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Yajña-Upavīta According to Jainism
तत्तु स्यादसिकृत्या च मष्या कृष्या वणिज्जया । यथास्वं वर्तमानानां सदृष्टीनां द्विजन्मनाम् ॥१६७॥ कृतिचेद् कारणाद् यस्य कुलं संप्राप्तदूषणम् । सोऽपि राजादिसंमत्या शोधयेत् स्वं सदा कुलम् ॥१६८॥ तदस्योपनयार्हत्वं पुत्र-पौत्रादिसंततौ । न निषिध्यं हि दीक्षार्हे कुले चेदस्य पूर्वजाः ॥१६९।। अदीक्षार्ह कुले जाता विद्याशिल्पोपजीविनः । एतेषामुपनीत्यादि संस्कारो नाभिसंमतः ॥१७०॥ तेषां स्यादुन्नितं लिङ्गं स्वयोग्यव्रतधारिणाम् । एकशाख्यधारित्वं संन्यासमरणावधि ॥१७१।। स्यान्निरामिषभोजित्वं कुलस्त्रीसेवनव्रतम् ।
अनारम्भवधोत्सर्गाद्यमश्यापेयवर्जनम् ॥१७२।। The meaning thereby
He who according to his fitness, lives on trade, agriculture, writing, sword etc. such Brahmanas (fa) possessed of right faith, can wear sacrificial thread. The man, whose family is spoiled, such a person, when purifies his family after getting the permission of the king and the society etc. and if, in his case his ancestors, would have been born in a family which is fit for accepting
monk-hood, then in case of his •sons, and grandsons etc. there is no denial of wearing sacrificial thread. He who is born in a family which is not fit for accepting monkhood and lives on dancing, singing etc. and on sculputre in case of such a person there is no permission of wearing sacrificial thread, and in case of such persons if they according to their fitness accept vows, this can be a mark of their fitness that they should wear a Dhoti till R9*41. The persons who wear sacrificial thread should eat meatless food, they should enjoy their own wives, they should adopt 3FITEATA killing or fe and should abandon the things which are not fit to be eaten and not fit to be drunk (अभक्ष and अपेय).. We have again a reference in Mahāpurāna, Chapter 38 verse 22 as
गुणभूमिकृताद् भेदात् क्लृप्तयज्ञोपवीतिनाम् ।
संस्कारः क्रियते तेषां अव्रताश्च बहिष्कृताः ॥२२॥ The meaning thereby-As per the division of yarns those who have worn the sacred thread such all of them were facilitated by Bharata. The remaining 37afas were made to go out.
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