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6. BHAGAVAN PADMAPRABH
ध्वजा
Maharaj Aparajit ruled over Susima town in the Purvavideh area. He was a simple and religious person. He got detached after listening to the discourse of an Arhat and took Diksha from Acharya Pihitashrava. As a result of long spiritual practices he earned Tirthankar-nam-and-gotra-karma. Completing his age, he reincarnated as a god in the Graiveyak dimension.
From the dimension of gods, the being that was Aparajit descended into the womb of queen Susima, wife of the king of Kaushambi. One day queen Susima had a desire to sleep on a bed made up of lotus flowers. As this was a desire of a pregnant mother, the gods made arrangements for its fulfilment. On the twelfth day of the dark half of the month of Kartik the queen gave birth to a son. The new born had a soft pink glow like lotus flowers. The king named him as Padmaprabh (G/b).
In due course the prince became young and was married. When his father left for spiritual practices, Padmaprabh ascended the throne. After a long and successful reign, when through his three fold knowledge he knew that the right moment has come, he became an ascetic. After six months of deep spiritual practices, on the full moon day of the month of Chaitra he attained omniscience under a banyan tree. Propagating right religion for a long time, Bhagavan Padmaprabh wandered around and at last arrived at Sammetshikhar. He got Nirvana on the eleventh day of the dark half of the month of Margshirsh.
पद्म सरोवर
समुद्र
७. भगवान सुपाश्वनाथ
विमानभवन
वाराणसी के प्रतिष्ठसेन राजा की रानी पृथ्वी के पुत्र सुपार्श्व थे। युवावस्था में विवाह के पश्चात् इन्होंने पिता के राज्य का कुशलतापूर्वक संचालन किया। एक बार महल की छत पर बैठकर प्राकृतिक सौन्दर्य देख रहे थे। मुझाये हुए फूलों व बदलती ऋतु को देखकर जीवन की अस्थिरता का चिन्तन जगा। संवेग भावना से जीवन दिशा बदल गई। सुपार्श्व ने अपने पुत्र को राज्य सौंपकर दीक्षा ग्रहण कर ली। नौ मास तक निर्मल संयम-साधना करने के पश्चात् फाल्गुन कृष्णा षष्ठी को केवलज्ञान, केवलदर्शन की प्राप्ति हुई। धर्मतीर्थ की स्थापना करने के पश्चात् आपने सम्मेदशिखर पर निर्वाण प्राप्त किया।
राशि
निधूम ग्नि
भगवान सुपार्श्वनाथ
Bhagavan Suparshvanath
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महावीर
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