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## Translation:
**Pindaniyukti**
**Atmadravyakrit**
Receiving food by giving the householder offerings from pilgrimages, fragrant substances, transformative pills, sandalwood, and pieces of cloth, etc., for good fortune is called Atmadravyakrit. Here, the cause is treated in the action, and Atmadravyakrit is accepted.
The author, while pointing out the faults of Atmadravyakrit, says that if someone becomes ill due to giving offerings, etc., then that person may criticize the sermon or the monk, saying that I became ill due to their influence. If he becomes healthy due to the offerings, etc., then he flatters the monk in front of everyone, saying that I became healthy due to their influence. If, upon hearing his praise, other people request offerings, etc., and they are not given to all, then there is a possibility of conflict and dispute.
**Atmabhavakrit**
Receiving alms based on religious stories, debates, austerities, astrology, heat treatment, Shruasthan (position of Acharya), caste, family, group, karma, and skills, etc., is called Atmabhavakrit. The author has tried to express human weakness in a very psychological way in Atmabhavakrit. If a monk tells religious stories to obtain food, then the listeners willingly provide him with whatever he needs. The author, while explaining another option, says that if a monk looks like a famous story teller, and people ask him if he is the famous religious story teller, then he says, for the sake of greed for food, etc., that all monks are religious story tellers, or if he remains silent at that time, then the devotees think that he is the famous religious story teller, and he is not revealing himself due to seriousness. Thus, obtaining wealth by impressing with one's skills is also Atmabhavakrit.
If the monk does all these things for the reduction of suffering or karma, then there is great Nirjara. If he uses religious stories, etc., for the sake of a common need like receiving alms, then the fruit of Nirjara is reduced.
**Paradravyakrit**
Receiving food bought by the householder for the monk is called Paradravyakrit.
**Parabhavakrit**
Displaying or telling religious stories through a puppet, etc., to attract the monk, is called Parabhavakrit.
**Footnotes:**
1. Pinni 141.
2. Pinni 143.
3. Pinni 143/1-3.
4. Mavru P. 97.| SR No. | 001945 |
| Book Title | Agam 41 Mool 02 Pind Niryukti Sutra |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Dulahrajmuni |
| Publisher | Jain Vishva Bharati |
| Publication Year | 2008 |
| Total Pages | 492 |
| Language | Prakrit, Sanskrit, Hindi |
| Classification | Book_Devnagari, Agam, Canon, Ethics, & agam_pindniryukti |
| File Size | 9 MB |