SHREYANSNATH
BHAGAVAN - 11
In
his earlier incarnation, the being that was to become Bhagawan Shreyansnath purified his
soul as king Nalingulm, and went to the Mahashakra dimension of gods. From there he
descended and took birth as Shreyans Kumar, the son of king Vishnu raja and queen Vishnu
Devi of Simhapur. Shreyans Kumar was born on the twelfth day of the dark half of the month
of Bhadrapad.
He
had a normal princely life and ascended the throne when Vishnu raja retired. After a long
reign Shreyans Kumar became a Sharman and within a short span of two months attained
omniscience on the fifteenth day of the dark half of the month of Magh under a mango tree.
He got Nirvana at Sammetshikhar on the third day of the dark half of the month of Shravan.
It
was during his period that the being that was to be Bhagawan Mahavir reigned as the first
Vasudeva Triprishta. After the death of Triprishta, his brother Baldev Achal became a
disciple of Dharmghosh who was a follower of Shreyansnath. Achal got liberated in this
birth.