Sthaviravali

SR No.: 006961
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Ratnaprabhvijay
Publisher: Jain Granth Prakashak Sabha
Publication Year: 1941
Total Pages: 232
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 5 MB

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staying with me, he will crush you and me, in an oil-mill, with our family-members. It is not desirable for you to wait here. Remain concealed somewhere else."
The Purohita, at last, went to the house of Praņāmamitra for advice, and said "I am not taken care of, by my two friends. What should I do now? The Praņāma-mitra said. “Do not be afraid. We shall become un-divided. We shall remain together. What will the king do to both of us. We shall go under the protection of some other sovereign." They went to the kingdom of another sovereign.
The
gat Upanaya, (the application ) of the story is this
The consequence of maturing of Karmas is like the king: the Jiva (the living being ) is like the domestic chaplain of the king: this body is like the frafas Sahaja-mitra, friend born at the same time; all the relatives are like the páfag Parva-mitra, a periodical friend; Dharma is like carefas Praņāma-mitra, because it accompanies the Soul during the next life.
जीवस्य यः परत्रापि श्रियं यच्छति वाञ्छिताम् । ज्ञातिदेहौ विहायाहं, धर्ममाराडुमुद्यतः ॥ १ ॥
1. Jivasya yah paratrāpi sriyam yacchati vānchitāmi
Jnātidehau vihāyāham dharmāraddhumudyatah.
1. Getting rid of kinsmen and renouncing the body, I will endeavour to adore the Right Dharma, which bestows the well-desired wealth (of BTA Sanyam, Right Conduct and ta Mokśa, Emancipation to the soul even in the next world.
On hearing these nectar-like words of mundane indifference, g9 Prabhava, along with his five hundred comrades, and the eight newly-married wives of Jambu Kumāra, became free from all worldly desires."