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The author has introduced about a dozen jñātas or nyāyas (nāyas)-examples or illustrations to elucidate the various points under discussion. A few of them may be noted here:
एगरुक्खनिवासिसउणतुल्लं
The perching of birds on one tree for the night and flying away the next morningthis illustration is introduced to explain the fact that union of beings ends in separation.
अट्ठाणगिलाणोसहत्त्थचागनाय
The example of deserting (one's parents) who have taken ill in an out-of-the way place in a forest with the intention of bringing medicine for them. The son who has intense desire to receive the dikşă but whose parents try to dissuade him, deserts them for bringing the medicine of dharma for their benefit.
आमकुंभोदगनासनाय
The example of water, poured in a raw pot, destroying the pot itself. This illustration is cited to explain that the knowledge of Jain agama is not to be imparted to the unfitunqualified as it would lead to their ruin.
The author when he means can write brief, effective, forceful prose. We may cite here a passage or two by way of illustration:
... fawor TOEIT HART UIT TE fil ...7 HFT 3ST, 7EA, 7 पेसुन्नं, नाणिबद्धं । हियमियभासगे सिया। एवं न हिंसेज्ज भूयाणि। न गिण्हेज्ज अदत्तं न निरिक्खेज्ज TETI...
'He should not think of causing pain to others. He should not feel dejected. He should not feel elated... Similarly, he should not speak a lie, nor harsh words, nor indulge in slander or backbiting nor speak incoherently. He should speak friendly or salutary words and measured words. Similarly he should not cause injury to living beings. He should not take what is not given. He should not look at another's wife'.
तहा जागरिज्ज धम्म नागरियाए-को मम कालो किमेयस्स उचियं, असारा विसया नियमगामिणो विरसावसाणा ।
ATT 7 TONTITETT, TTTTHOTT, furar forset, ... EHT TUFF STAR... परमाणंदहेऊ।
“He should keep vigilant in the matters of dharma; What is now my age? Is it proper at this age to adopt dharma? Objects of senses are worthless; they are evanescent; they end in misery. Terrible is Death. He destroys everything. He comes near you-approaches you-stealthily. He is irresistible...Dharma is its antidote... is the source of supreme bliss'.
In conclusion, the author presents the dignified subject matter of Pañcosūtraka in equally dignified style.
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