Bharat aur Bahubali – dono hi Bhagwan Rishabhdev (Adinath) ke putra the. Jain Dharma mein inki kahani bohot mahatvapurn hai.

1. Kaun the Bharat Chakravarti?

• Bharat, Rishabhdev ke jyeshtha putra the.
• Inke naam par hi is desh ka naam “Bharat” pada mana jata hai.
• Ye ek Chakravarti Samrat the – arthaat poori dharti par raj karne wale mahan raja.
• Bahut shaktishaali, pratapi aur vijayi raja the, lekin ant mein unhone bhi samajh liya ki:

- rajya, dhan, shakti sab anitya (asthir) hai - asli kalyan to vairagya aur atma-gyan se hi hota hai

• Ant mein Bharat ne bhi vairagya liya, sanyam dharan kiya aur atma-kalyan ki or badhe.

2. Kaun the Bahubali?

• Bahubali, Rishabhdev ke chhote putra the.
• Shakti, veerta aur sharirik bal ke liye prasiddh the, isliye naam pada “Bahu-bali” (bahuon wala baliwan).
• Bharat aur Bahubali ke beech rajya ke vivaad ko suljhane ke liye:

- senaon ki ladai ke bajay - ekal yuddh / dwand yuddh (sirf dono bhaiyon ke beech) ka faisla hua.

3. Bharat–Bahubali ka yuddh

Kahani sankshipt roop mein:

• Bharat ne chakravarti hone ke baad sab bhaiyon par apni prabhuta dikhani chahi.
• Bahubali ne socha: “Main bhi samarth hoon, bina soche-samjhe kisi ke adheen kyun ho jaun?”
• Phir unke beech:

- drishti yuddh (sirf aankhon se ghoorna) - jala-yuddh (paanee mein khel-jaisi kushti) - malla-yuddh (kushti) hua, aur har baar Bahubali jeet gaye.

Jab Bahubali jeet gaye, to:

• Wo Bharat ko maar sakte the, ya bahut apmaan kar sakte the,
• Lekin tab unke mann mein bhari vairagya jaag gaya:

- “Is jeet ka kya? Apne hi bhai par vijay paakar bhi mann shant nahi, ahankar hi badh raha hai. Sacha vijay to apne ahankar aur kashayon par hai.”

Yahin se Bahubali ka jeevan badal gaya.

4. Bahubali ka tapasya aur kevalgyan

• Bahubali ne sab kuch chhod diya, digambar tap dharan kiya.
• Vriksh ki niche khade ho kar kayotsarg dhyan mein lag gaye:

- itne der tak sthir rahe ki sharir par bel aur lataa ug gayi, - lekin wo hilay nahi, bas atma mein sthit rahe.

• Aise gahre dhyan se unhone:

- ahankar chhoda (Bharat se jeet ka abhimaan bhi) - sab ragon–dveshon ko mita diya,

• aur ant mein kevalgyan prapt kiya (sarvagyata, poorna gyan).
• Kevalgyan ke baad, samyak charitra se moksha (bandhan se poori mukti) prapt ki.

Isliye Bahubali ko “Gommateshwar” ke roop mein bhi mana jata hai, jinki vishal pratima Shravanbelgola (Karnataka) mein Digambar parampara mein prasiddh hai.

5. Adhyatmik sandesh

Bharat–Bahubali ki kahani humein yeh sikhati hai:

1. Bharat se shiksha

- Rajya, shakti, vijay – sab ka antim mol shunya sa lagta hai, - bina atma-gyan ke kuch bhi sthayi nahi.

1. Bahubali se shiksha

- Sabse badi jeet hai: apne gusse, ahankar, irshya, lobh, dvesh par vijay. - Bahubali shaaririk roop se to pehle se hi bahubali the, lekin asli mahanata tab aayi jab: - unhone ahankar chod diya, - aur atma ka dhyan kiya.

Isliye Jain Dharma mein Bharat aur Bahubali dono hi adaraniya hain:

• Bharat – Chakravarti raja bankar bhi ant mein sanyam ki or aane wale,
• Bahubali – veer yoddha se mahaveer tapasyi banne wale.

Yahi inki kahani ka saar hai.