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आत्मजागृतिके साधन-तीर्थस्थल
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करुण स्वरसे दीन दृष्टि डालते हुए रुदन कर रहे है। उस समय गुणभद्राचार्यके शब्दोमे 'नेमिनाथने पशु-रक्षकोसे पूछा"किमर्थमिदमेकत्र निरुद्धं तणभुक्कुलम् ?"
-उत्तरपुराण १६२, पृ० ५०६ । किसलिए ये वेचारे तृण भक्षण करनेवाले यहा अवरुद्ध किए गए है ?" उत्तरमे यह बताया गया कि
१ नेमिनाथ भगवान्के विवाह और वैराग्यका जस्टिस जैनीने वडा आकर्षक वर्णन किया है___"He (Neminatha) was a prince born of the Yadava clan at Dwarka and he renounced the world when about to be married to Princess Rajamati, daughter of the chief Ugrasena When the marriage procession of Neminatha approached the bride's castle, he heard the bleating and moaning of animals in a cattle pen Upon inquiry he found that the animals were to be slaughtered for the guests, his own friends and party.
Compassion surged up in the youthful breast of Neminatha and the torture which his marriage would cause to so many dumb creatures laid bare before him the mockery of human civilization and heartless selfishness, He flung away his princcly ornamentsa nd repaired at once to the forest
The bride who had dedicated herself to him as a prince followed him also in his ascetic life and came a nun. He attained Nirvana at Mount Gırnar in the small state of Junagadh in Kathiawadh and on the same lovely mountain is shown a grotto where the chaste Rajamati breathed her last, not far from the feet of Neminatha"
-Out-lmes of Jainism p XXXIV
