Purusharthsiddhyupay English

SR No.: 001105
Original Sutra Author: Amrutchandracharya
Author: Ajit Prasad
Publisher: ZZZ Unknown
Publication Year: 1933
Total Pages: 160
Language: English, Sanskrit
Classification: Book_English, Ethics, & Principle
File Size: 11 MB

Page 126

PURUSHÁRTAA-SIDDHYUPAYA
63
वाग्गुप्तेनास्त्यनृत न समस्तादानावरहतः स्तेयम् । नाब्रह्म मैथुनमुचः सङ्गो नाङ्गेऽप्यमूर्च्छस्य ॥ १५६ ॥ इत्थमशेषितहिंसःप्रयाति स महाबतित्वमुपचारात् । उदयति चरित्रमोहे लभेत तु न संयमस्थानम् ॥ १६० ॥
158, 159, 160. On account of Bhoga and Upabhoga, Himsa of immobile beings only is caused. By renunciation of Bhoga and Upabhoga, not the slightest Himsa is occasioned, There is no falsehood, because of the control of speech; there is no stealing, because of the abstinence from all appropriation there is no incontinence (Abrahma), because of abstinence from all sexual intercourse. There is no attachment (Parigraha), because of the absence of the feeling of attachment even to one's body. Having thus got rid of all Himsa, he practically reaches the stage of a Mahávrati; but he cannot attain the spiritual stage of a Saint, because of the operation of Right-Conduct-deluding Karma.
Commentary.
One with Partial Vows who observes 48 hours' fast, as described above, may, well, during the period, be said to have practically reached the stage of a saint. He is not actually a saint because the Karmic tendencies which obstruct the observance of ideal conduct are not extinct. Mahavrati is a saint with Full Vows. भोगोपभोगमूला विरताविरतस्य नान्यतो हिंसा। अधिगम्य वस्तुतत्त्वं स्वं शक्तिमपि तावपि त्याज्यौ ॥ १६१॥
161. One with partial vows incurs Himsa arising from the use of articles of Bhoga, and Upabhoga, and not otherwise. He should therefore ascertain the reality of things, and renounce these two also, in accordance with his own capacity,
Commentary.
The first Disciplinary vow, Sámáyika Shiksha Vrata, was exBlained in verses 148 to 150. Proshadhopawasa was explained in