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७८. लाघवियं आगममाणे ।
78.
78.
10.
७९. तवे से अभिसमण्णागए भवति ।
79.
79.
80.
80.
(The monk should thus honour and abide by his Vow. When senility makes his knees totter, the monk should embrace tranquil death (samadhi-marana) through observing fast unto death (i. e. anaśana) known as "bhakta-pratyakhyāna" ( i. e. abandonment of food).
81.
Lāghaviyam agamamāņe.
Constantly bearing in mind (the ideal of) minimum possession, (the monk should gradually abandon his clothes).
81.
Tave se abhisamanṇāgae bhavati.
A monk who keeps the minimum of clothes gets the (double) benefit of observing the austerities (- curtailment of clothes and enduring physical hardships).
जमेयं भगवता पवेदितं तमेव अभिसमेच्चा सव्वतो सव्वत्ताए
समत्तमेव समभिजाणिया ।
AYARO
८१. एवं से अहाकिट्टियमेव धम्मं समहिजाणमाणे संते विरते
सुसमाहितले ।
Jameyam bhagavata paveditam tameva abhisamecca savvato savvattãe samattameva samabhijaniya.
Scantiness of clothes (for the practice of asceticism) which has been recommended for a monk by Bhagavan Mahavira should be interpreted in the same sense in which it is meant, and it should inspire the muni to practise equanimity thoroughly (i. e. nobody should be despised)1.
Evam se ahakiṭṭiyameva dhammam samahijāṇamāņe samte virate susamahitalese.
Knowing and practising thus the code of conduct laid down by the Tirthankaras, a monk should become absolutely placid and abstinent from sin, and dis1.Cf. 6/65.
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