Chakravarti ka baahubal
Chakravarti ka matlab Jain dharma me “wheel-turning king” ya universal monarch hota hai. Yeh aisa raja hota hai jo duniya ke sab bhaag (Jambudvipa, udaharan ke taur par) par nyay aur dharma se raj karta hai, na ki keval bal se.
Baahubal (ح) ya strength ki baat karein to Jain literature me Chakravarti ki taakat aam taur par in tarah samjhai jaati hai:
- Saptaratna (ya navaratna) se juda hua: Chakravarti ke paas chakravarti chakra (divya wheel), rani, bahut saari ghodey, bahrpur dhan, zewar, bahut saari sainya, etc. hote hain. Ye saari sampatti aur sena uski shasan ki baahubal ki nishaniyan mani jaati hain. Kuch granth Navaratna kehte hain, kuch 14 Ratna tak ginarte hain.
- Sahayata dharm aur samaajik nyay: Baahubal sirf physical taqat nahi, balki nyay-aksar, daya, tyaag aur dharma ki shasan ki taakat se aata hai. Is prakar ki shasan me log shanti aur samriddhi se jeete hain, aur dharmik aur aadhyatmik uddeshyon ki or pragatisheel hote hain.
Digambar aur Śvetāmbara dono paramparao me Chakravarti ki dharohar aur uski taakat ki samanya kalpana milti hai, lekin kuch vividh vivaranon me chhote-mote farak milte hain (jaise ki kuch granthon me saptaratna, kuch me navaratna, ya rajya ki list me antar). Aksar mool siddhant yehi hota hai ki Chakravarti nyay aur dharm ke jariye vishal samrajya chalata hai.