Sthaviravali

Author(s): Ratnaprabhvijay
Publisher: Jain Granth Prakashak Sabha

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Samava sara na, where Srama na Bhagavān Mahavira was preaching, he asked out of curiosity “Have these gods lost their way? Instead of coming here, where are they going ?” On inquiry from various people, he was informed " They are going to the Samavasara ņa, prepared by gods for Sramaņa Bhagavān Mahāvīra, the great as Sarvajna, Omniscient, with divine splendour, who has recently arrived in the neighbouring pleasure-garden of the town.”
On hearing the word aan Sarvajna, Indrabhūti Gautama was greatly enraged; his whole body was burning with furious anger; his eyes became blood-shot; bis face looked frightful and he angrily said " Ah! while I am a pan Sarvajna, Omniscient, how does any body else dare to call himself also a Sarvajna ? It is painful to hear it. How can such an unpleasant thing be at all heard ? Because, some foolish person may be cheated by any rogue, but he has deceived even gods (who are called fagy Vibudha, wise-men) so that, they go. to him, abandoning the sacrificial pa vilion and me, who is a From Sarvajna, Omniscient.
अहो ! सुराः कथं भ्रान्तास्तीर्थाम्भ इव वायसाः । कमलाकरवझेका मक्षिकाश्चन्दनं यथा ॥ १ ॥ करभा इव सवृक्षान्, क्षीरान्नं शूकरा इव । अर्कस्यालोकवद् घूकास्त्यक्त्वा यागं प्रयान्ति यत् ॥ २ ॥
1 Abo ! surah katham bbrāntāstirthāmbha iva vāyasāh;
Kamalākaravadbhekā maksikāscandanam yathā. 1
2 Karabhā iva sadvriksān ksirānnam sūkarā iva;
Arkasyāloka vat ghūkā styaktvā yāgam prayānti yat. 2
1-2 Alas! why do the gods, becoming perplexed, go away leaving the sacrificial offerings, like crows abandoning holy water or frogs abandoning a lake of lotuses, or flies abandoning