Lord Rishavdev
Rishabh Dev
आज से करोड़ों वर्ष पूर्व एक महान आत्मा अयोध्या नगर में महाराज नाभिराय के राजमहल में माता मरुदेवी की कोख से उत्पन्न हुई जिसका नाम ऋषभदेव रखा गया। जैन मान्यतानुसार वह समय कृषि युग के आरम्भ का था, कृषि करो या कृषि नहीं यह उपदेश सर्वप्रथम आदिनाथ ने दिया था। कल्प वृक्षों (भोग भूमि) की समाप्ति के बाद आपने असि, मसि, कृषि, शिल्प, वाणिज्य एवं विद्या की शिक्षा दी। आपने अपने पुत्रों को सभी प्रकार की शिक्षा देकर मल्लविद्या, राजनीति, आदि अनेकों प्रकार की कलाएँ सिखलाई। ब्राह्मी एवं सुन्दरी अपनी दोनों कन्याओं का अक्षर विद्या, अंक विद्या का ज्ञान कराया तथा इसी समय से अब तक ब्राह्मीलिपि से शिक्षा दी जाती ही। भगवान् ऋषभदेव ने भिन्न-भिन्न व्यक्तियों को उनकी योग्यता के अनुसार भिन्न-भिन्न विद्याएँ यथायोग्य सिखाई। स्वयं राज्य शासन पर बैठकर निष्कंटक आदर्श राज्य किया। राज्य शासन के सुसमय समय में नीलंजना नाम की अप्सरा की अचानक मृत्यु देखकर विरक्त हो गये। तथा उसी समय अपना राजपद सबसे बड़े पुत्र भरत को सौंप कर दिगम्बरी दीक्षा ले ली। छः माह तप करने के बाद छह माह तक आहार हेतु यत्र तत्र विहार करते रहे अन्त में हस्तिनापुर में वैशाख सुदी तीज अक्षय तृतीया को राजा श्रेयांस ने सर्वप्रथम आहार दान दिया। ऋषभदेव संसार के सब पदार्थों, एवं अपनी स्त्री, पुत्र, परिवार यहाँ तक कि शरीर से भी मोह छोड़ चुके थे, तथा आत्म साधना में लीन हो जाने के बाद उन्होंने कर्मों को नाश किया तथा केवल ज्ञान। हो गये एवं समोशरण में अपनी दिव्यध्वनि के माध्यम से जन जन को कल्याण का मार्ग बताया। अन्त में समस्त कर्मों को नष्ट कर कैलाश पर्वत से कठिन तपश्चर्या करके मोक्ष पद को प्राप्त किया। ये जैन धर्म के प्रथम तीर्थ प्रवर्तक थे। श्रमण संस्कृति का विकास आपके द्वारा शुरू हुआ था तथा आज भी भारत वर्ष में वह परम्परा चल रही है। कथा का यह अंक भगवान आदिनाथ के जीवन पर प्रकाश डालता है जिसके कारण लाखों वर्षों के बाद आज भी वे वन्दनीय बने हुए हैं।
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Tittle : Rishabh Dev
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TIRTHANKAR RISHABH DEV
CHANGE IS THE LAW OF NATURE. IN ANCIENT TIME PEOPLE USED TO LIVE ON THE EARTH SATISFIED BY KALP BRIKHS. THE KALP BRIKHS USE TO DECREASE. THE MAN OF THE ANCIENT ERA WAS IN DIFFICULTIES AND WORRY. AT THAT TIME THE EMPEROR OF AYODHYA WAS NABHIRAJ, AND INDIA WAS KNOWN AS AJNABH VARSH.
O LORD! WE ARE VERY UN HAPPY. ALLOW US TO EXPLAIN OUR WOES.
I AM VERY SAD, YOU CONTACT MY SON RISHABHDEV. HE WILL REMOVE YOUR DIFFICULTIES.
I AM HEARING VERY PATHETIC SOUNDS. I AM VERY UN HAPPY IN MY REGIM PATTA-BHUMI GO AND BRING THEM IN MY COURT.
