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Chetak’s elder son Simhabhadra (commander Simha) was the commander-in-chief of the army of the Vajji republic.
Maharaj Chetak had seven daughters-
1. Chellana-Queen of king Bimbisar Shrenik of Magadh.
2. Shiva-Queen of king Chandapradyot of Avanti.
3. Mrigavati-Queen of king Shatanik of Kaushambi.
4. Padmavati-Queen of king Dhadhivahan of Champa (mother of Chandanbala).
5. Prabhavati-Queen of king Udayan (Udayi) of Sindhu-Sauvir.
6. Jyeshtha-Wife of prince Nandivardhan, elder brother of Bhagavan Mahavir.
7. Sujyeshtha-Did not marries. Became ascetic in Mahavir’s organization.
Ajatshatru (Kunik), the famous warrior character in Jain and Buddhist literature, and king Udayan of Vats were own grandsons
of Maharaj Chetak.
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Dreams: The Premonition
One night mother Trishla is sleeping in her soft and cozy bed. Suddenly she dreams of auspicious things and gets up. She
is filled with a hitherto inexperienced joy and ecstasy. (M-5)
She leaves the bed, sits on a chair and contemplates, “So many divine and auspicious things together in my dream. I had
such astonishing dream for the first time in my life, what does this indicate, indeed some benefits in the neat future?” he goes
to king Siddharth and tells him about the dreams.
King Siddharth beams with joy and says, “Devi! Your dreams are bounteous. We will gain wealth, pleasures, happiness and
a son. We shall also have territorial gains. The interpretation of these dreams indicates that the son born to you will be the
embodiment of the combined virtues of all the virtuous things and signs existing on this earth. (In scriptures like Acharang
and Kalpasutra, it is mentioned that the descent of the soul that was to be Mahavir was originally into the womb of Devananda
Brahmani. The foetus was then transplanted into the womb of Trishla Kshatriyani by god Harinaigameshi under instructions
from Shakrendra.)
After their morning chores, Maharaj Siddharth and Devi Trishla came and took their seats in the assembly hall. His younger
brother Suparshva, his wife and other members of the royal family also took their seats nearby.
Famous dream readers of Vaishali arrived into the assembly hall. Maharaj Siddharth and Devi Trishla greeted the dream
readers and scholars of eight pronged system of augury, and offered them high seats. The king said to them, “Scholars of
augury! Last night in the early hours of the morning, Priyakarini, Videhdinna Devi Trishla saw 14 auspicious dreams. Kindly
interpret these dreams on the basis of your knowledge and experience of the science of augury and satisfy the curiosity of all
of us”.
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The augurs listened to the details of the dreams from Devi Trishla and beamed with joy. Pondering over, they interpreted the
dreams as follows-
“O king of kings! Maharaj Siddharth! According to the science of dreams there are 72 auspicious dreams. Out of these, 42
indicate of ordinary benefits and remaining 30 of great benefits. The dreams the fortunate Devi Trishla has been are the
fourteen great dreams that indicate extremely auspicious and divine gains in the near future. According to these dreams Devi
Trishla will give birth to a son who will become a Chakravarti, but...
Maharaj! According to the scriptures there already have been 12 Chakravartis, the prescribed number for this cycle of time.
However, one Dharm-Chakravarti (Emperor of religion) is still to be born. As such, all the signs and circumstances point at
the fact that your son, the benefactor of mankind, will be a Dharm-Chakravarti”.
King Siddharth amply rewarded the dream-readers and sent them home with due honors (M-6).
The Auspicious Birth
It was springtime and the nature was in full bloom. The atmosphere was clean and pure. Cool and fragrant breeze infused
joy in every particle in the nature. In the soundless quietude of the midnight, the sky was fluorescent with milky moonlight.
The auspicious date was the thirteenth of the bright half of the month of Chaitra. The moon was in conjunction with the
Uttaraphalguni Nakshatra (lunar mansion), the sign of victory. At that auspicious moment Mother Trishla gave birth to a divine
child.
The child was the embodiment of divine light. As soon as it was born, the world was filled with radiant light. It appeared as if,
to behold this divine light even the blind were blessed with eyes. This light penetrated even the oppressingly dense darkness
of the hell. The hell beings forgot their pain. Quarrels, fights and battles stopped. Those sufferings from a lifetime of hunger
Amar Muni - Tirthankar Charitra - Surana # 32
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