Tale of Shree Nabhakraj

Author(s): Merutungacharya, Gunsundarvijay
Publisher: Divya Darshan Trust

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meriteous people whose mind is not bestowed with happiness? Yes ! It please all. The place is Bharatkshetra of Jamboodweep. The time / period is of that between the period of the God Shree Pārshwanãth and the God Shree Neminãth. Here, there is a town namely-Kshitipratishthit. There lived numerous Shreepati Vishnu = wealthy people, Brahmã the people practicing celibacy, Jishnu = indra, & victorious people and Shreed = Kuber, great donors. A town of Nãgkumar deities namely Bhogawati - looked adorned and decorated by a single gem on the head of a single Nãgendra. Being ashamed by the numerous lustful men who were all possessed of gems & jewels in the town of Pratishthit; the town of Bhogawati went into the Nether-land (below the earth.)
Here, the King Nãbhãk was rulling who was very handsome like the Indra (king of dieties) and was sinless and free from tension.
Once the King was sitting joyfully in the royal council, at that time a wealthy businessman came there, offered some present and properly bowed down to the King. The King inquired :'Who are you? Where do you come from? Where are you going?' The businessman replied in comfortable and healthy manner, King ! Listen to this':
My name is Dhanãdhya. I reside in Shree Vasantpur city. I am on my way to pilgrimage of the mountain Shantrunjaya, which is the topmost place of pilgrimage; and during proceeding on that way, I have reached here.' The King inquired :- 'What is Shatrunjaya? What is the advantage/benefit of it's pilgrimage?' The rich man said :- 'listen..... I am narrating something about the details of great, splendid and astonishing influence of this place of pilgrimage which are described by the ancient great people.
O God Almighty Omniscient! You are a self-lit lamp and hence you do not need any external fuel of preachings of other saints. The stormy winds of illusions cannot extinguish or fade Your light of infinite knowledge. Your unique existence does not emit the smoke in the form of Raga (207:) and Dwesh ( :). You also do not depend upon the help of others on the path of salvation like an ordinary lamp relying on a cotton wick.
In fact, You are the unique lamp to lighten the whole universe at a time by Your theory of Anekantavada (taoloniale), Syadavada.
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