ARTIST: BANESINGH
G.S. RAJAWAT, VIJAY
COLOURIST:
LETTERER: SHARAD
JAIN CHITRAKATHA
O LORD! SAVE US, WE ARE DYING WITH THE LACK OF FOOD. THE PALP (TREES) ARE LACKING TO SATISFY OUR WANTS.
MY PUBLIC, MY DISCIPLES DON’T WORRY. THE ERA OF KALP VRUM HAS ENDED. I WILL SOLVE YOUR PROBLEMS. AGRICULTURE AND LABOUR WILL BE THE MAIN SOURCE OF HAPPINESS.
VILLAGES WERE IN EXISTENCE.
THE AGRICULTURE LAND WAS GREEN.
RISHABHDEV
ARMS WERE MANUFACTURED.
BUSINESS ACTIVITIES CAN BE SEEN.
IT IS ANNOUNCED ON BEHALF OF THE EMPEROR RISHABH. THE ERA OF GODWA. EVERY MAN WILL GET ACCORDING TO LABOUR. ONE WHO SHALL NOT DO LABOUR WILL DIE WITH HUNGER.
JAIN CHITRAKATHA
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL DANCER NILANGANA-TILLOTAMA WAS DANCING AND SINGING.
ACCEPT MY LOVE, LOVE MY HAPPINESS. NO ONE KNOWS WHEN ONE WILL DIE ACCEPT MY LOVE.
O! NILANGANA IS DEAD.
SHE IS NOT NILANGANA. SHE IS MINERATURE OF NILANGANA. THIS IS MIRACLE OF INDRA, THE LORD OF HEAVEN.
THE LIFE IS UNCERTAIN. THE DEATH IS CERTAIN. NO ONE KNOWS WHEN HE WILL DIE. NO ONE KNOWS WHAT HE GETS. I MUST DO SOMETHING FOR THE UP LIFE OF MY SOUL. I MUST ACCEPT RELIGIOUS TRUTH.
RISHABHDEV
RISHABHDEV I DECLARE MY ELDEST SON BHARAT AS EMPEROR OF AYODHAYA AND CROWN MY SECOND SON OF PRADANPUR TO BAHUBALI. THE REMAINING KINGDOMS ARE ALL OTED TO OTHER SONS.
RISHABHDEV IS GOING TOWARDS SIDE
RISHABHDEV MY PUBLIC, MY DISCIPLES, I AM GOING TO BECOME A DIGAMBER SAINT. NOW I HAVE NO ANY THINGS OF MY RE- QUIREMENTS. YOU SHOULD HELP EACH OTHER IN GOOD AND BED TIMES. RESTRAIN YOUR SELF FROM LUST, ANGER, GREED, LIE, THEFT AND CORRUPTION. THE ESSENCE OF MY ADVI- CE IS RESTRAIN YOURSELF FROM ALL EVIL. THESE ARE THE SOURCE OF UNHAPPINESS IN THE WORLD.
JAIN CHITRAKATHA
RISHABHDEV NOW THERE IS NO USE OF CLOTHES, ORNA- MENTS AND OTHER WORDLY THING IN MY LIFE.
SNATCHING HAIR IS ESSENTIAL PART OF SAINTS LIFE.
RISHABHDEV I AM IN THE SHELTER PURIFIED SOUL. I AM NOT BODY. I AM SOUL.
RISHABHDEV
RISHABHDEV I WILL GO TO MEDITATE FOR SIX MONTHS WITH- OUT FOOD AND WATER.
RISHABHDEV LORD! I INVIT- E YOU FOR LUN- CH AT MY RES- IDENCE.
RISHABHDEV ACCEPT MEALS AT MY RESIDENCE. I WILL OFFER YOU GOLD COINS.
SAINT RISHABHDEV FAILS TO GET FOOD. HE HAS TO WANDER FOR SUCH A LONG TIME. HE HAS TO SUFFER FROM THIRST AND HUNGER.
RISHABHDEV BROTHER SOMPRABH! TODAY ONE GREAT SAINT WILL BE OUR GUEST. WE SHALL OFFER FOOD TO HIM.
RISHABHDEV ELDER BROTHER, HASTANA- PUR STATATE IS VERY RICH. WE HAVE PLENTY OF FOOD AND SUFFICIENT GOLD COINS.
