Tale of Shree Nabhakraj

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

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That sacred soul which possess in his heart, the holy name of the God Shree Rushabdev, such a soul is not at all tortured by the pains of quarrel. The noble soul which joyfully follows the path of Salvation in terms of true darshan-faith, true gyın = True knowledge, - charitra true character - such soul does not ever get trapped in the sansãr (worldly - affairs) of lust-hatred or in the fourfold rebirths. (i.e. of birth in Heaven, in Hell, as human-being or as animal or birds (teeryanch))
There is no better place of pilgrimage than that of Shree Shatrunjaya in this Universe, nothing is more respectable than it, nothing is more beautiful or worshippable than it, there is no better intention for meditation which can be thought of than this holy Shree Shantrunjaya.
In the scripts of other than Jain - darshan (i.e. religious philosophies) too, it is said that :- 'The area of this Giriver (mountain) is 50 yojan (i.e. 400 miles) at bottom, 10 yojan (80 miles) at the top and its' height is 8 yojan (64 miles).'approximately.
In the Bhagavat Geetā it is stated that :- 'By darshan (vision with devotion) of Shatrunjaya teerth, by a touch of Raivatãchal (i.e. Girnar) Girirvar mountain and by a snãn (i.e. bath in holy water) in Gajpad kund (a pond) - the noble soul becomes ajanmã i.e. free from bond of birth and death; means that it gets Salvation (moksha).'
Script Nãgpurān says :- 'The benefit - gain - advantage - religious merits etc. which are gained by pilgrimage to 68 teerth - (place of the pilgrimage) - all these are obtained-bestowed by mere a darshan of the topmost holy pilgrimage place of Shree Shatrunjaya.
Teerthmãlã stava narrates :- 'Hence, O Emperor! O King! The gentle souls having bestowed with superior birth as a human being and the land of Bharatkshetra - should take the advantage of the laxmi (wealth) by it's use for the great pilgrimage of the Yugādidev (i.e. Shree Adinath = Shree Rushabhdev God = Jin = The great Teerthankar (at Shree Shatrunjaya)." In this manner, the wealthy man namely Dhanãdhya described the great
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