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[The Sixth Instruction]
[155 Sections,
78. A monk who consumes nutritious foods such as milk, curd, butter, ghee, jaggery, sugar or candy etc. with the intention of sexual intercourse with a woman, or approves of one who does so. The one who indulges in the defects mentioned in the above 78 sutras incurs the Gurucaramasi Prayaścitta (major penance).
Explanation - 'Mātugāma' means 'one whose body parts are like a mother, i.e., a woman'. In the Maharashtrian dialect too, a woman is called 'Mātugāma'. Therefore, these two terms should be understood as synonymous.
Viṣṇave - 'Viṣṇavaṇa' means 'prayer' - here, a request is accepted.
When the rise of the Mohanīya (deluding) karmas is intense, if a monk does not make the preliminary statements ineffective through contemplation and requests (i.e., asks) a woman for sexual intercourse, then due to the breach of celibacy in spirit or the breach of the fourth vow by engaging in sexual intercourse, he incurs the Gurucaramasi Prayaścitta.
The Ācāryas describe the difficulty of the vow of celibacy as follows:
"To abstain from sensual pleasures for one who has tasted the flavors of sensual enjoyments, and to uphold the severe and dreadful vow of celibacy is extremely difficult." (Uttarādhyayana 19, Gāthā 28)
"For one whose self is not great but small, to uphold the dreadful and difficult vow of celibacy is extremely painful." (Uttarādhyayana 19, Gāthā 33)
The Ācāryas, while encouraging the vow of celibacy, say:
"This (sexual intercourse) is the root of the self and the accumulation of great faults. Therefore, the Nirgranthas (Jain ascetics) avoid sexual contact." (Daśavaikālika 6, Gāthā 17)
The Ācāryas, in various sutras, caution about the vow of celibacy (Brahmacārya Mahāvrata), as it is opposed to the liberation from the cycle of rebirth and is the mine of endless sensual pleasures. (Uttarādhyayana 14, Gāthā 53-60; Daśavaikālika 2, Gāthā 2-9; Uttarādhyayana 9, Gāthā 53; Uttarādhyayana 8, Gāthā 4-6, 18-19)