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Bhagavat 5:4:83-92
jhāṇamtariā— It is the interval between two meditation sessions. It is the period. between the end of one session and beginning of another.' vyākaraṇa-Exposition through question and answer.
1. Bha. Vr. 5.85,86-'jhanamtariye' tti antarasya-vicchedasya karaṇamantarikä dhyānasyantarikā dhyanantarika-arabdhadhyānasya samäptipūrvasyānārambhaṇāmityarthah
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Devāņam nosamjayavattavvayā-padam
5.89 bhamteti! bhagavam goyame samaṇam bhagavam mahāvīram vamdati namamsati jāva evam vayasi-deva nam bhamte! samjaya ti vattavam siya? goyama! no tinatthe samarthe, abbhakkhāṇameyam devāṇam.
The Topic of Designation of Gods as Non-restrained
'O Lord!" adressing the Ascetic Lord Mahavira, thus Lord Gautama offered his obeisance and homage to the Ascetic Lord Mahāvīra... up to (as in 2.34) he said thus-O Lord! is it proper to designate gods as restrained'? Gautama! this is not proper, because this is inappropriate designation of gods.
5.90 deva nam bhamte! asamjatä ti vattavvam siya?
goyama! no tinatthe samatthe. nitthuravayanameyam devānam.
Is it proper, O Lord! to designate gods as unrestrained?
Gautama! this is not proper, because this is a harsh designation of gods.
5.91 devā nam bhamte! samjayasamjayā ti vattavvam siya?
goyama! no tinatthe samathe, asabbhūyameyam devāṇam.
Is it proper to designate, O Lord! restrained-cum-unrestrained? It is not proper, O Gautama! because it is a false designation of god.
5.92 se kim khai nam bhamte! devā ti vattavvam siyā?
goyamā! devā ņam nosamjaya ti vattavvam siya?
Then how should the gods be designated, O Lord? They should be designated as non-restrained, O Gautama!
Bhāṣya
1. Sutras 89-92
In the present dialogue, there is discrimination between proper and improper languages. Human beings have been divided into three groups on the basis of restraint
and absence of restraint:
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1. Unrestrained - devoid of restraint.
2. Restrained-cum-unrestrained - that is, a person who is partially restrained along with lack of restraint.
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