संवाद
पुरुष १ NO, BROTHER! HEAR
ME. CAUTIOUSLY, THE SAINT
WHO IS THE FORMER EMPER-
OR OF AYODHYA. HE HAS
RENOUNCED THE WORLD.
I THINK THAT YOU AND
WE SHALL HAVE TO
INVITE HIM.
पुरुष २ I WILL
FOLLOW YO-
UR INSTRUC-
TIONS.
SAINT RISHABHDEV ENTERED IN THE HASTINAPUR.
पुरुष ३ THE SAINT IS VERY
STRANGE, VERY UNUS-
UAL.
पुरुष ४ O LORD! I BOW YOU. I BOW
YOU. I AM THE KING OF KET-
CHAN. I PROMISE YOU TO
OFFER YOU FOOD AS A
NO PURE WATER.
LORD RISHABHDEV IS DRINKING SUGAR-GANNA JUICE WITH HANDS.
RISHABHDEV IS MEDITATING ON THE HIMALAYAN MOUNTAIN.
शीर्षक
केवलज्ञान
संवाद
इंद्र THE LIGHT OF ENLIGH-
HT MENT SPREAD A-
ROUND LORD
RISHABHDEV.
इंद्र VERY
SURPRISING. MY
SEAT IS SHAKIN-
G. IT IS AN IND-
ICATION OF SOME KI-
ND OF HAPPENI-
NG ON HEA-
VEN.
इंद्र O! I
WAS IN VISION
THAT THE LORD
RISHABHDEV HAS ACHI-
EVED PERFECT
KNOWLEDGE (KEVAL
GYAN).
GREAT SAINT RISHABHDEV HAS ACHIVED PERFECT
KNOWLEDGE (KEV) AND MAKE ALL POSSIBLE ARRANG-
EMENTS FOR HIS IMPERIAL PREACHING.
PRACHINAS OF LORD RISHABHDEV.
इंद्र LORD, I WILL
OBEY YOUR INST-
RUCTIONS.
इंद्र THERE IS NO BEGINNING
AND END OF THIS UNIVERSE.
THERE ARE 7 LAKH ELE-
MENTS IN THE WORLD.
शीर्षक
जैन चित्रकथा
संवाद
पुरुष १ O LORD! THERE ARE GOOD NEWS THE CHAKRAVARTAN, THE SY-
MBOL OF THE WHOLE THE WORLD WAS SEEN IN YOUR ARMS STORE
YOU BECAME FATHER OF THE WORLD. LORD RISHABHDEV
HAS ACHIEVED PERFECT KNOWLEDGE. NOW HE BECAME
JIN. I THINK.
पुरुष २ NOW FIRST HE SHALL CELEBRATE FUN-
CTION AND SHALL GO TO WORSHIP OF LORD
OF THE WORLD. HIS KNOWLEDGE EN-
OWLEDGE IS AN EQUAL IN THE WORLD.
पुरुष ३ O OOO, I
FEELING MORE
PLEASURE.
RISHABHDEV
A LORD THE CHAKRAVARTY HAS SEEN IN OUR ARMS STRENGTH. HE IS INSTRUCTING.
LIEUTENANT MAKE GREAT PREPARATIONS FOR CONQUERING THE WORLD. TIME IS STILL PRECIOUS.
LORD OUR ARMY IS READY TO MARCH. WE ARE A WAITING YOUR COMMANDS.
THAN THERE IS NO NEED FOR DELAY. WE WILL MARCH IN THE EARLY MORNING. WE WILL CONQUER THE WORLD.
YES, LORD
EMPEROR BHARAT PROCEEDS WITH A MIGHTY ARMY TO WIN THE WORLD.
JAIN CHITRAKATHA
HEARING YOUR FAME AND STORIES OF BRAVERY AND COURAGE, MY WHOLE ARMY ALL HAVE ACCEPTED YOUR SUPREMACY.
THE OBJECT OF CONQUERING THE WORLD IS COMPLETE. ORDER OUR ARMY TO MARCH BACK TO OUR CAPITOL AYODHYA.
