Jinamanjari 1995 09 No 12

Author(s): Jinamanjari
Publisher: Canada Bramhi Jain Society Publication

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simultaneously (102.10-11), or a mountain of chaos raises its head suddenly from under the earth (10.210-11].
Bhrantimana is exemplified in Sita's face being mistaken by the noney bees for a lotus flower (42.21).
Udaharana: There are many popular illustrations (Udaharana) here and there. They add to the effectiveness and exact comprehension of the statements concerened. There can be no rain without clouds or no plant without seed. Similarly there can not be any happiness without the practice of religion (4.26). Even many soldiers can not achieve triumph without a chief as the most starry night is without the moon[57.36](57.36). Birds shelter in a bough for a night and desert it in the morning so is the case with human relationship (5.184). The fire can not be quenched with fuels. Similarly the desires cannot be satiated by indulging into worldly pleasures (80.47; 103.73). Only a fool can burn sandal-wood for getting ashes (4.50) or grind the pearls for getting the thread so is the case with a person who spoils his valuable.
Drstanta: When a thread can pass through a diamond which has already been bored by a diamond-cutter then why not the poet can reproduce easily what has already been narrated by the omniscient[1.13] (1.13). It can be compared with that in the Raghuvamsa at 1.4. Crows can do no harm to the Garuda. Can a lion not subdue even an agitated elephant (8.45) ? Drops gradually amass into the sea and knowledge also reaches perfection gradually (914.124). Bharata can not accept the suzerainty of Ativirya, how can a lion live under a jackal? (37.21).
Nidarsana: If human life is not employed in the practice of religion it is like throwing away a piece of diamond which is in one's hand (2.88). Those who contaminate penance by assigning certain object to it exchange diamond for vegetables (103. 110), destroy camphor to plant kodrava plant, smash gem for the thread (103.111) and burn sandal for the sake of ashes (103.112). Sumali's venture against Indra is a frog playing in the mouth of a serpent (8.72). Laxmana's insistance to keep his sons in the harness of worldly glory is pushing one knowingly into a dark abyss (106.37). Persons attached to worldly pleasures leaving aside moral discipline and penance exchange a diamond for a cowrie (118.107).
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