Aadinath Bhagwan (Rishabhdev) – pehle Tirthankar – ki jeevan-katha

• Janm: Ayodhya (Vinita) mein Raja Nabhiraj aur Rani Marudevi ke ghar. Mata ne 14 shubh swapn dekhe, isliye janm se hi ve mahapurush maane gaye. Unka lanchhan (pratik) vrishabh/bail hai.

• Lok-kalyan ka yug: Prachin samay mein log bahut saral jeevan jeete the. Aadinath Bhagwan ne samaaj ko jeene ka niyam aur kaushal sikhaya—krishi (kheti), vanijya (vyapar), shilp-kala (hunar), likhna‑padhna (masi‑lekh), ityadi. Putron mein Bharata (Chakravarti) aur Bahubali prasiddh hue; putriyon Brahmi ko varnmala/lekhan aur Sundari ko ank‑vigyan (ganit) ka updesh diya.

• Vairagya ka prerna: Rajya-karya ke beech ek nritya‑angan meṁ nartaki Nīlāñjanā ki mrityu dekhkar unheṁ sansar ki anitya‑ta ka bodh hua. Taben unhone rajya-putron meṁ baant kar sab tyag diya.

• Diksha: Chaitra Krishna Navami ko Siddharth van meṁ Ashok vriksha ke niche ve Digambar muni bane. Bahut dinon tak ahar na mila—yeh hi unka pramukh upsarg maana gaya.

• Pratham āhār aur Akshaya Tritiya: Aakhirkaar Hastinapur meṁ par‑prapotra Shreyans Kumar ne ganna‑ras ka dan diya. Isi ghatna ki smruti meṁ Vaishakh Shukla Tritiya ko Akshaya Tritiya manai jaati hai.

• Keval‑jñān: Gambhir tapasya aur dhyān ke baad unhone Keval‑jñān prapt kiya aur tirtha ka sthaapan kiya—chaturvidh sangh (sadhu, sadhvi, shravak, shravika) ko maryada di, aur samyak‑darshan, samyak‑jñān, samyak‑charitra ka marg bataya.

• Moksha: Ant meṁ Ashtapad par nirvana prapt kiya aur siddha pad ko prapt hue. Unki updesh‑rekha ahimsa, satya, aparigraha aur vairagya par aadharit hai.

Digambar–Shvetambar parampara

• Dono paramparaen unhe pehle Tirthankar, Ayodhya meṁ janma, vrishabh lanchhan, raj‑tyag, Shreyans dwara pratham ahar (ganna‑ras) aur Ashtapad par moksha—inn binduon par saamaanya roop se ek‑mat maanti hain.
• Granthon meṁ putra‑putriyon ki sankhya, Keval‑jñān ke sthal/niyat tithiyon jaise kuchh vivaron meṁ alag‑alag varnan milta hai; lekin mool tattva aur aadhyatmik sandesh dono paramparaoṁ meṁ saman hai.

Aur padhne ke liye

• Aadinath Bhagwan ki sankshipt jeevan‑katha:
• “Aadeshwar Dada kaise pehle Tirthankar bane?” (janm‑tithi, Shreyans‑ahar, Akshaya Tritiya):
• Aadinath Bhagwan ke upsarg aur Akshaya Tritiya ka mahatva: