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## 68
## Dasha Shruta Skandha Sutra
## Third Dasha
If a disciple, before the Guru, criticizes the previous actions in the *Iriya-Bahi* (conduct), then the *Ratnakar* (learned one) criticizes afterwards, the disciple feels *Asayatna* (discomfort).
**Meaning:** When a disciple goes out with the *Ratnakar* to the *Vichar-Bhoomi* (place of contemplation), and there, the disciple criticizes before the Guru, and the Guru criticizes afterwards, the disciple feels *Asayatna*.
**Commentary:** This Sutra teaches about the *Vinaya* (discipline) related to the *Ratnakar*. For example, if a disciple goes out with the Guru to the *Uccar-Bhoomi* (place of recitation) or *Swadhyay-Bhoomi* (place of self-study), and after returning to the *Upashraya* (monastery) after the *Swakarya* (self-work), the disciple starts criticizing the actions done during the journey before the Guru, i.e., without the Guru's permission, the disciple starts criticizing the actions done while coming and going, then the disciple feels *Asayatna* because it breaks the *Vinaya*.
However, if the Guru, for some reason, gives permission to the disciple to criticize the actions in the *Iriya-Bahi*, then even if the disciple criticizes before the Guru, the disciple does not feel *Asayatna*.
While explaining the Sutra, the *Vrittikar* (commentator) writes, "Vichar-Bhoomi is the name of Uccar-Bhoomi, and Vihar-Bhoomi is the name of Swadhyay-Bhoomi." But in the "Jainagma-Shabda-Sangrah-Kosh" (Ardhamagadhi-Gujarati), on page 702, it is written: "Vihar-Pu. (Vihar) means play, fun, a monastery for monks, wandering from one place to another, self-study, a settlement outside the city, a place for excreting waste, a special ritual, a path described by the Bhagavan, a feat, conduct, and rules." The word "Vihar" is used in these eight meanings. The word "Vihar-Bhoomi" is used only in two meanings. For example, on the same page of the above-mentioned Kosh, it is written: "Vihar-Bhoomi-Stri. (Vihar-Bhoomi) means a place for self-study, a place for self-study, a place for play, a garden, etc."
Therefore, it is proven from the above statement that for the protection of *Vinaya*, a disciple should never criticize before the Guru while going to the *Vihar-Bhoomi* or *Vichar-Bhoomi* with the Guru.