LORD, THIS IS VRASHBHAGHAL. HE IS THE WORLD CONQUEROR EMPEROR. WE HIS NAME ON THE WORLD CONQUEROR NAME PLATE.
YOUR ADVICE IS RIGHT. I MUST MENTION MY NAME ON THE WORLD CONQUEROR NAME PLATE.
THERE IS NO SPACE ON THE NAME PLATE. I WAS UNDER WRONG IMPRESSION THAT I AM ONLY THE WORLD CONQUEROR. THERE WERE COUNTLESS WORLD CONQUEROR IN TIME IMMEMORIES.
RISHABHDEV
HAVING WIPED OUT THE NAME OF A CHAKRAVARTY EMPEROR IN THE PAST, I AM WRITING MY OWN NAME ON THE WORLD CONQUEROR NAME PLATE.
LORD! CHAKRAVARTY DOES NOT ENTER ANY OTHER STATE.
ALL THE KINGS HAVE ACCEPTED YOUR POWER. IS THERE ANYONE UN-WON YET TO WIN.
EMPEROR! ALL HAVE ACCEPTED YOUR POWER. BUT YOUR YOUNGER BROTHER BAHUBALI HAS NOT ACCEPTED. HE DID NOT VISIT YOU TO PAY REWARDS.
GLORY TO EMPEROR BHARAT. YOUR YOUNGER BROTHER BHARAT HAS HONOURED WITH THE HONOURABLE VICTORY OF THE WORLD.
IT DOESN’T MATTER EMPEROR. BAHUBALI IS MOST LOVING AND HANDSOME BROTHER OF MINE. HE IS NOT AS INSANE AS OTHERS. HE IGNORES MY MESSAGE HE WILL REACH HERE.
JAIN CHITRAKATHA
I REMIND MY BROTHER BH-
ARAT THAT HE HAS NOT FA-
CED ANY DIFFICULTY IN CON-
QUERING THE WORLD.
NO LORD THE PROT-
ECT HIM. WAR IS USE-
FUL BUT.
BUT
WHAT?
THE VISION
OF CONQUERING
THE WORLD IS
YET NOT COMPLET-
ED. I AM UNWILL-
ING TO ACCEPTED
HIS SUPRE-
MACY.
MY FATHER LORD RISHABHDEV HAS OR-
DAINED ME THE EMPEROR OF THE WORLD. I AM
DANPUR TO ME AT THE TIME OF GIVING MY SHA-
RE. HE HAS CAUTIONED ME NOT TO ACCEPT SH-
ARE OF ANY OTHER COUNTRY. IT IS UNJUST
AND UNACCEPTABLE. I WILL
NOT ACCEPT THE SUP-
REMACY OF EMPER-
OR BHARAT.
LORD, THAN
YOU ARE GOING
TO FACE WAR
FROM EMPER-
OR MUL ARMY.
WHO FEARS
FROM WAR. DO
NOT CONVEY MY
Y REGARDS TO MY
BROTHER BHAR-
AT AND TELL H-
IM I WILL NOT AC
CEPT HIS SU-
PREMACY.
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RISHABHDEV
EMPE-
ROR-BAHU-
BALI IS A BRA-
VE AND REBAR-
ED WARRIOR
MUCH BUT HE
IS NOT READY
D. TO ACCEPT
YOUR SUPER-
MACY.
YOU HAVE NOT WAR-
NED HIM. HE WILL
HAVE TO FACE WAR FROM
VERY POWERFUL EMPERE
OR BHARAT. HE IS VERY
BRAVE AND TRAVE.
I HAVE CONVEYED HIM THIS
MASSAGE, BUT HE HAS NO F-
EAR OF WAR AND DEATH.
VERY COMPLICATED P-
ROBLEM. BAHUBALI DOESN’T
LIKE WAR FROM MY
BROTHER BHARAT. HE WILL
HAVE TO LEAVE WORLD CO-
NQUERIES TITLE.
NO LORD,
RECONSIDER YOUR
CONCLUSION. THIS WILL
BE A GREAT INSULT TO M-
AKRABATAN. BAHUBA-
LI HAS INSULTED
YOU.
