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## Fifteenth Uddeshak ]
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One who consumes the places mentioned in these 154 sutras incurs the minor Chau-masi pratyachitt.
Discussion - The monk keeps and uses the equipment like robes, bowls, etc. for the sake of observing restraint. In Dasavekalik Sutra, Pra. 6 Ga. 20, it is said:
"Jampi vattham va payam va, kambalam payapunchhanam. Tampi sanjam lajjatta, dharanti parihara ti ya."
In Prashnavyakaran Sutra, Shru. 2 Pra. 1 and 5, it is said:
"Eyam pi sanjamassa uvabuhhanattayae vayaatavadansamasaga siya parirakkhanattayae uvgaranam ragosarahiyam parihariyavam sanjaenam."
Meaning - The monk wears or uses robes, etc. for the sake of observing restraint, to avoid shame, to protect the body from heat, cold, wind, dust, mosquitoes, etc. The purpose of keeping these equipment is clear in the Agamas. But if the monk wears any equipment for the sake of adornment, for the beauty of the body, etc., i.e., to make himself look beautiful, or for no purpose, then according to the 153rd Sutra, he incurs pratyachitt.
The 154th Sutra states the pratyachitt for washing or decorating robes, etc. for the sake of adornment.
From these two sutras, it is also clear that if the monk keeps or washes robes, etc. for any purpose other than adornment, then the pratyachitt mentioned in the sutras does not apply. That is, the monk can keep the necessary equipment for restraint and wash them as needed, but there should be no intention of adornment in washing.
If it were completely unthinkable for the monk to wash robes, etc., then the pratyachitt for it would have been stated differently. But the sutra mentions the pratyachitt only for washing for the sake of adornment.
The 54 sutras related to bodily activities are often found in many Uddeshak, but here, in the chapter on adornment, 56 sutras are mentioned. Therefore, this sutra prescribes the washing of robes by the monk. In Gracha. Shru. 1.8 U. 4-5-6, there is a prohibition on washing robes for those who wear specific Abhigraha images. This is also clear from the description there.
This Uddeshak mentions the pratyachitt for bodily activities, keeping and washing equipment, with the intention of adornment. In other Agamas, adornment is prohibited for the monk in various ways:
1. In Dasha. Pra. 3 Ga. 9, adornment is called an unrighteous act.
2. In Dasha. A. 6 Ga. 65 to 67, it is said: "What is the purpose of adornment for a monk who accepts nakedness and shaved head, who does not perform the rituals of hair and nails, and who is abstaining from sexual intercourse? That is, there is no purpose for such a monk to adorn himself. Yet, if a monk adorns himself,