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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and it fructifies itself so to say that someone else is the cause is nothing but a mare usuge."
Jaidhubala
On this event, Acarya Virasena writes in the commentary of Kasāya Pāhuda in part as follows:
Question-Why for 66 days after the attainment of omniscience did the divine voice not come forth ?
Answer-It was because there was no Ganadhara during this period.
Question-Why didn't Saudharmendra bring forth a Ganadhara immediately on the attainment of omniscience ?
Answer-Because he was unable to bring forth one till the arrival of an appropriate time. In fact, during this period did not have the faculty to do so
Question How is it that the divine voice comes out only on the appearance of one who has accepted the five Great Vows' at his feet, and not on the appearance of anyone else?
Answer-Such is the nature and nature cannot be questioned by others There will be chaos if the nature is questioned.
After this, due to the good luck of people at large. Bhagavan Mahavira wondered over Kası, Kasmir, Kuru, Magadha, Kosala, Kamarupa, Kaccha, Kalinga, Kurujungala, Kiskindha, Malladesa, Pancala, Kerala, Bhadra, Cedı, Dasarna, Banga, Anga, Andhra, Kusinagara, Malaya, Vidarbha, Gauda and many other places 7
6 Kasāya Pahuda, p 76. 7 kaśyām kaśmiradeśe kuruşu ca magadhe kausale kamarupe/
kacche kale kalınge janapadamahite jāngatante kuradau // kuskindhe malladeśe sukrtijanamanasto sade dharmayrstim / kurvan śāstā Jinendro viharatı niyatam tam yaje'hm trikālam // pancale kerale va'mytapadamıhırobhdra cedi daśarna | bangandhroliko sinagara malayavidarbhesu gaude Susahye // sitasuras mujālādamritamıya sabham dharmapīju sadhara Sincan yogavirāmah parinamayati ca svāntasudhim yananām //
--Pratisthāpaiha, 9/6 (Tirthankara, Vardhamana, p. 67).