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पूर्व का ज्ञान पढ़ा । बीस वर्ष तक श्रमण दीक्षा पाली । अन्त में गौतम की तरह संलेखणा यावत् संथारा करके शत्रुंजय पर्वत पर सिद्ध कुमार
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हे जम्बू ! श्रमण भगवान् महावीर ने अन्तकृद्दशा के तीसरे वर्ग के नवमें अध्ययन में उपरोक्त भाव कहे हैं ।
( नवम अध्ययन समाप्त)
Chapter 9
Maxim 37:
Jambū Swāmi further requests Ārya Sudharmā O Bhagawan! I have heard from you the subject matter as expressed by Śramaṇa Bhagawāna Mahāvīra of eighth chapter of third section of Antakṛddaśānga Sutra, O Bhagawan! What is the subject matter he expressed in the ninth chapter? Please tell me now.
Ārya Sudharma said-O Jambū ! At that time and at that period there was a city named Dwārakā. Its description has been given in previous pages. One day Bhagwāna Aristanemi reached there. There was a ruler named Baladeva in Dwarakā city. His queen was Dhāriņī. She was very tender, beautiful and virtuous.
Some time, Dhāriņi was sleeping on her comfortable bed. She saw a lion in dream. She woke up seeing this dream. Then, she went to her husband and told about her dream. She enquired the consequences of dream from dreamtellers and nurtured her foetus carefully.
On completion of pregnancy period, according to the dream queen gave birth to a fateful son. The description of birth, childhood etc., should be known as of Gautama Kumara. Excepting; the name of this son was Sumukha. Becoming young he was married to fifty maidens.
At the time of marriage he got gift of fifty-fifty Karoda (five hundred millions) gold coins etc. Once Bhagawāna
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