Tirthankar Mahavir and His Sarvodaya Tirth

Author(s): Hukamchand Bharilla, K C Lalwani
Publisher: Kundkund Kahan Digambar Jain Trust

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BHAGAVAN MAHAVIRA : PRESENT LIFE
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Having performed her morning rites, when queen Trisala narrated the dreams to the king and expressed a desire to know their implication, the king who himself was an expert in astrology became highly delighted. The most auspicious results of the auspicious dreams were clearly printed on his jubilant face. He told her that she would give birth to a great child who would be the founder of the Dharmatartha, the last Tirthankara, who would reign over the hearts of people in the three worlds. Said he, “To-day your womb has been sanctified in the same manner as it happened to Marudevi when Risabhadevan entered into her womb."
Continued the king,
“Taking a total view of the years, your son will be powerful like an elephant, active like a bull, strong like a lion, upholder of four types of treasures, soft like flowers, cool like the moon, killing darkness like the sun, auspicious like the golden jars, submerged in the ocean of knowledge like the pair of fish at play, purified by right knowledge, calm like the ocean, reigning over the three worlds, a visitor from the 16th heaven, master of extra-sensory knowledge, shining like the pile of gems, and brilliant like the burning flame”
When she learnt the most auspicious results of the auspicious dreams, the queen was very much delighted. Could there be anyone who would not be delighted to learn of the future advent of a boy with a perfect frame who would be revered in all the three worlds ?
On the sixth day of the bright half of Asadba the soul of king Nanda, having thought of sixteen causes and who was destined to be a Tirthankara descended from the sixteenth heaven and entered into the womb of queen Trisala. With the growth of the boy in the mother's womb increased the wealth, happiness and enthusiasm of the king
After a happy waiting by the near and dear ones and the members of the royal household, the boy was born on the auspicious thirteenth day of the bright half of Caitra. As in the morning hour, the eastern direction gives birth to the s