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In Jain tradition there are 63 famous great men popularly known as Shalaka Purush. The term means those great persons, with exemplary virtues and accomplishments, whose numbers could be counted on fingers. The overpowering personality of such an individual was unparalleled in terms of strength, vigour, power, courage, knowledge, and grandeur. During one descending cycle of time there are 63 such Shalaka Purush-24 Tirthankars, 12 Chakravartis, 9 Baldevs, 9 Vasudevs, and 9 Prativasudevs. Among the 12 Chakravartis of the current descending cycle the first was Bharat, the son of Adishvar (the first Tirthankar), and the twelfth or the last was Brahm-datt. The period of Brahm-datt Chakravarti is believed to be sometime between the date of nirvana of Bhagavan Arishtanemi (post Mahabharat period) and the birth of Bhagavan Parshvanath. Historically speaking he must have existed sometime before 400 B.C.
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The life of Brahm-datt Chakravarti was filled with many ups and downs. On the one hand his life was like a moonless night filled with darkness of apprehension, fear, pain, and discomfort, and on the other it was like a full-moon night filled with the glow of the comforts and grandeur of the empire of six continents. In the Uttaradhyayan Sutra the story of his earlier births is given as an inspiring and sentimental tale titled Chitt-Sambhoot. With the help of discourses about knowledge and detachment Brahm-datt's elder brother, ascetic Chitt, tries to inspire him to renounce the regal pleasures. But in spite of knowing about the ephemeral nature of life and its pleasures, Brahm-datt expresses his inability like an elephant caught in a swamp. At last, filled with desires of mundane Indulgence and feeling of vengeance, his life comes to a pitiable end.
The theme of the proverb 'one reaps what he sows' has been explained with the help of the story of Brahm-datt Chakravarti in this picture-story. The attainments of a person depend upon his feelings and attitudes.
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The script of this interesting comic has been written by the scholarly sadhvi [female ascetic] Shri Pushpavati ji M., the elder sister of the renowned scholar Acharya Shri Devendra Muni ji M. It is based on the commentary of Uttaradhyayan Sutra (Chapter 13). These incidents from the life of Brahm-datt are also available in the Shantiparva of Mahabharat as well as the first chapter of Harivamsh Purana. - Mahopadhyaya Vinay Sagar -Shrichand Surana Saras'
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Compilation:
Srichand Surana 'Saras' Dr. Mansukhbhai Jain, Sanjay Surana
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