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9. la-b 8 g etc. The line means: Even though the water used for the bath of a flowed in a downward direction, it led the pious people in the upward direction, i, e., to heaven.
10. 5b JATTUTT Tout onis, a man, out of pride, goes or walks with his face or head up or erect. A proud man walks with his head stiff and erect.
13. 1b farbas foraft, the gods brought to their minds the ( apparent ) contradictions in the life of the fut. In the following lines we get a reference to these contradictions. For instance, the fort is called T91 (cowherd boy, lord of the earth ) and is very terrific to his own enemies (forafas).
18. 5a-6 He who makes gifts of cows etc., goes to facopota in golden fahrts, and enjoys (AT ) heavenly pleasures. 11. E foafurur, is purified by touching the पिप्पलवृक्ष.
20. 14 सई विरइवि कन्व, मण्डसालायण himself composed some verses glorifying the gifts of cow etc. and brought them to the king. The king felt that these verses were as authentic as the Vedas.
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1. 15 कित्ति वियंभउ मह जगगेहि, may my fame spread over the house of the whole world. The poet is conscious of his poetic powers which, as he says, would bring him a world-wide name.
3. 36 गुणदेवहं भवदेवहं ईसरु, the अनन्तजिन is said to be the lord of गणधरs and also of gods by birth such as F# etc.
5. 9 at rus etc. Owing to the shower of gold in the city it was very difficult for people to distinguish the night from the day. The people therefore called that time to be the daytime when lotuses in ponds bloomed.
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This samdhi and the two following narrate the story of the first area (fage ), first anda ( fata ) and first gferarusa ( sarta ) of the Jain Mythology. In order that the reader should understand the background of the friendship between त्रिपृष्ठ and विजय, and the enmity between त्रिपृष्ठ and अश्वग्रीव, the poet gives us the narrative of the two previous lives of all these three.
1. 5a 13 TESTET es, where travellers were made to drink to their satisfaction (धाय) the streams of milk of cows. 1la जइणो i. e., जैनी which is
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