Two Prakrit Versions of Manipati Charitra

SR No.: 007017
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: R Williams
Publisher: Royal Asiatic Society
Publication Year: 1959
Total Pages: 384
Language: English, Prakrit
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 9 MB

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422. replied Śreņika and the god made his way to his paradise
whilst King Śreņika went to see Kapilā.' 423. He spoke to her in a conciliatory way: 'Show reverence
to these our gurus and give them gifts of food; I
will give you whatever you ask.' 424. She refused and said: 'Even if I die I will not thus adore
them.' To Kālaśaukarika he spoke with vexation
shouting : 425. My son, abandon this practice : I will give you at once
whatever you ask for.' The latter refused and said :
Many people are pleased with me.' 426. Now the cruel Kālašaukarika had a son called Sulasa
who through the efforts of the minister Abhaya had
become an excellent Jaina lay disciple. 427. Śreņika realised : ‘These two are not predestined to
enlightenment and will not accept the Jaina faith, just
as objects dyed with red lac will admit no other colour. 428. The carnivorous Kālasaukarika will kill five hundred
buffalo and incur a hell life in the seventh mansion, 429. out of compassion for living beings his son had removed
to a distance the five hundred buffalo but he knew of
this by vibhanga-jñāna 430. He sent for them and killed them and having become
self-conceited in sin he suffered from sixteen diseases
and afflictions: asthma, cough and so on. 431. And here in this life his sense perceptions became inverted. 432. He thought that an evil stench was a perfume, filth
divine food and a heap of thorns cotton wool. His son recounted this to Abhaya who being endowed with
intelligence, said to Sulasa. 433. 'Through this, this very sinful man suffers hell-like
misery and a delusion has arisen in the field of his
senses, 434. so let him have whatever corresponds to his inverted
perceptions.' Sorrowfully his son gave him filth and he imagined it to be sandal-wood perfume.