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Appendix-7: Comparison of Fundamental Principles:
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Aatur. Ga. 45 If there is no devotion to the words of the Jinas, then what would be the result? It is said:
Many are the deaths of children, many are the deaths that are not desired.
Those who do not know the words of the Jinas, they are unfortunate. ||73||
Balamaranaani - The deaths of children, the deaths of those who do not have the taste for truth. The giving up of the body is balamaranaani. Bahuso - Many, many types. Bahuaani - Many, abundant. Akamayaani - Not desired, not done by desire. Maranaani - Deaths. Marihanti - They will die, meaning they will attain death. Te varaaya - Those who are unfortunate, those who are helpless. Je jinavayanam - Those who know the words of the Jinas, the omniscient knowledge. Na jaananti - They do not know, they do not understand. Those who do not know the words of the Jinas, they are unfortunate, they will attain many types of deaths, many deaths that are not desired.
Aatur. Ga. 46 Then what are those deaths of children? It is said:
Taking up a weapon, eating poison, burning, entering water.
Those who serve the vessels of unrighteousness, they are bound by birth and death. ||74||
Saththaggahanam - Taking up a weapon, killing oneself with a weapon, taking up a weapon. The death that arises from taking up a weapon is also taking up a weapon, because of the relationship between action and cause. Visabhakkanam - Eating poison, consuming a substance that is deadly poison, eating poison, the relationship is the same. Cha - Conjunction. Jalanam - Burning, the burning that arises from fire. Jalappaveso ya - Entering water, immersing oneself in water, drowning, entering water, the death that arises from this, or it itself. Anayarabhandasevi - Those who serve the vessels of unrighteousness, unrighteousness is not righteousness, it is sinful action, the vessel is the object, they serve it, thus they are those who serve the vessels of unrighteousness, the relationship is with death. Or, the relationship is with the person, they are those who serve the vessels of unrighteousness. Jammanamaranaanubandhiini - Birth, origin, death, the relationship between them, offspring, those who have this, they are bound by birth and death, meaning they are the causes of samsara. These deaths are bound by birth and death, they are those who serve the vessels of unrighteousness, therefore they are the deaths of children. Or, these deaths are those who serve the vessels of unrighteousness, they are the causes of samsara, not of righteous conduct.
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