Page 153 - Courage Redifined

Here, in Lord Parshwanath’s case, Kamatha was responsible
for his pain in each birth. Why so ? Because bhavitavyata
was such that it would lead to their union in any possible
way. It must have been Lord’s previous negative karmas
which resulted in this pain and bhavitavyata afflicted this pain
through Kamath.

Lord Parshwanath was Marubhuti in his first birth and it was
his negative karma that led to his head being hit with a huge
stone. It was Kamath who hit the stone. During his 2nd birth.
Lord was reborn as an elephant and his karma of dying due
to a severe snake bite was in action. Thanks to bhavitavyata,
it was Kamath’s soul which came there as the snake. In the
4th, 6th, 8th, births of Lord, his soul was born as a king who
had accepted monkhood eventually.

His Ashata karmas were going to cause painful deaths by
means of a crocodile, adivasibhill (person from a tribal area)
and lion respectively. Due to bhavitavyata, Lord’s soul ended
up in the in the same jungle as the crocodile, adivasi and
lion which afflicted Lord Parshwanath’s soul with pain and
trouble.

He had to endure the pain on account of his own karmas but
due to bhavitavyata, these specific souls became instrumental
in it.

Lord’s soul very well understood this principle and since
his very first birth, did not get venomous, anxious, angry or
excited. He did not consider Kamath to be responsible for his
pain and held only his own karmas at fault and accordingly
he tolerated all the pain with utmost composure and patience.
Only then could he attain salvation in such a short span. This
proves that if we uphold bhavitavyata as the pain giver, then
Lord’s belief of his karmas giving him pain would stand wrong.
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