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The Sacred Book of The Jains,
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tation by concentrating his mind on the inward soul. Therefore, it is absolutely necessary for one who wishes to practise meditation to turn himself first of all towards the practice of penances, keeping of vows and knowing the scriptures.
The twelve kinds of penances (Tapa), six external (Vahya) and six interal (Abhyantara) and the five kinds of Vrata have been described in Verse 35,
दव्व-संगहमिणं मुरिणणाहा दोस-संचयचुदा सुदपुण्णा । सोधयंतु तणुसुत्तधरेण मिचंदमुरिगणा भरिणयं जं ॥ ५८ ॥ Davvasamgahaminam muninaha dosasamchaya
chuda sudapunna, Sodhayantu tanusuttadharena Nemichandamuni.
na bhaniyam jam.-(58)
Padapatha-youtu Tanusuttadharena, whose knowledge of Sastras is very little. fiagratui Nemichandamunina. the sage Nemichandra. gu Jam, which. U Inam, this, qui Davva-samgaham, Dravyasamgraha.efe Bhaniyam, told. you Sudapunna, full of the (knowledge of Sastras). AH 471 Dosasamcha yachuda, void of the collection of faults. afturel Muninaha, the great sages. Sodhayantu, correct.
58. Let the great sages, full of the (knowledge) of Sastras and freed from the collection of faults, correct this Dravya-samgraha which is spoken by the sage Nemichandra who has little (knowledge) of the Sastras.
COMMENTARY In this last verse, the author, Nemichandra Siddhanta-chakravarti, in all humility belittles himself and acknowledging that there may be defects in his work, asks the great sages to correct the same. The metre of this verse is different from the preceding ones, as it is the colophon containing the name of the work and the author.
The End.
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