Golden Steps To Salvation

SR No.: 008710
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Padmasagarsuri
Publisher: Arunoday Foundation
Publication Year: 1994
Total Pages: 224
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Philosophy, & Religion
File Size: 12 MB

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who was turning back, said, "Please wait! Take this bangle also. How can you celebrate the marriage of your daughter with one bangle?” Saying this, she removed the bangle which was on her other hand and gave it to him happily. The poor man saluting both gratefully went away. He thought about the incident on his way. However much he thought about it, he could not decide whose generosity was greater; the poct's or his wife's.
In those days, there appeared a severe fanine in Gujarat. A time of famine is also called durbhiksha. (Bhikshā means alms. The time when it is difficult to get even alms is called durbhiksha.) Greatly grieved by that time of famine or durbhikshā, Māgha said to his wife:
ना भिक्षा दुर्भिक्षे पतति दुरवस्थाः कथमणम् लभन्ते कर्माणि द्विजपरिवृढान्कारयतिकः ? अदत्वैव ग्रास ग्रहपतिरसावस्तमयते
क्व यामः ? किं कुर्मो ? गृहिणि ! गहनो जीवनविधिः Na Bhikshā durbhikshe patati durvasthāḥ kathamrinam Labhante karmāni dwijaparivridhānkārayatikah ? Adatvaiva grāsas grahapatirasāvastamayate
Kva yāmah? kim kurmo ? Prihini! Gahano Jeevana vidhih. "In this time of durbhikshã even bhikshā (alms) cannot be secured. How can pour people like us get loans ? (A loan cannot be obtained. If we could get a loan we could pass some days spending that money.) People will not employ perfect brahmins like us to do work (otherwise by doing some job we could have managed to live). The sun is setting without giving us food. (That means they were without food for the whole day.) Where shall we go? What shall we do? Oh wife! It is very difficult to keep the body and soul together.”
On hearing this, his wife suggested that they should leare Gujarat and go away to Dhārānagari. Bhoja was renowned for his bencvolence and he honoured poets
riv. So she suggested that they should go to Dhārāmagari and live happily. The poet accepted her suggestion. Accorcingly they went to Dhārānagari and settled