Vivagasuya 2.7.43

2.7.43

sattamassa ukkhevao|
mahāpuraṃ nayaraṃ| rattāsogaṃ ujjāṇaṃ| rattapāo jakkho| bale rāyā| subhaddā devī| mahabbale kumāre| rattavaīpāmokkhā paṃcasayā| titthayarāgamaṇaṃ jāva puvvabhavo| maṇipuraṃ nayaraṃ| nāgadatte gāhāvaī| iṃdaputte anagāre paḍilābhie jāva siddhe|

The foreword of the seventh chapter should be read as before. (Jambu Swami asked "Bhante! What is the text and meaning of the seventh chapter as preached by Shraman Bhagavan Mahavir?" Sudharma Swami replied--)
(The story in brief is--) There was a city named Mahapur. It had a garden named Raktashoka. In that garden was a temple of Raktapad Yaksh. That city was ruled by king Bala. His queen was namedSubhadraadevi. They had a son named Mahabal Kumar. He was married to five hundred girls, chief among them being Raktavati.
Bhagavan Mahavir arrived. Prince Mahabal 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 Manipur. Naagdev Gathapati lived there. He gave faultless food as alms to ascetic Indradatt 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 Mahabal... and so on up to... At last at the end of this very life he will become Siddha (perfect), Buddha (enlightened), Mukta (liberated) and attain nirvana ending all misery.
Conclusion should be read as before.
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