णमो अरिहंताणं
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णमो अरिहंताणं
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जैनधर्म के ज्ञान की अखंडज्योति |
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आज से असंख्यातों वर्ष पूर्व की बात है, जब पुरुरवा नामका एक भील अपनी पत्नी कालिका के साथ शिकार के लिए जंगल में घूम रहा था। दूर से उसने एक मुनि को भ्रमण करते हुए देख हिरण समझकर उनके ऊपर बाण चलाने को तैयार हुआ तो उसकी स्त्री ने तुरन्त रोकते हुए कहा कि ‘ये वन के देवता घूम रहे हैं इन्हें मत मारो’।
यह सुनकर उस भील ने उन सागरसेन मुनिराज के पास जाकर नमस्कार किया और गुरु से धर्म का उपदेश सुनकर उसने शराब, मांसाहार आदि तामसी भोजन का त्याग कर दिया। जिसके फलस्वरूप उसने अगले जन्म में प्रथम स्वर्ग के देवपद को प्राप्त कर लियाभव्यात्माओं! देखो, कहां जंगली भील जो सदा हिंसाकार्य में ही लगा रहता था और मरकर नरक जाने वाला था किन्तु गुरु का सत्संग प्राप्त करने से िंहसा का त्यागकर देवता बन गया। वही भील कालान्तर में आगे चलकर तीर्थंकर महावीर बना अत: प्रत्येक प्राणी को जीवन में त्याग करके सन्तों का सानिध्य प्राप्त करना चाहिए ताकि एक दिन महापुरुष बनकर आत्मा को परमात्मा बनाया जा सके।
Lord Rishabhdev had two wives named Sumangala and Sunanda. By Sumangala he had 99 sons of whom Bharat was the eldest and the best known and one daughter named Brahmi. By the second wife, Sunanda he had one son named Bahubali and one daughter named Sundari. All of them were given proper training in different arts and crafts appropriate to them. Bharat turned out to be a great warrior and a politician. Bahubali was tall, well built, and strong.
He is known for his mighty arm. In Sanskrit language, Bahu means arm and Bali means mighty. Because he had very strong arm, he is known as Bahubali. Brahmi attained very high literary proficiency. She developed the scriptures, which came to be known as Brahmi scriptures. Sundari became very proficient in mathematics. After Lord Rishabhdev attained omniscience, both girls renounced the worldly life and became his pupils.
As a king, Rishabhdev had responsibility for a large geographical area in his kingdom. At the time of his renouncement, he handed over Vinita, also known as Ayodhya, to Bharat and Taxshila to Bahubali. To the remaining 98 sons he gave different parts of his vast kingdom. Bharat quickly established a firm hold over Vinita. He was an ambitious ruler and intended to become emperor of entire India.
For this purpose he organized a strong army and started developing different types of fighting equipment. His army developed a miraculous wheel called Chakraratna (Chakra means wheel and Ratna means precious jewel) that would not miss its target. Then he embarked upon his journey of conquest. In those days there was hardly anyone who could withstand his well-equipped army. He could therefore easily conquer the regions round about Vinita.
Then he turned attention towards his brothers and asked them to acknowledge his superiority. His 98 brothers saw the futility of fighting with the elder brother so they surrendered their territories to him and became disciples of Lord Rishabhdev. Now only Bahubali remained. He was of different thought. He was conscious of his right to rule over the kingdom handed over by his father.Read More
महापुराण प्रवचनप्रिय पाठक बंधुओं, महापुराण ग्रंथ के इस मंगलाचरण में श्री जिनसेनाचार्य ने किसी का नाम लिए बिना गुणों की स्तुति की है। जो अंतरंग – बहिरंग लक्ष्मी से सहित एवं सम्पूर्ण ज्ञान से सहित हैं, धर्मचक्र के धारक हैं, तीन लोक के अधिपति हैं और पंचपरिवर्तनरूप संसार का भय नष्ट करने वाले हैं उनको-अर्हन्तदेव को हमारा नमस्कार है। सकलज्ञानसाम्राज्य-यौवराज्यपदे स्थितान्। |