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bhagavan RuShabhadav
temanA chhellA dash avatAranI kathA
[mahApurANanA AdhAre le. bra. harilAl jain: lekhAnk chotho]
A bharatakShetramAn asankhya varSho pahelAn thayelA ApaNA Adi
tIrthankar bhagavAn RuShabhadevanA dashabhavonI A kathA chAle chhe. pUrve
dashamA bhave te jIv mahAbalarAjA hato tyAre svayambuddhamantrInA upadeshathI
jainadharmanA sanskAr pAmyo; pachhI lalitAng dev thayo; tyAnthI
vajrajangharAjAnA bhavamAn shrImatI sahit AhAradAn dIdhun ne anya chAr
tiryanchajIvoe tenI anumodanA karI. AhAradAnanA pratApe e chhae
jIvo bhogabhUmimAn avataryA chhe. ahIn sudhI ApaNI kathA pahonchI chhe.
have A bhogabhUmimAn e ja svayambuddhamantrIno jIv munipaNe ahIn
AvIne RuShabhadev vagerenA jIvone param kRupApUrvak samyagdarshan pamADe
chhe; lekhakane purANomAn sauthI priy evA A prasanganun ahIn Alekhan
chhe...je samyaktvanI ArAdhanAmAn ullasit kare chhe.
sAtamo pUrvabhav: bhogabhUmimAn samyaktvaprApti
bhogabhUmimAn Arya–dampatI tarIke upajelA vajrajangh ane shrImatI ekavAr
kalpavRukShanI shobhA nIhALatA beThA hatA; evAmAn AkAshamAn pasAr thaI rahelA
sUryaprabhadevanun vimAn dekhIne te bannene jAtismaraN thaI gayun. jAtismaraN vaDe pUrva bhavo
jANIne teo vairAgyapUrvak sansAranun svarUp vichAratA hatA; tyAn to vajrajanghanA jIve
AkAshamAn dUrathI AvI rahelA be chAraNamunione dekhyA. ane te chAraNamunivaro paN
tenA upar anugrah karIne AkAshamArgathI nIche UtaryA. temane sanmukh AvatA dekhIne
turat ja vajrajanghano jIv Ubho thaIne vinayathI temano satkAr karavA lAgyo. sAchun ja
chhe,–pUrvajanmanA sanskAr jIvone hitakAryamAn prerit kare chhe, banne munivaronI samakSha
potAnI strI sahit Ubhelo vajrajanghano jIv evo shobhato hato, ke sUrya ane
pratisUryanI samakSha jevun kamalinIsahit prabhAt shobhe. vajrajanghanA jIve bhaktipUrvak banne
munivaronA charaNamAn argha chaDAvIne temane namaskAr karyA; te vakhate tenA nayanomAnthI
harShanA Ansu nIkaLInIkaLIne munirAjanA charaN upar paDavA lAgyA, jANe ke nayanovaDe
te munirAjanA charaNonun prakShAlan ja karato hoy! strI sahit praNAm karatA
Aryavajrajanghane AshIrvAd daIne te banne munivaro. yogyasthAn par yathAkrame beThA.