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## Ninth Dasha (with Hindi Commentary)
**Ninth Dasha**
**With Hindi Commentary**
**Additional factors that increase the defilement of the mind.** Therefore, the Lord commands that the renunciant, being a seeker of the Self or a seeker of the liberated ones, should abandon these and immerse themselves in restraint, which will ultimately lead to liberation from the cycle of existence.
One who desires to see their own Self within themselves is called a seeker of the Self, and one who acts according to the instructions of the Tirthankaras and others is called a seeker of the liberated ones. The point is that to be free from the bondage of karma, such as attachment, one should strive to enter the true nature of the Self by abandoning the aforementioned thirty-two faults.
**Now the Sutrakar gives further instructions to the renunciants:**
**"Even if one knows from before what is right and wrong, having abandoned much, one should vomit them out and serve those who are virtuous."**
**Verse 331**
**Word-by-word meaning:**
* **Itto puvvam:** Before initiation
* **Jampi:** Those who
* **Bahujjhadam:** Have abandoned many
* **Kiccha kiccham:** Right and wrong actions
* **Jane:** Know
* **Tam:** Them
* **Vanta:** Vomit out
* **Tani:** Those
* **Sevijjā:** Serve
* **Jehim:** By whom
* **Ayāravam:** Virtuous
* **Siyā:** Become
**Meaning:**
Before initiation, one should abandon all the right and wrong actions they knew from before, vomit them out thoroughly, and serve those who are virtuous, so that they may become virtuous themselves.
**Commentary:**
This Sutra is also in the form of instruction. When a renunciant takes initiation, they should know well that they are taking initiation only after abandoning all the actions, such as business, etc., that they have done before, and all the unrighteous actions, such as unrighteous conduct, etc. Because as long as one remains a householder, they have to engage in many kinds of right and wrong actions. But after taking initiation, they should abandon all these.