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## Pindaniyukti
140. Atmakrita is of two types - dravya and bhava. Dravya is through things like churna, etc. Bhava is when a sadhu earns something through the display of their knowledge for another sadhu, or when they earn something through their own dharmakatha, etc., for their own sustenance. This is called parabhavakrita and atmabhavakrita respectively.
141. Earning sustenance through things like nirmalya, gandhadravya, gutika, varnka-chandanadi, pott-laghu vastrakhand, etc., is called atmadravyakrita. These can lead to two doshas - glanata, the ineffectiveness of preaching, flattery from people when one is healthy, and adhikarana.
142. If a mankh goes to a small Gokul, etc., and shows off his pat to attract people, and then brings ghee, milk, etc., for a muni and invites them, this is parabhavakrita aahar. It has three doshas - krita, abhyahit, and sthapit.
142/1. In a village, a mankh was a shayyatar. He invited sadhus for aahar. The sadhus refused. After a long time during varshavas, he asked the munis, "After chaturmas, in which direction will you go?" The munis said, "In such and such direction." Then the mankh introduced them to many houses in that direction.
142/2. Those people wanted to give the mankh milk, ghee, etc. He refused them, saying, "Not now, I will take it when I need it." The munis arrived. The mankh had already gone to those houses and collected ghee, etc., and gathered it in one house. (When the munis arrived, he gave them the donation.)
143. A muni who uses dharmakatha, debate, tapasya, the story of nimitta, aathapana, etc., to impress people, and who presents themselves as a shrutasthan-acharya, or who uses their jati, kul, gan, karma, shilp, etc., to earn aahar, etc., is engaging in atmabhavakrita.
1. Mavri P. 96; Nirmalya - the leftover food of a deva, which has the power to influence things like tirtha, etc.
2. Mavri P. 96; Gutika - a pill that is kept in the mouth for the purpose of changing its form, etc.
3. According to the tikaakar, all these things are atmadravyakrita due to the treatment of the cause in the action (Mavri P. 96).
4. If someone becomes ill after being given nirmalya, etc., then the preaching is ineffective. If someone becomes healthy after being given nirmalya, etc., then it leads to flattery. Everyone praises them. Hearing the praise, others also come and ask for nirmalya, gandha, etc. If they don't get it, sometimes it leads to conflict (Mavri P. 96).
5. M. P. 96; Mankh - a person who shows off their pat, etc., to amaze people.
6. For the expansion of the story, see Pari. 3, Katha San. 18.
7. The munis accepted it with eshana, therefore it is pure aahar. If they had known about the mankh's efforts and accepted the aahar, then the munis would have been guilty of three doshas - krita, abhyahrit, and sthapit (Mavri P. 96).