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सिंह
कुमार वासुपूज्य का जीव पिछले जन्म में पद्मोत्तर नाम का राजा था। तब उसने संसार त्यागकर दीक्षा ली और अनित्य भावना की उत्कृष्ट भाव श्रेणी पर चढ़ते हुए तीर्थंकर-नाम-कर्म की पुण्य प्रकृति का बंध किया था। उसी भव के वैराग्य संस्कारों के कारण जन्म से ही कुमार वासुपूज्य के मन में राज वैभव, एवं सांसारिक सुख-भोग के प्रति एकदम विरक्ति थी। यौवन अवस्था में माता-पिता के अत्यधिक स्नेहाग्रह पर भी उन्होंने न तो विवाह प्रस्ताव स्वीकार किया और न ही राज्य ग्रहण किया। कुमार अवस्था में ही उन्होंने फा अमावस्या को छह सौ व्यक्तियों के साथ दीक्षा ग्रहण की और शुक्ल ध्यान में लीन हो गये। एक मास के अल्पकालीन छद्मस्थ काल के पश्चात् चम्पानगरी के उद्यान में पाटल वृक्ष के नीचे केवलज्ञान प्राप्त हुआ। __ आपके तीर्थकाल में द्विपृष्ठ नामक दूसरे वासुदेव हुए जिन्होंने तारक प्रतिवानुदेव का अन्यायी शासन समाप्त कर न्याय नीति की प्रतिष्ठा की।
भगवान वासुपूज्य का निर्वाण उनकी जन्मभूमि चम्पा नगरी में ही हुमा।
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वृषभ
12. BHAGAVAN VASUPUJYA
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King Padmottar ruled over Mangalavati town of Ardhapushkar island. He was a person devoted to spiritual pursuits. In later part of his life he took Diksha from Acharya Vajranabh. Reducing the tarnishment of Karma by penance and spiritual practices he earned the Tirthankar-nam-and-gotra-karma and incarnated as a god in the Pranat dimension.
Vasupujya was the king of Champa town in the Bharat sub-continent. His queen was Jaya Devi. Besides being a great warrior King Vasupujya was a compassionate and charitable person. The queen too was benevolant and she inspired the king in his charitable activities.
The being that was Padmottar was born to queen Jaya Devi. It is said that when the queen was pregnant, the king of gods came to convey his veneration to the future Tirthankar and his mother. As Indra is also known as Vasu, the new born was named Vasupujya (venerated by Vasu).
As Vasupujya grew, so grew his inherent detachment and apathy for mundane affairs. He had no attraction for the regal splendour and grandeur When he became young his parents wanted him to marry but he declined. He even conveyed that he had no intention of ascending the throne. In spite of all persuations from his family meinbers, he renunciated the worldly life and became a Shraman on the fifteenth day of the dark half of the month of Phalgun alongwith six hundred other persons. Ilustrated Tirthankar Charitra
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