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THE EXCELLENCE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
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६. सयणेहिं वितिमिस्से हिं, इत्थीओ तत्थ से परिण्णाय ।
सागारियं ण सेवे, इति से सयं पवेसिया झाति ॥ 6. Sayapehim vitimissehim, itthĩo tattha se pariņnāya.
Sāgāriyaṁ na seve, iti se sayam pavesiyā jhāti.. Bhagavān Mahavira did not (usually) stay in crowded places. (Sometime he managed to find a secluded area and stayed there). But this seclusion was often nvaded by womenfolk who happened to pass that way (in search of solitude). (Although solicited by women for carnal enjoyment), the Bhagavān would spurn their advances, for he was all the time morally alert. Penetrating into the depths of his soul, he would go in meditation on such an occasion.
७. जे के इमे अगारत्था, मीसीभावं पहाय से झाति । ___पुट्ठो वि गाभिभासिंसु, गच्छति णाइवत्तई अंजू ॥ 7. Je ke ime agāratthā, misibhāvam pahaya se jhati.
Puttho vi ņābhibhäsimsu, gacchati ņāivattai amjū..
Bhagavän Mahāvira meditated with deep concentration even in the midst of places crowded with householders. He would not speak even when spoken to. If someone compelled him to speak, he would quietly move to some other place. He would not let his concentration be disturbed in any way and would remain equipoised in all situations.
ANNOTATIONS 6-7. The Bhagavān would choose a secluded place for meditation. If he did not get one, he would seclude himself - i. e. he would shut himself out from all extraneous circumstances and get himself immersed deeply in the very depths of the innermost soul. To look for a secluded place, or (if such a place is not easily available) to seclude oneself from all external objects, is very useful and advantageous for meditation.
rock. (Vide, the Bhagavati Sütra,
Commentary,
pp. 543-44).
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