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Bhagavaï 5:6:139-147
3. Ibid., p.35.-sthāpitam yatsamyatārtham svasthāne parasthāne. 4. Bha. Vr. 5.139-glānasya nirogatārtham bhikṣukadānāya bhaktam tad glānakam. 5. See, the note on Thānam, 9.62.
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Āyariya-uvajjhāyassa siddhi-padam 5.147 āyariya-uvajjhāe nam bhamte! savisayamsi ganam agilāe samginhamäne,
agilāe uvaginhamāne kaihim bhavaggahanehim sijjhati jāva savvadukkhānam amtam kareti? goyamā! atthegatie teneva bhavaggahanenam sijjhati, atthegatie doccenam bhaggahaneņam sijjhati, taccam puņa bhagavvahanam nāikkamati. The Topic of Attainment of Liberation by Ācārya and Upādhyāya
After how many births, O Lord! the Acāryas and Upädhyāyas who tirelessly contribute to the development of the religious order in the form of augmenting the strenghth and supporting (them in their sādhanā) by means of fulfilling their assignments (of teaching the purport and the text of the canons respectively) get liberated ...... up to and put end to all sufferings? Gautama! some (ācāryas and upādhyāyas) get liberated in the very same birth, while some in the next birth, but in no case they cross the limit of the third birth-definitely get liberated in the third birth.
Bhāsya
1. Sutra 147
The ācārya-cum-upādhyāya who augments and supports the religious order make immense nirjarā (wearing off of the karma); hence, he attains the liberation soon. There are three alternatives with regard to the limit of number of births he will have to take:
1. Attainment of liberation in the same birth.
2. Attainment of liberation in the second birth. Here second birth means actually the third birth. For the intermediate birth in heaven is not considered.
3. Attainment of liberation in the third birth. It implies the fifth birth. Semantics āyariya-uvajjhāya (ācārya-upādhyāya)-Acārya-cum-upādhyāya.? It means he is the same person. He performs the work of both-the ācārya and the upādhyāya. In the Vyavahāra Sūtra, the minimum tenure of monkhood eligible for becoming upādhyāya is three years, and that for becoming ācārya is five years. sarisaya (svavişaya)--The ācārya is specially assigned with the work of teaching the meaning and purport of the canonical literature, while the upādhyāya is supposed to teach the canonical texts themselves. agalāe (aglanā)—Tirelessly, i.e. without feeling any kind of exhaustion or ennui.
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