Tirthankar Mahavir and His Sarvodaya Tirth

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

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TIRTHANKARA MAHAVIRA AND HIS SARVODAYA TIRTHA
which he had never realised in the past He had just now felt the soul and tested the bliss which is beyond the sense organs He had a thrill all over the body. Now he was keen to live in that state of bliss for the greater part of the time. So in the presence of the Master he got initiated, and by dint of his great vigour he acquired upto the fourth type of knowledge, viz., knowledge of the psychology of others
He was internally overwhelmed because of the infinite gain he had from Bhagavan Mahavira. It was through his favour that he had known the right path which terminate the cycle of birth and death In his heart, he felt a great devotion for the Master and started singing hymn in praise of him which was as follows:
“Oh Holder of joy beyond sense organs and Master of knowledge! Oh Master of supreme detachment; Your personality is as vast as the sky and as deep as the ocean Oh Tirthankara Bhagavan Mahavira! Noble you are !
"Oh Indra among the Jinas! Your greatness does not consist in external grandeur In fact, you don't have it. You rejected it wholesale at the time of initiation Your greatness lies in your internal treasure
“Your magnanimity cannot be measured by this congregation or any other show, and you are great not because many mighty emperors, gods, even Indra touch your feet with their forehead I do not consider you great because you can fly through the sky or you can maintain your body without the intake of food. Such amazing excesses are based on virtue and could be found even in others.
“You are great because of your internal treasure, that treasure consists of omniscience and supreme detachment, no friend, no foe; equal treatment to all. Your internal treasure consists of your unqualified knowledge of all things in the universe including the sky over non-universe, their incessant transformation, what they had been, what they are, what they are going to be,-all these you clearly know as you know a berry on the palm of your hand, free from any other authority, only knowing, knowledge for the sake of knowledge, that is your real treasure.
“Oh Lord! I have been impressed by your omniscience and