: poSh : 2501 Atmadharma : 17 :
(gatAnkamAn pUchhelA pAnch prashnono khulAso)
(1) mAgashar sud agiyArase jeo muni thayA, ne pachhI mAgashar vad bIje jeo
kevaLagnAn pAmyA, te tIrthankar koN?
(uttar) mallinAth bhagavAn. (muni thayA pachhI chha divasamAn ja kevaLagnAn pAmyA.)
(2) ek vakhat evun banyun ke, ek bhagavAn pAse sundar vastu traN hatI te vadhIne
chAr thaI; be vastu vadhIne traN pUrI thaI; ne asundar vastu be hatI te ghaTIne
ek ja rahI. A banyun te divase mAgashar sud 11 hatI. to te kayA bhagavAn?
ane shun banyun?
(uttar) te bhagavAn mallinAth; ane banyun evun ke mAgashar sud agiyArase jAti
smaraN thatAn bhagavAnane vairAgya thayo ne dIkShA lIdhI; dIkShA pachhI dhyAnamAn
shuddhopayogavaDe sAtamun guNasthAn ane manaparyayagnAn pragaTyun; te bhagavAn pAse
pahelAn samyak mati–shrut–avadhi e traN sundar gnAn hatA, temAn manaparyay
vadhatAn chAr gnAn thayA; samyagdarshan ne gnAn to hatAn temAn samyakchAritradashA
vadhatAn bene badale traN ratno pUrA thayA; asundar–vastu eTale kaShAy bhAvo, te
be (pratyAkhyAn tathA sanjvalan) hatA, temAnthI pratyAkhyAnAvaraN kaShAy chhUTI
jatAn mAtra sanjvalan kaShAy rahyo.
(3) ekavAr ek jIvane evun banyun ke, te ek gatimAnthI bIjI gatimAn gayo, tenI
AkhI gati palaTI gaI, gati palaTavA chhatAn tenun gnAn eTalun ne eTalun ja rahyun;
na vadhyun; ke na ghaTyun; gnAn eTalun ne eTalun rahevA chhatAn tenA kShAyikabhAvo vadhI
gayA. A vAt banI Aso vad amAse to te jIv koN? ane shun banyun?
(uttar:) Aso vad amAse mahAvIr bhagavAn mokShagatine pAmyA. tyAranI A vAt
chhe. bhagavAn manuShyagatimAnthI siddhagatimAn gayA, eTale temanI gati to palaTI
gaI; gati palaTavA chhatAn temanun kevaLagnAn to em ne em rahyun, te na vadhyun ke
na ghaTyun (kemake kShAyikabhAv sadA hAni–vRuddhithI rahit hoy chhe). gnAn eTalun ne
eTalun rahyun hovA chhatAn, aghAtikarmonA kShayane lIdhe temane bIjA guNomAn
kShAyikabhAv pragaTayo eTale temane kShAyikabhAvo vadhI gayA. pahelAnn chAr
aghAtikarmanA udayane lIdhe udayabhAvo hatA, have te karmono kShay thatAn bhagavAnane
sarve guNo kShAyikabhAvarUp thaI gayA.