Vivagasuya 2.3: Adhyayana 3: sujātakumāra

2.3.39

taccassa ukkhevao|
vīrapuraṃ nayaraṃ| maṇoramaṃ ujjāṇaṃ| vīrakaṇhamitte rāyā| sirī devī| sujāe kumāre| balasirīpāmokkhā paṃcasayā| sāmīsamosaraṇaṃ| puvvabhavapucchā| usuyāre nayare| usabhadatte gāhāvaī| pupphadaṃte anagāre paḍilābhie| maṇussāue nibaddhe| ihaṃ uppaṇṇe jāva mahāvidehe vāse sijjhihii bujjhihii muccihii pariṇivvāhii savvadukkhāṇamaṃtaṃ kāhii|
nikkhevao|

The foreword of the third chapter should be read as before. (Jambu Swami asked-- Bhante! What is the text and meaning of the third chapter as preached by Shraman Bhagavan Mahavir?" Sudharma Swami replied--)
(The story in brief is--) There was a city named Virapur. It had a garden named Manoram. That city was ruled by king Virakrishnamitra. His queen was named Shridevi. They had a son named Sujat Kumar. He was married to five hundred girls, chief among them being Balashri. Bhagavan Mahavir arrived. Sujat accepted Shravak Dharma (householder's code). On being asked by Gautam Swami about his past birth, Bhagavan Mahavir replied--
(In past birth) There was a city named Ikshusara. Rishabhdatt Gathapati lived there. He gave faultless food as alms to ascetic Pushpadatt and as a consequence acquired Ayushya karma (life span determining karma) to be a human being: Completing his life span there, he has " reincarnated as Sujat Kumar... and so on up to... He will take rebirth in Mahavideh area, get initiated and at last will become Siddha (perfect), Buddha (enlightened) and Mukta (liberated) and attain nirvana ending allmisery.
Commentary-- The details of the third chapter are same as those in the second chapter. The only difference is in name and place. Therefore all the. Details should be read as those about Subahu Kumar.
Conclusion should be read as before.
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