Sthaviravali

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

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5. Eko dharmamupärjanam ca vibudhah kritvá svayam gaoohati; Svargam pāpamupārjya ghora nara kam duhkhakaram prāṇabhut; Eko duhkba tati masāramapi bho! tyaktvā ca muktyāla yam; Tasmāttvam bhaja tavato hi saranam dharmmam tyaja svam gribam,
5. One wise man having acquired the Karma of meritorious deeds, goes alone to heaven; another creature having acquired the Karma of evil deeds, goes to terrible Naraka which is the mine of misery. One, having abandoned the worthless array of miseries, goes to Frid: Muktyālayam, the place of Salvation. Therefore, seek the shelter of Dharma, in the first place, and abandon your house."
While contemplating on such ideas and becoming absorbed in divine meditation, all the five rose high and higher in spiritual development destroying various Karmas and acquired
a Kévala Jnāna, Perfect knowledge.
When all of them arrived near the Sama vasaraṇa FAPETUT of Sramaņa Bhagavān Mahavira at startt Champā Nagari, Ganadhara Mahārāja Indrabhūti Gautama went round three times from left to right, and Sāla, Mahāsāla and others did the same. Having done obeisance to the Tirthamkara, the five, went to the assembly of the Kévalius. Meanwhile Gañadhara Mahārāja Indrabhūti Gautama told them “Look here I do obeisance to TTÀ ATT Paraméśvara, the Supreme Lord. Śramaņa Bhagavān Mahāvira said "O Gautama, do not be disrespectful towards Kévalins. Gautama Swami said " What disrespect has been done by me towards Kévalins ? Sramaņa Bhagavān Mahāvīra said " These Sala Mahāsala and others have acquired
a Kévala Jpāna, Perfect knowledge. Therefore, having got up, censure your own self and sincerely ask pardon from them, who have been initiated by your own hands, and who have already acquired. Kévala Jnāna. Gañadhara Mahārāja Indrabhūti Gautama then said, “O venerable sir, I am unfortunate that whoever gets initiation from me, acquires