{"collection":"Jainism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/jai/sbe22/sbe2286.htm","path":"jai/sbe22/sbe2286.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/jai/sbe22/sbe2286.htm","text":"Jaina Sutras, Part II (SBE22), tr. by Hermann Jacobi, [1884]\nIn that period, in that age lived the Arhat P\u00e2rsva, the people's favourite 1, the five most important moments of whose life happened when the moon was in conjunction with the asterism Vis\u00e2kh\u00e2: in Vis\u00e2kh\u00e2 he descended (from heaven), and having descended thence, entered the womb (of his mother); in Vis\u00e2kh\u00e2 he was born; in Vis\u00e2kh\u00e2, tearing out his hair, he left the house and entered the state of houselessness; in Vis\u00e2kh\u00e2 he obtained the highest knowledge and intuition, called Kevala, which is infinite, supreme, unobstructed, unimpeded, complete, and full; in Vis\u00e2kh\u00e2 he obtained final liberation. (149)\nIn that period, in that age, in the first month of summer, in the first fortnight, the dark (fortnight) of Kaitra, on its fourth day, the Arhat P\u00e2rsva, the people's favourite, descended from the Pr\u00e2nata Kalpa 2, where he had lived for twenty S\u00e2garopamas, here on the continent Gamb\u00fbdv\u00eepa, in Bharatavarsha, in the town of Benares; and in the middle of the night when the moon was in conjunction with the asterism Vis\u00e2kh\u00e2, after the termination of his allotted length of life, divine nature, and existence (among the gods), he took the form of an embryo in the womb of the queen V\u00e2m\u00e2, wife of Asvasena, king (of Benares). (150)\nThe knowledge of the Arhat P\u00e2rsva, the people's\nfavourite, (about this) was threefold, &c. (repeat \u00a7\u00a7 3-95 after making the necessary substitutions, and omitting what exclusively applies to Mah\u00e2v\u00eera, all down to) comfortably carried her unborn child. (i51)\nIn that period, in that age the Arhat P\u00e2rsva, the people's favourite 1--after the lapse of nine months and seven and a half days, in the second month of winter, in the third fortnight, the dark (fortnight) of Paushya, on its tenth day, in the middle of the night when the moon was in conjunction with the asterism Vis\u00e2kh\u00e2--(V\u00e2m\u00e2), perfectly healthy herself, gave birth to a perfectly healthy boy. (152)\nIn that night in which the Arhat P\u00e2rsva, the people's favourite, was born, &c. (repeat \u00a7\u00a7 97-107 with the necessary alterations, all down to) therefore shall the name of our boy be P\u00e2rsva 2. (153, 154)\nThe Arhat P\u00e2rsva, the people's favourite, clever, with the aspirations of a clever man, of great beauty, controlling his senses, lucky, and modest, lived thirty years as a householder. Then the Lauk\u00e2ntika gods, following the established custom, addressed him with these kind, pleasing, &c., sweet, and soft words: (155)\n'Victory, victory to thee, gladdener of the world!' (see \u00a7 111, down to) Thus they raised the shout of victory. (156) Before the Arhat P\u00e2rsva, the people's favourite, had adopted the life of a householder, &c. (see \u00a7 112, down to) indigent persons.\nIn the second month of winter, in the third fortnight, the dark (fortnight) of Paushya, on its eleventh day, in the middle of the night, riding in his palankin called Vis\u00e2l\u00e2, followed on his way by a train of gods, men, and Asuras, &c. (P\u00e2rsva) went right through the town of Benares to the park called Asramapada, and proceeded to the excellent tree Asoka. There, &c. (see \u00a7 116, down to) five handfuls.\nWhen the moon was in conjunction with the asterism Vis\u00e2kh\u00e2, he, after fasting three and a half days without drinking water, put on a divine robe, and together with three hundred men he tore out his hair, and leaving the house entered the state of houselessness. (157)\nThe Arhat P\u00e2rsva, the people's favourite, for eighty-three days neglected his body, &c. (see \u00a7 117, down to) animals. (158)\nThereafter the Arhat P\u00e2rsva, the people's favourite, was houseless, circumspect, &c. (see \u00a7\u00a7 1 18-120, down to) meditated upon himself for eighty-three days.