Book Title: Shraman Bhagvana Mahavira Part 2 Vibhag 2
Author(s): Ratnaprabhvijay, D P Thaker
Publisher: Parimal Publication

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________________ 623 as a god in Brahma Déva-loka with an age- limit of ten (10). Sägaro pams. After the completion of his life as a god in Brahma Déva-loka, Mahabala has been born as you Sudarsana Sétha during this life You are now carefully listening to noble truths from religious preceptors, and you have perfect faith in them simply because you led ascetic life in your last but one bhava. immediately on hearing the account of his previous life from the mouth of śramaņa Bhagavāna Mahāvīra himself, Sudarsana Śèţha had Jāti-smarana-)nāna (a variety of knowledge, in which the person has a remembrance of the events of his previous life). Now he clearly saw the accounts of his previous life On actually seeing the events of his previous life, the eyes of Sudarsana Śétha became filled tears of delight, and his renunciation towards worldly pleasures, increased greatly Bowing down at the feet of śramaņa Bhagavana Mahāvîra, and with his heart full of joy, Sudarsana Setha said.-Bhagavan ! You are quite right. What you have said is perfectly true. In the same Samavasaraya at Dyutipalása, Sudarsana Śétha took Bhāgavati Diksă at the hiessed hands of śramana Bhagavāna Mahāvira. Anagăra Sudarsana studied the fourteen Pîrvas of the Jaina Siddhāntas, and having carefully led ascetic life for twelve years, he attained Moksa Pada (State of Final Emancipation). Ananda Śrāvaka Ganadhara Mahârāja Indrabhūti Gautama, with the permission of śramana Bhagavāna Mahāvira, had gone for alms-taking from Vānijya-grama, and when he was returning to Dyntipalăsa with the necessary food-materials, he heard the following public rumour, near Kollāga Sangiveśa on his way back -() Beloved of the gods! Now-a-days, Ananda Śrāvaka-a devotee of Śramaņa Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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