Jain granthon me Raja Shrenik (Bimbisaar) ek samsaari raja ke roop me aate hain – isliye unke jeevan me shikar, yuddh, rajsatta ka aishwarya, dand dena, sena rakhna jaise saare laukik kaam the.

1. Kya unko shikar pasand tha?

- Prachin rajao ke liye shikar ek sadharan raja‑dharma ka hissa tha – sena ki tayyari, shakti ka pradarshan, manoranjan sab isi me aate the. - Isliye samanya roop se yeh maana ja sakta hai ki Raja Shrenik bhi anya rajaon ki tarah shikar aur himsa se alag nahin the, unka jeevan bhi pehle himsak kriyaon se juda hua tha. - Jain aagamon me unke baare me spasht “shikar ka shauq” jaise shabd nahi milte, lekin ve ek samarth, balwaan samraat the, isliye himsa‑yukt kaaryon se unka sambandh rehna svabhavik hai.

1. Jain drishti se mahatva kya hai?

- Mahavir Swami ke updesh sun‑sun kar wahi Shrenik raja dheere‑dheere ahimsa, punya, dharma ki taraf aate hain. - Unke jeevan ka mukhya sandesh yeh hai ki: - pehle himsa, rajsatta, shakti – - baad me Mahavir ka shishya, shravak, dharm‑rakshak. - Isi bhakti aur shraddha ke bal par bhavishya me unke Tirthankar Mahapadma banne ki bhavishyavaani bhi batai jati hai.

1. Jain dharm ka drishtikon

- Jain dharm shikar ya kisi bhi prakar ki himsa ko spasht roop se ninda karta hai. - Shrenik raja ka jeevan is baat ka udaharan hai ki: - chahe raja ho, shikari ho, ya koi bhi samanya vyakti – - agar vah Mahavir ke updesh se prerit hokar ahimsa aur samyak darshan ki or aaye, to uska bhavishya bahut uncha ho sakta hai.

Saar:

• Haan, raja hone ke naate Shrenik ka jeevan pehle himsak kaaryon (jinme shikar bhi hota hai) se juda tha.
• Lekin Jain parampara me unki prasiddhi is baat ke liye hai ki ve baad me Mahavir ke param bhakt shravak bane, na ki isliye ki unhe shikar pasand tha.