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अहो जिणेहिं असावज्जा वित्ती साहूण देसिया । मुक्ख साहण हेउस्स साहु देहस्स धारणा ॥
aho jiņehim asāvajjā
vittī sāhūņa desiyā mukkha sāhaņa he-ussa sāhu dehassa dhāraņā
Jain Pratikraman Sūtra — Sadhu Kriyā
O Victorious ones who have become masters of yourselves, what a wonderful teaching you have given us! You have taught us how to nourish the body
— with only that food which issues straight from the benevolent earth,
which is not tainted with the pain of bloodshed. You have taught us why we eat - to sustain the body in health so as to
use it to attain liberation and to serve our fellow beings.
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