, Lord Mah v ra saying this. With the framing of this sentence it is clear that the Guru who is uttering this to his disciple had heard the same from his Guru, Lord Mah v ra.
As in cr mga S tra evidences are available even in Amga S tras like Samav yamga, Sth n mga, Vy khy - Praj apti etc. and external canons (Amgab hya) S tras like Uttar dhyayana, Da a Vaik lika. rya Sudharm narrates to his disciples starting with the same sentence, "s yam me usam te am bhagavay evamakkh yam”, It is somewhat clearer in the beginning of Anuttaropap tika S tra and Jt dharma kath :
"te am k le am te am samae am r yagihe nayare, ajja suhammassa
samosara am ... paris padigay ” ||2||
“Jamb j va pajjuv sa evam pay s jai am bhamte I Sama e amj va
sampatte am a hamassa amgassa amtagadadas am ayama he pa atte, navamassa am bhamte Amgassa anuttarovav iya sama e am
j va sampatte am ke a he pa atte" ||3|||
“Tae am se suhamme a ag re Jamb a ag ram evam vay s - evam khalu Jamb Samae am i va sampatte am navamassa amgassa
a utarovay ya das am ti i vagg pa att ” ||4||
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