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THE EXCELLENCE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
भगवओ आहार-चरिया-पदं
8.37919 fotekti, 377898 39965 afwata i ____अदु जावइत्थ लूहेणं, ओयण-मंथु-कुम्मासेणं ॥ Bhagavao āhāra-cariyā -padam 4. Āyàvai ya gimhānań, acchai ukkudue abhivāte.
Adu jāvaittha lühenam, oyana-mamthu-kummāseņaṁ.. In summer he would deliberately expose himself to the scorching heat of the sun. He would squat in the cock-posture in the face of hot winds.
Dietary Routine
He lived on meals of coarse rice, pounded grains
ground into flour-like substance and beans (urada).
५. एयाणि तिणि पडिसेवे, अट्ठ मासे य जावए भगवं ।
अपिइत्थ एगया भगवं, अद्धमासं अदुवा मासं पि॥ 5. Eyāņi tinni padiseve, attha māse ya jāvae bhagavam.
Apiittha egayā bhagavam, addhamāsam aduvā māsaṁ pi.
5.
Bhagavān Mahāvira lived on these three (grains) for eight months. Sometimes, he would go without water either for half a month or for a whole month at a stretch.
६. अवि साहिए दुवे मासे, छप्पि मासे अदुवा अपिवित्ता।
रायोवरायं अपडिण्णे, अन्नगिलायमेगया भुंजे। 6. Avi sāhie duve māse, chappi māse aduvā apivittā.
Rāyovarāyam apaļiņne, annagilāyamegayā bhumje..
6.
He would go without water sometimes for over two months, or as long as for six months. He did not even think of taking sleep; he would keep himself awake all night.
Sometimes he had to take even stale food.
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