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I renounce forever all the eighteen sins, including the ten cardinal sins [Antakruddash, Dvesha, Kalaha, Abhyakhyan, Paishunya, Paraparivad, Arati-rati, Mayamrusa] and the sin of wrong belief [Mithyadarshan Shalya]. I also renounce all four types of food: Asan, Pan, Khadim, and Swadim. If I survive this impending death, I will break this vow and resume eating. If I do not survive this affliction, then let this complete renunciation be for the rest of my life. Having made this firm resolve, Sudarshan Seth took the Sagari Padima-Anashan Vrat.
Meanwhile, the Mudgarpani Yaksha, wielding the thousand-pound iron mace, arrived where Sudarshan the Shramanopasak was. However, he could not overpower Sudarshan the Shramanopasak with his might, nor could he cause him any harm.
- Commentary - Seeing Sudarshan the Shreshthi going towards the Gunashilka garden, the Mudgarpani Yaksha, gnashing his teeth in anger, raises his mace to strike him. But seeing the Yaksha, Sudarshan remains completely calm and fearless. He takes the Sagari Santhara. In this, he completely renounces anger, pride, and even the sin of wrong belief.
A question arises here: The twelve vows of the Shramanopasak are taken only with right belief, and in that, wrong belief is automatically renounced. Then how can the renunciation of wrong belief by Sudarshan while taking the Sagari Pratima (Sagari Santhara) be explained? After embracing the Shravak Dharma, there is no need to renounce wrong belief. In response, it is said that although the first thing a vow-taking Shravak must do is to renounce wrong belief, and it is only through the elimination of wrong belief that right belief is attained, the renunciation of the Deshvirati Shravak is partial, not complete. There are many sub-categories of wrong belief, such as Deshshanka, Sarvashanka, etc. Renouncing all of them completely is the goal of renouncing the sin of wrong belief here. The meaning is that even a slight doubt or other defect remaining in the acceptance of the Deshvirati Dharma is renounced in this vow.
"Sagaram Padimam Padivajjad" - The word "Sagaram" read here means "with exceptions," "with limitations." Here, Pratima-Santhara is the name of a fast unto death. The verb "Pratipadyate" is used in the sense of "to accept." A vow taken with exceptions is called Sagari-Pratima. When a person takes a vow, if they make an exception for a particular thing or time and say, "If this work is done, then I will break my fast. If the work is not done, then I will not break my fast, I will continue it," and if they take a rule with this kind of resolve, then that rule is called Sagari-Pratima. Upsarga-Nivaran
11 - Then, the Mudgarpani Yaksha, circling Sudarshan the Shramanopasak from all sides, did not even touch Sudarshan the Shramanopasak. Seeing him thus, Sudarshan the Shramanopasak stood before him, facing him directly, and looked at him steadily for a long time. Having looked, he saw the body of the Yaksha's mace-wielding form disappear. Having disappeared,