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कहा-“देखो ! यह गच्छाधिपति आचार्य असंविग्न (वैराग्यरहित) एवं अगीतीर्थ है, इनके साथ रहने से आपको बड़ा भारी खतरा पैदा हो सकता है। इनसे अलग हुए बिना आप लोग उस बड़े भारी अनर्थ से बच नहीं सकेंगे।" ___ इसी प्रकार जो आवश्यक है, वह तो लोकोत्तर है, किन्तु उस आवश्यक प्रक्रिया का जो
आचरण है, वह दोष सेवन करते जाने और आलोचना का दिखावा करते जाने वाले उक्त साधु की तरह निष्प्राण, भावशून्य और थोथा है, इसलिए उसे लोकोत्तरिक द्रव्य आवश्यक कहा गया है।
(मलधारी हेमचन्द्र वृत्ति, पृ. ७१ मुनि जम्बू विजय जी) Elaboration-Here two adjectives, lokottarik (spiritual) and dravya (physical) have been added to avashyak (obligatory duties). The intended meaning is—as avashyak is a spiritual code it is supernatural or exceptional but because the ascetic reciting this code is devoid of the virtues of a shraman, this spiritual act by him is a mere formality or just physical (dravya) and is devoid of any fruits of avashyak.
There are persons who act as if they are sincere in observing the obligatory duties but continue to commit transgressions. The avashyak (obligatory duties) performed by such a person is also called dravya avashyak (physical avashyak). This has been explained with an example
There was a city named Vasantpur. Once a group of ascetics came there. These ascetics were neither scholarly nor completely detached. There was an ascetic in this group who formally pretended to be detached but was in fact devoid of ascetic virtues. Each day he brought unacceptable and faulty food but at the time of pratikraman (critical review; one of the six obligatory duties) he would pose as if he is very sincerely criticizing his faults and wants to atone for them. The acharya (head of the group) was also ill-educated. While prescribing atonement for this ascetic the acharya commended him before all his disciples—"See ! How sincere is this ascetic. Instead of concealing his faults he criticizes each fault sincerely. To commit a fault is a normal human weakness but such sincere self
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