Trishasti Shalaka Purusa Caritra Part 1

Author(s): Hemchandracharya, Helen M Johnson
Publisher: Oriental Research Institute Vadodra

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a cloth pure from fire, like pure gold. In this same Bharatakşetra in the city Potana he will be the first Dāśārha (Vasudeva), Tripṛṣṭha by name. In course of time, in the East Videhas in the city Muka, he will become a Cakrin, Priyamitra, the son of Dhananjaya and Dhariņi. After he has wandered in existence for a long time, he will become the twenty-fourth Tirthakṛt, Mahavira, in Bharatakṣetra."
When he heard this, the Lord of Bharata received leave to depart from the Master and went to honor with devotion Marici like the Blessed One. "I do not honor you because you will be the first of the Dāśārhas, Tripṛṣṭha by name, and a Cakravartin in the Videhas, named Priyamitra; nor do I honor your life as a mendicant, nor your birth; but I honor you because you will be the twenty-fourth Arhat." With these words, his folded hands placed on his head, the Lord of Bharata made the pradakṣiņā three times and paid homage to him. Then, after bowing to the Lord of the World, the King went to the city Ayodhya, like the Naga-king to Bhogavati.
Marici, delighted by that speech, began to speak very joyfully and clapped his hands three times. "If I shall be the first Vasudeva, a Cakrabhṛt in the Videhas, the last Arhat, I am satisfied with this. Because my grandfather was first of the Arhats, my father first of the Cakrins, and I first of the Daśārhas, my family is certainly the best. On the one hand, all the three worlds; on the other hand, my family another herd of elephants compared with Airāvaṇa. My family alone is superior to all families, like the sun to the planets, like the moon to the constellations." By taking pride in his family 391 in this way, Marici made low-family karma for himself, like a spider making a web.
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Surrounded by Pundarika and other ganadharas, the Lord went purifying the earth under pretext of wandering.
891 390. There are 8 kinds of pride: caste, family, strength, beaupenance, learning, wealth, and power. Right belief is free from pride. Sam. 8.
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