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Dasha Shruta Skandha Sutra
Dashami Dasha
"Would he, having become an anagarika, take pravrajya? Yes, he would take pravrajya. But he would not be successful in stopping the cycle of births and deaths in that very life, unless he were to end all suffering. This is not possible."
Padyarth Anvaya:
"O Ayushman! O Shraman! Thus, Niggantha or Nigganthi, having performed the nidana karma, without considering its consequences, and without retreating from it, the rest of the description is the same as before. Would he, having become a muni, leave his home and take pravrajya? The Guru says, "Yes, he would take pravrajya." But he would not be successful in stopping the cycle of births and deaths in that very life, unless he were to end all suffering. This is not possible."
Mulaarth:
"O Ayushman! O Shraman! Thus, Niggantha or Nigganthi, having performed the nidana karma, without considering its consequences, and without retreating from it, the rest of the description is the same as before. Would he, having become a muni, leave his home and take pravrajya? Yes, he would take pravrajya. But he would not be successful in stopping the cycle of births and deaths in that very life, unless he were to end all suffering. This is not possible."
Tika:
"This sutra describes that the person who performs the nidana karma is born into those families where there is no possibility of any obstacle to taking pravrajya, according to his own intentions. Accordingly, he takes pravrajya, but the result of performing the nidana karma is that he cannot attain liberation in that very life, because the family, which was not an obstacle to taking pravrajya, becomes an obstacle to attaining liberation. Although he had a strong desire for restraint, due to his mere desire to be born in those families, he cannot end all suffering in that very life. However, it is certain..."