Book Title: Nirayavaliyao
Author(s): A S Gopani, V J Chokshi
Publisher: Gurjar Granthratna Karyalay

View full book text
Previous | Next

Page 258
________________ Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra www.kobatirth.org Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir § § 111-112.] Nirayávaliyảo. 89 and mother of knees and elbows ( i.e. fondling knees and elbows instead of childron ). 111. Then at a certain time, when that hous'ewife Subhaddă was keeping awake at mid-night for family affairs, a thought of the following description occurred to her: “ Truly, I enjoy great sexnal pleasures with the householder Bhadda, but I am not able to give birth to a boy or a girl. Therfore, blessed, indeed, are those mothers ( and so forth, down to) and they have, methinks, wellachieved the fruit of their births and lives, whogo breasts flow with milk on account of the presence of their children born of their wombs, greedy of the milk of their breasts, talking sweetly, muttering indistinctly, nestling to the bases of their breasts and arm.pits, and who (i. e. the mothers) also having taken with their tender lotus-like hands put them into their laps--them who often and often produce sweet indistinct sounds. I am, in: deed, unblessed, unmeritorious as I have not got even one of these"; she thought so, and having done so she, with all her longings shattered ( and so forth, down to ), began to brood over. 112. At that time and at that period, a band of certain Jain nuns known as Suvvayā, ( having excellent vows ) who For Private and Personal Use Only

Loading...

Page Navigation
1 ... 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360 361 362 363 364 365 366 367 368 369 370 371 372 373 374 375 376 377 378 379 380 381 382 383 384 385 386 387 388 389 390 391 392 393 394 395 396 397 398 399 400 401 402 403 404 405 406