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## Dashaśruta Skandha Sutra
## Original Meaning - It is certain that the venerable Bhagavants have expounded twenty places of asamadhi.
## First Dasha
## Commentary - Concluding the study presented in this Sutra, the Sutrakar says that the venerable Bhagavants, as mentioned earlier, have expounded these twenty places of asamadhi. The main purpose of this statement is that all other distinctions fall under these twenty.
## For example, the Sutrakar has described "kalha-kara" as a place of asamadhi. All other causes of kalha fall under this. Just as there are many types of colors, but they all fall under the five primary colors, similarly, the many causes of kalha are included in one single category.
## It is beneficial for those who are seeking to abandon asamadhi and attain samadhi-sth.
## There may be a doubt that why the description of asamadhi places is given first in this study, without mentioning samadhi places? In response, it is said that both samadhi and asamadhi places are described in this study for the attainment of bhavasamadhi. The Sutrakar has stated that there are twenty places of asamadhi. The word asamadhi here is a compound word ending in "nan tatpurusha". If the "nan" compound is not used, then these twenty become samadhi places, meaning that by removing the "a" these twenty become places of bhavasamadhi. Just as the word "jnanavaraneya" becomes "jnan" after removing the "avaran", similarly, by removing the "a" it becomes "samadhi-sthana". Therefore, it is proven that through this study, the seeker can understand the nature of samadhi and asamadhi well.
Now Sudharmacharaya Jambuswami says to Jambuswami - O Jambuswami! I have expounded this study in the same way as I heard it from the lotus mouth of Sri Bhagavan. I have not said anything from my own intellect.