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## Explanation of the Text of Samayik Sutra
**Yoga Shastra, Third Light, Verse 82**
**Food:** Modak, kheer, suran, and other tubers, as well as malpuas and other types of food are considered **Asan** (food). Rice, sattu, moong, jowar, cooked food, kheer, suran, and puan are all forms of **Asan** (food).
**Drink:** Sauvir, kanji, barley, and other grains, wine, sherbet, and all types of beverages, as well as fruit juices are considered **Pan** (drink).
**Edible:** Roasted and baked grains, gudpapri or tilpatti, dates, coconut, raisins, cucumber, mango, grapes, pomegranate, mosambi, orange, and many other types of fruits are considered **Khady** (edible).
**Savory:** Datun or toothpaste, pan (tambool), tulsi, mulathi, ajwain, saunf, piparamal, sonth, black pepper, cumin, turmeric, baheda, amla, etc. are considered **Swadya** (savory).
**(Panchashak 5/27. Three types of Gunavrata are complete. ||81||)**
**Now, the four types of Shikshavrata are described. There are four types of Shikshavrata: Samayik, Deshavakashik, Poushadhopavas, and Atithisanvibhaag. The first Shikshavrata, called Samayik, describes the nature of Samayik. ||253||**
**Tyaktataroudradhyanasya tyakt-savadyakarmaanah | Muhurttam samata ya tam, viduh samayaikavratam ||82||**
**Meaning:** Abandoning **Art** and **Roudradhyan** (intense meditation), and abandoning all types of sinful activities, maintaining **Samata** (equanimity) for one **Muhurt** (two ghadi hours) is called **Samayik Vrata** by the great souls. ||8||
**Explanation:** **Samayik Vrata** is to remain neutral in the causes of **Rag** (attachment) and **Dvesha** (aversion) for one **Muhurt** (two ghadi hours). The word **Samayik** is derived from **Sam** (free from attachment and aversion) and **Ay** (benefit of knowledge, etc.). It means the experience of **Prashmasukh** (peace and happiness). **Sam + Ay = Samay** is **Samayik**. According to the rules of grammar, the suffix **Ikan** is added here. Therefore, **Samay + Ikan** becomes **Samayik**. This **Samayik** cannot be achieved without abandoning the faulty actions (activities) of the mind, speech, and body. Therefore, the verse refers to **Samayik** as the abandonment of **Art** and **Roudradhyan**. Abandoning sinful activities is also **Samayik**, and the equanimity of those who abandon faulty speech and bodily actions is also called **Samayik**. A householder who observes **Samayik** is like a **Sadhu** (saint). It is said, "**Samaiyammi u kae samano iv savao**" - meaning, during **Samayik**, a Shravak (lay devotee) becomes like a **Sadhu**. Therefore, a Shravak should observe **Samayik** many times. (**Aav. Ni. 801**) And for this reason, there is no provision for **Devsnatrapuja** (worship of gods and bathing) in **Samayik**.
**Doubt:** There is a doubt that **Devpuja** (worship of gods) and **Snatra** (bathing) are religious activities. What is the fault in doing them during **Samayik**? In **Samayik**, one abandons faulty activities and accepts faultless activities. From this perspective, what is the fault in doing **Devpuja** etc. during **Samayik**, similar to doing **Swadhyay** (self-study) and repeating the text?
**Solution:** It is not right to say that. A Shravak who observes **Samayik** like a **Sadhu** does not have the right to worship gods. **Dravyapuja** (material worship) is the cause of **Bhavapuja** (emotional worship). Therefore, when a Shravak is in **Samayik**, there is no need for **Dravyastav** (material worship) for the object that is obtained through **Bhavastav** (emotional worship). It is said, "**Dravy puja and Bhavpuja, among these two, Dravy puja is very virtuous; this is the word of an ignorant person; this is what Shri Jinendra Bhagwan, the well-wisher of the six-souled beings, has said.**"
**Types of Samayik:** There are two types of Shravaks who observe **Samayik**: those with **Riddhi** (spiritual powers) and those without **Riddhi**.
**Places for Samayik:** **Samayik** is observed in four places: in the **Jin Mandir** (Jain temple), near a **Sadhu**, in a **Poushadhashala** (medicine dispensary), and in one's own home in a quiet, secluded place or a place free from business.
**Procedure of Samayik:** If there is no fear from anyone, no dispute or quarrel with anyone, no debt to anyone, no need to talk, no pulling or pushing, and no mental distress, then one can observe **Samayik** at home. While observing **Samayik**, one should purify **Iryasamiti** (the five senses), abandon faulty speech, and if one needs wood, stones, or any other object, one should take permission from the owner. One should look carefully with one's eyes, copy it, and accept it after cleaning it with a **Pramarjanika** (cleaning cloth). One should carefully abandon saliva, phlegm, nasal mucus, and **Lghuniti** (minor activities). One should look at the place carefully and clean the ground. In this way, one should observe **Samayik** with care, following the five **Samiti** (principles) and three **Gupti** (secrets). If there is a **Sadhu**, one should go to the **Upashray** (Jain monastery) and offer them **Vandana** (respectful greetings) and accept **Samayik** with the following text:
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