Disclaimer: This translation does not guarantee complete accuracy, please confirm with the original page text.
## First Chapter
**With Hindi Commentary**
**Commentary:** This sutra clearly states that one should not possess more bedding, clothes, etc., than necessary. Because only things that are justified can be protected and purified according to the proper method, not those that are excessive. In things that cannot be properly cleaned and protected, many types of living beings are born. When insects and other animals are born in seats and other equipment, 'self-contradiction' and restraint contradiction will naturally arise, and their result will be harmful in both worlds. Not only that, but one will have to wander in the cycle of samsara due to lack of concentration.
**15**
Every individual should learn from this sutra that consuming things in a justified manner does not lead to lack of concentration. Just as eating food in a justified manner does not cause disease.
In this way, having described the 'committee of receiving, mere utensils, and equipment', the sutrakar now describes the subject of the 'committee of language'.
**Ratiniya-Paribhasi || 5 ||**
**Ratnik Paribhasi || 5 ||**
**Word Meaning:** Ratiniya - towards the Ratnakar, Paribhasi - to define.
**Main Meaning:** To speak in front of the guru and other elders.
**Commentary:** This sutra shows how one should behave with elders. The person who behaves politely with elders continues to attain the state of concentration. On the contrary, the Ratnik - Acharya, Upadhyaya, other elders, and those who are learned and initiated, who despise the elder monks, who learn from them and then try to defeat them, who use insulting words towards them, who make fun of their caste, etc., who argue about the sacred teachings received from them, and who are constantly engaged in their slander, are always subject to lack of concentration.
In addition to this, 'self-contradiction' and 'restraint contradiction' arise due to this, which results in harm in both worlds. Therefore, souls desiring concentration must pay attention to the 'committee of speech'.