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JAIN CHITRAKATHA
(FRIGHTENED) YOUR VER-
SION IS CORRECT. BAHUBALI
HAS INSULTED ME. THIS STATE
IS SEERING. LIKE AND POWER-
FUL AND HE SHOULD
BE DISAPPEAR.
THAN LORD-
ORDERS TO ATT-
ACK ON BODU-
NPUR.
YES
ORDER
ME.
HAVE
YOU RECEIVE
DANY PROMI-
SE FROM EMP-
RORISE.
NO EM-
PEROR.
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RISHABHADEV
IN THIS WAR BOTH THE ARMIES ARE EQUALLY UNHARMED AND LACKS OF SOLDIERS ARE READY TO FACE DEATH.
LET US START SOME CLUE.
THE WORLD CONQUERER BHARAT AND BAHUBALI ARE BOTH FINE AND YOUNG. BOTH YOUTH AND MAL YOUTH. ONE WHO SHALL WIN SHALL BE DECLARED WORLD CONQUERER.
YOUDH?
ARE YOU SURE THAT BOTH OF THE EMPERORS ACCEPT OUR PROPOSAL.
VERY SURE PRINCE. EMPEROR BHARAT HAS ALREADY GIVEN.
GOOD! WE NEED NO AKHIL.
LONG! LIVE LORD BAHUBALI.
JAIN CHITRAPATHA
VERY CONTESTING WRESTLING. IT IS DIFFICULT TO FOR EAST WHO WILL WIN.
MUST THIS OW. BHARAT WIN? HE IS MY BROTHER AND FORCES TO THAT HE MAY DIE.
IT IS VERY SHAMEFULLY TO DO. BUT IT IS TO MY FAME MY SELF AND MY FAMILY.
MY…
BHARAT IS MY ELDEST BROTHER WH AT AM I GOING TO DO? WHAT SHOULD I DO? I THINK? THAT LORD RISHABHDEV HAS RENOUCED THE WORLD AND HIS SONS ARE FIGHTING FOR WORLDLY FAME AND READY TO TAKE LIFE OF EACH OTHER.
CHAKRARATAN FOLL OWS THE EMPEROR AND KILL BAHUBALI IMMEDIATELY.
CHAKRARATAN NEV ER ATTAUR ON THE SAME BREED.
RISHABHADEV
THIS WORLD IS VERY SELFISH. FOR SAME OF WORLDLY FAME, IT IS WILLING TO KILLS BROTHER ME ROUL-ESSLY. I DON’T WISH TO DEFAME MY HIGH FAMILY. HENCEFORTH I WILL FOLLOW THE PIOUS PATH OF LORD RISHABHDEV.
I RENOUNCE THIS WORLD. WHAT OF C OMPARISON FITS EVEN ALL WORLDLY DESIRES.
DEAR BROTHER, FORGIVE ME THE DESIRE OF WORLD CONQUEROR HAS SPOILED MY VISION. DON’T GO.
NO BROTHER! I HAVE SEEN THE HOLY SCENE OF THIS WORLD. I HAVE ACCEPTED THE DIGAMBER SAINT. NOW I HAVE NO FRIEND, NO ENEMY. MY ENEMY, MY JOURNEY IS WITH MY SELF.
NO BROTHER NO. LORD RISHABHDEV HAS RENOUNCED THE WORLD. MY NINTY NINE BROTHERS HAVE FOLLOWED THE PATH OF DIGAMBER. I AM ALSO LEAVING ME IWA WORLDLY AND SOLITARY IN THIS WORLD.
JAIN CHITRAKATHA
BROTHER BHARAT, THIS IS RULE OF NATURE. ONE HAS TO LEAVE THE OLD. THE CHANGE IS THE RULE OF NATURE. NOW, DON’T DELAY LEAVE MY PATH.
GOD IS IN SIDE. THE LIBERATED SOUL.
HE LIFT ME ALONE. HE HAS PRACTICALLY DONATED WORLD CONQUEROR TITLE, HE HAS SAVED MY LIFE. HE HAS GIVEN ME THE KINGDOM OF AYODHYA OF K-AMDEV AND HAS RENOUNCED THE WORLD.
NO ONE HAS SEEN HIS DEEP MEDICATION.
