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तृतीय प्रकाश Third Chapter
First Complementary Vow दशस्वपि कृता दिक्ष यत्र सीमा न लध्यते ।
ख्यातं दिग्विरतिरिति प्रथमं तद् गुणवतम् ॥ १ ॥ Meaning: The first gunavrata, Digvirati prescribes the extent or the limit of movement in all the ten directions that should not be transgressed.
Explanation : Gunavrata is so named because the observance of it increases the merit and the power of the five anuvratas (vows). The first gunavrata enhances the value of the first minor vow called ahimsa, in particular. The gunavratas and siksavratas together are called uttara (subsidiary) vratas, the first five being called mula (principal) vratas. The ten directions are : North, South, East, West, North-east, North-West, South-east, South-west, Zenith and Nadir.
चराचराणां जीवानां विमईननिवर्तनात् ।
तप्तायोगोलकल्पस्य सततं गृहिणोऽप्यदः ।। २ ।। Meaning : Just as a heated ball of iron destroys living organisms, mobile or immobile, wherever it is
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