\nDuring the eighty-fourth day--it was in the first month of summer, in the first fortnight, the dark (fortnight) of Kaitra, on its fourth day, in the early part of the day, when the moon was in conjunction with the asterism Vis\u00e2kh\u00e2--P\u00e2rsva, under a Dh\u00e2taki tree, after fasting two and a half days without drinking water, being engaged in deep meditation, reached the infinite, &c. (see \u00a7 120, down to) highest knowledge and intuition called Kevala, &c. (see \u00a7 121, down to) moment. (159)\nThe Arhat P\u00e2rsva, the people's favourite, had eight Ganas and eight Ganadharas (enumerated in a Sloka):\nSubha and \u00c2ryaghosha, Vasishtha 1 and Brahmak\u00e2rin, Saumya and Sr\u00eedhara, V\u00eerabhadra and Yasas. (160)\nThe Arhat P\u00e2rsva, the people's favourite, had an excellent community of sixteen thousand Sramanas with \u00c2ryadatta 2 at their head; (161) thirty-eight thousand nuns with Pushpak\u00fbl\u00e2 at their head; (162) one hundred and sixty-four thousand lay votaries with Suvrata at their head; (163) three hundred and twenty-seven thousand female lay votaries with Sunand\u00e2 at their head; (164) three hundred and fifty sages who knew the fourteen P\u00fbrvas, &c. (see \u00a7 138); (165) fourteen hundred sages who were possessed of the Avadhi knowledge; one thousand Kevalins; eleven hundred sages who could transform themselves, six hundred sages of correct knowledge, one thousand male and two thousand female disciples who had reached perfection, seven hundred and fifty sages of vast intellect, six hundred professors, and twelve hundred sages in their last birth. (166)\nThe Arhat P\u00e2rsva, the people's favourite, instituted two epochs in his capacity of a Maker of an end: the epoch relating to generations and the epoch relating to psychical condition; the former ended in the fourth generation, the latter in the third year of his Kevaliship. (167)\nIn that period, in that age the Arhat P\u00e2rsva, the people's favourite, lived thirty years as a householder, eighty-three days in a state inferior to perfection, something less than seventy years as a Kevalin, full seventy years as a Sramana, and a hundred years on the whole.\nWhen his fourfold Karman 1 was exhausted and in this Avasarpin\u00ee era the greater part of the Duhshamasusham\u00e2 period had elapsed, in the first month of the rainy season, in the second fortnight, the light (fortnight) of Sr\u00e2vana, on its eighth day, in the early part of the day when the moon was in conjunction with the asterism Vis\u00e2kh\u00e2, (P\u00e2rsva), after fasting a month without drinking water, on the summit of mount Sammeta, in the company of eighty-three persons, stretching out his hands, died, &c. (all down to) freed from all pains. (168) Since the time that the Arhat P\u00e2rsva, the people's favourite, died, &c. (all down to) freed from all pains, twelve centuries have elapsed, and of the thirteenth century this is the thirtieth year. (169)\n_______________________\nEnd of the Life of P\u00e2rsva.\n271:1 Puris\u00e2d\u00e2n\u00eeya, explained: who is to be chosen among men because of his preferable karman.\n271:2 This is the tenth world of the gods.\n272:1 As regards the construction of this passage compare \u00a7 96, note 1.\n272:2 This name was given him because before his birth his mother, lying on her couch, saw in the dark a black serpent crawling about. This is the account given by the commentator, who forgets to tell us how it comes to bear on the name P\u00e2rsva.\n274:1 C. has Visittha, i.e. Visishta.\n274:2 \u00c2riyadinna in the original.\n275:1 See \u00a7 147.","title":"Jaina Sutras, Part I (SBE22): Lives of the Ginas: Life of P\u00e2rsva","type":"page"}