________________
ન્યાયકુસુમાંજલિ.
[ પ્રથમ
When Metarya came to Lord Mahavira, he said to him, "You do not believe in next world (Para-Loka) as you mis-interpret the Sruli विज्ञानघन ... .... प्रेत्य संज्ञास्तीति '. He then explained to him its correct meaning and satisfied him by saying that in denying Paraloka the acts like charity, celebacy, and the like would be useless and the Sruti" f स्वर्गकामो जुहुयात् would be meaningless. He was then fully satisfied and so he became his disciple.
99
You doubt the
as you interpret
33 to mean
Lord Mahavira said to Prabhasa, the last Brahmana who approached him, existence of salvation (Nirvana) the S’ruti “ जराम वैतत् सर्वं यदग्निहोत्रम् that so long as one lives one should perform Agnihotra only and think that as this act leads both to merit and demerit, it cannot be tho means of achieving salvation and hence there is no Nirvana. You have misinterpreted this Sruti, for it means that one who wishes to go to heaven should perform Agnihotra, whereas one aspiring after liberation should perform acts which will enable him to attain Nirvana. This latter meaning is derived from the word 'r'. Even the Struti" सैषा गुद्दा दुरवगाहा 39 establishes the existence of Moksha, for it means that, that cave of liberation can be entered with great difficulty. As Prabhasa was fully convinced, he too became a disciple of Lord Maharira*
66
Jain Education International
6
For further and fuller information the reader is referred to pp. 634-684 of the Samskrilo, work Vis'eshas'yaka with a commentary by Malladhari Sri Hemachandrusuri.
20
For Private & Personal Use Only
31
www.jainelibrary.org
