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Dravyasamgraha
दसणणाणसमग्गं मग्गं मोक्खस्स जो हु चारित्तं । साघयदि णिच्चसुद्धं साहू स मुणी णमो तस्स ॥
(54)
गाथा भावार्थ - जो मुनि दर्शन और ज्ञान से परिपूर्ण हैं, मोक्ष का कारणभूत ऐसे चारित्र को सदा शुद्ध रीति से साधते हैं, वे मुनि साधु-परमेष्ठी हैं; उनको मेरा नमस्कार हो।
54. Salutation to the Ascetic (Sādhu) abound in faith and knowledge, who incessantly practises pure conduct that surely leads to liberation.
EXPLANATORY NOTES
The Ascetic (Sādhu) has twenty-eight primary attributes (māla guna) comprising: Five supreme vows (mahāvrata); Five regulations (samiti); Five-fold control of the senses (pañcendriya nirodha) –
shedding all attachment and aversion towards the senseobjects pertaining to touch (sparśana), taste (rasana),
smell (ghrāņa), sight (cakṣu), and hearing (śrotra); Six essential duties (sadāvasyaka); and Seven rules or restrictions (niyama)- theserules are:
(a) not taking bath (asnāna); (b) sleeping on the ground (bhūmi śayana); (c) renouncing clothes (nāgnya); (d) plucking hair on the head and face by hand
(kesaloñca);
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