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Chapter: 1 Verse: 8
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One who is freed from the *sanstāraka* by proper treatment. If he dies while abstaining from food, being detached from the world and in a state of meditation, it is called the death of a *Bālapaṇḍita*. ||7||
Commentary: He asks how such a person dies at home. He says that after consulting with the guru and accepting the prescribed atonement, there are two types of *śalya* (afflictions) - *dravyaśalya* (material affliction) like thorns, etc., and *bhāvaśalya* (mental affliction) like the opposition of the roots, qualities, etc. By consulting with the guru, one is free from *śalya*. Having done this, one should ascend to one's own abode and accept the *sanstāraka* in the form of a *darbha* (grass) mat at the time of abstaining from food. Because whatever is done according to the *sanstāraka* method, even the act of abstaining from food is called *sanstāraka*. If one dies while detached from the world, it is called the death of a *Bālapaṇḍita*. ||7||
The *uprakrama* (preliminary practice) for "the acquisition of *bhakti* (devotion)" is described in detail. This is the same *uprakrama* that is to be known in the death of a *Bālapaṇḍita* as appropriate. ||8||
Commentary: He then asks how this should be done. He says that the *uprakrama* (preliminary practice) for a *śrāvaka* (lay follower) who is abstaining from food in the study of *bhaktiparijñā* (knowledge of devotion) is the *pīṭhabandha* (binding of the seat) described in detail in the verses beginning with "I am detached from the world", etc. The verses beginning with "It should be observed", etc., and "It should be regulated", etc., describe the method. The *guru* worship, the *saṅgha* worship, the giving of gifts out of compassion for fellow religionists, the giving of gifts from one's own wealth, the construction of *caitya* (shrine) and *ārāpaṇa* (offering) for the previous *jinas*, the installation of these, the writing of books on the principles, the honoring of the four types of *saṅgha* (community) as appropriate, the *pravājana* (leading out) of the *saṅgha*, the *kārapaṇa* (offering), the pilgrimage to holy places, the teaching of the *jina* teachings, the propagation of the *jina* teachings, the offering of abundant wealth, the making of *stava* (hymns), the freeing of one's own people, the worship of the *caitya*, the informing of the *guru*, the offering of twelve *avartas* (cycles of worship), the acceptance of gifts, the *ālocanā* (reflection), the acceptance of *samyaktvā* (right faith), the *āṇuvrata* (minor vows), the *uccāṇa* (elevation), the *purussara* (leading the way) - all these are described in detail in the *vidhi* (method). This is the same *uprakrama* that is to be described in the death of a *Bālapaṇḍita* in this study, as appropriate and as necessary. This is the literal meaning. And this is shown here as follows:
He who is not lazy, who is generous, who is a *harisavasaṭṭakaṇṭayakarāla