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**Essential Sutra**
**Meaning:** I take the vow of non-attachment, therefore I renounce all four types of food: ashan, pan, khadim, and svadim (for the stipulated time).
I renounce all four types of food, except for the four stores: anabhog, sahasakar, mahattarakar, and sarvasamadhipratyayakara, until the fulfillment of non-attachment.
**Discussion:** After fasting, etc., or even without fasting, etc., one should make a firm resolve in one's mind that one will only partake in food when certain things are available, otherwise one will not eat for the duration of the vowed days, such as a vow or a fast. This type of vow is called 'abhigraha'.
After firmly deciding in one's mind what things one must adhere to in abhigraha, one should renounce them through the above text. The vow of abhigraha is difficult. Only patient and courageous practitioners can follow it. Students of Jain history know that one ascetic took the abhigraha of lion-saffron sweets, and when that abhigraha was not fulfilled, he went mad and wandered around with a bowl, day and night, without regard for time. This example is found in the commentaries of the Kalpasutra, therefore, one should definitely consider one's strength when taking abhigraha.
## 10. Sutra of Non-Corruption
**Meaning:** I renounce corruptions. I renounce corruption except for the nine stores: anabhog, sahasakar, lepalepa, grihasthasansrisht, utkshiptvivek, pratiityamrakshit, parishthapanik, mahattarakar, and sarvasamadhipratyayakara.
**Discussion:** Food items that cause mental defilement are called vikriti.
'Because they are the cause of mental defilement, they are called vikriti' - Acharya Hemachandra's Yogashastravritti (Third Light). Vikriti includes food items like milk, yogurt, butter, ghee, oil, jaggery, and honey.
The real purpose of food is to strengthen the body and mind. The strength of the mind means keeping it pure, i.e., free from defects. A healthy mind resides in a healthy body. However, we cannot deny that even when the mind is not healthy, to a great extent, what we call physical health remains. But it does not benefit the soul, but rather harms it. Therefore, it is necessary to give the body pure nourishment so that the body and mind remain healthy, and the purity of both...