LORD! YOU HAVE ORDERED ME TO GET INFORMATION REGARDING SAINT BAHUBALI.
WHAT INFORMATION DO YOU WANT?
O LORD ON ONE OF द हिमालयन पीक, इन डेंस फॉरेस्ट HE IS IN DEEP MEDICATION IN KAYOTSARGA MUDRA.
ELSHABHDEV
THE CREEPERS WERE CREEPING ON HIS BODY. THE SNAKES WERE CRAWLING ON THIS BODY. THERE WAS LARGE CROWD OF SPECTORS.
I AM SATISFIED WITH YOUR INFORMATION.
WHAT IS THE CAUSE THAT SAINT BAHU-BALI IS NOT ATTAINING PERFECT KNOWLEDGE. I WISH TO UNDERSTAND THE REAL CAUSE. LET ME KNOW O LORD RISHABHDEV, HE IS UNIVERSAL OBSERVER.
O LUCKY PERSONS NOW YOU ARE LIVING IN KARAMBHUMI. IN THIS ERA THE MAIN RELIGIOUS PRACTICE OF HUMAN IS TO WORK HARD. IT IS SIN TO KILL SMALLER CREATURE. THE IMPORTANCE OF SMALLEST CREATURE AND LIFE WAS IN EXISTENCE BEFORE. THE SIN OF KILLING CREATURES HELP EACH OTHER AND KNOW YOUR SELF.
JAIN CHITRAKATHA
O GOD I BOW IN YOUR PIOUS FEET SAINT BAHUBALI IS IN DEEP MEDICATION BUT HE IS NOT ATTAINING PERFECT KNOWLEDGE O GOD WHAT IS THE REASON.
A LUCKY MAN. THERE IS ONE THOUGHT IN HIS MIND IN CONCENTRATION AND MEDICATION THAT HE IS STANDING ON THE LAND RULED BY YOU (ME) AND BOW IN HIS MIND FEET OF THE GREAT SAINT OF THIS AGE.
SAINT BAHUBALI HAS ACHIVED PERFECT KNOWLEDGE.
O LORD THE WORLD CONQUEROR IS BOWING YOUR KIND FEET. THE LAND WAS IN EXISTANCE BEFORE MY BIRTH AND SHALL REMAIN AFTER MY DEATH. THE LAND IS KIND OF MY MATURE.
CONTINUE MEDICATION OPENS THE DOOR OF SALVATION.
RISHABHDEV
TIRTHANKAR TRAVELS FOR THE WELFARE OF MANKIND.
I
AM ONLY
PURIFIED
SOUL.
THE BODY OF THE RISHABHDEV DISAPPEARED.
GREAT
REFORMER, PRAJAPATI,
MANU, SHANKAR, TIRTH
ANKAR, YOU LEFT
US ALONE.
THIS IS
NO TIME FOR W
EEPING. DO NOT
YOU SEE YOU CAN
E CELEBRATE NI-
RVAN FES-
TIVAL.
JAIN CHITRAKATHA
I
HAVE NO TIME TO BE
AFFECTIONATE DON’T WASTE YOUR TIME IN
FALSE AFFECTION. CELEBRATE JAI
NISM PLEASURE HUMAN BEING.
LONG LIVE THE SUCC
ESS OF RISHABHDEV. YOU ARE B
RAHMA, VISHNU, THE PRE
ACHER, MANU, YOU ARE
FIRST TIRTHANKAR.
THERE IS PROSPERITY, IN THE RE
GION. THE PUBLIC SHOULD NOT MU
ST RENOUNCE THE WORLD. AS EMPER-
OR, I WILL PROTECT THE PUBLIC. MY SON
ARKERTI IS CAPABLE TO HANDLE
THE EMPEROR’S DUTIES.
MAY HOLI RISHABHDEV
BRING HAPPINESS TO MY
MEDITATION.
THE WORLD WILL ALWAYS REMAIN OBLIGED TO THE EMPEROR, KULBHUSHAN
VAPDEV BAHUBALI AND THE CHAKRAVARTI EMPEROR, BHARAT. MILLIONS AND
MILLIONS HOMAGE TO THESE JEWELS OF THE PRIMITIVE AGE.
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