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Lord Shri Simandhar Swami
Always maintain the desire to be with the Lord through his arati, obeisance and prayers. Dadashri used to say that he himself was going to be with the Lord and we should get ready to do the same. Without this goal, it is difficult to achieve liberation in one or two more lives. If for some grave misfortune you should find yourself rebom on the earth, the influence of the fifth era of time cycle over the earth will have deteriorated and intensified and at such a time leaving aside any talks for liberation, even the likelihood of another human birth will be an improbability. So be forewarned about such an impending doom and make preparations for your next birth by holding on to the Gnani's words. It is highly unlikely that you will have such an opportunity of meeting the Gnani Purush here again. The waters of a flowing river cannot be brought back. The flow of the time passing by cannot be brought back either. The one who foregoes this opportunity is not likely to be fortunate again. Therefore, start singing from today onwards...
"Simandhar Swami Na Aseem Jai Jaikar Ho! Who is Simandhar Swami? Where is He? What is He like? What is His importance? What is His spiritual state? Dadashri has given us a lot of information and in details about Shree Simandhar Swami. This information is being disclosed in this book, which will prove to be extremely useful to the seeker of liberation.
In the north easterly direction of our world, lies the world of Mahavideh of Jambudwip. It is millions of miles away. There, there are thirty-two divisions. The eighth division is called Pushpakalavati. Its capital city is Pundarikgiri. Lord Simandhar was born before the reign of the following two of the twenty-four tirthankars of the world: the seventeenth tithankara Shri Kunthunath and the eighteenth tirthankara Shri Arahanath. Lord Simandhar's father, Shri Shreyans was the king of Pundarikgiri. His mother's name was Satyaki.
At a supremely auspicious moment, Mother Satyaki gave birth to a most handsome son, with unparallel beauty. The time was midnight on Chaitra Vadi Tenth. His coat of arms, the symbol of recognition of a tirthankara was an ox. At birth the child had come with three types of knowledge: Matignan, shrutagnan and avadhi gnan. His physical body now stands 1500 feet tall. Princess Rukamani became the fortunate woman to marry the Lord. Lord Simandhar took diksha, renunciation from worldly life, on the day of Fagan Sudi Trij. This was the time when Lord Rama's father King Dasratha was the reigning king in his world. This also was the time between the existence of the twentieth tirthankara Munishivrat Swami and the twenty-first tirthankara, Shri Neminath. At the moment of the diksha He attained the fourth gnan called manahparyayagnan. After a thousand years as a sadhu (ascetic), during which all his karmas, which had carried faults, exhausted, the Lord became fully omniscient and attained Keval Gnan, full enlightenment. This took place on Chaitra Sudi Tirteenth. Thereafter, by mere darshan of the Lord, people attained the path of liberation
Surrendered at the feet of the Lord's universal work of
Dr. Niruben Amin
