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Verse 51
गृहिणां त्रेधा तिष्ठत्यणुगुणशिक्षाव्रतात्मकं चरणम् । पञ्चत्रिचतुर्भेदं त्रयं यथासङ्ख्यमाख्यातम् ॥ ५१ ॥
सामान्यार्थ - गृहस्थों का चारित्र अणुव्रत, गुणव्रत और शिक्षाव्रत रूप तीन प्रकार से है और वह तीन प्रकार के चारित्र क्रम से पाँच, तीन और चार भेदों से युक्त कहे गये हैं।
Conduct (cāritra) for the householders is of three kinds – small vows-anuvrata, subsidiary vows-gunavrata, and instructional vows - śikṣāvrata. These have been further subdivided into five, three and four categories, respectively.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Ācārya Umāsvāmi’s Tattvārthasūtra:
दिग्देशानर्थदण्डविरतिसामायिकप्रोषधोपवासोपभोगपरिभोगपरिमाणातिथिसंविभागवतसंपन्नश्च ॥ ७-२१ ॥
Abstaining from activity with regard to directions, country, and purposeless sin, periodical concentration, fasting at regular intervals, limiting consumable and non-consumable things, and partaking of one's food after feeding an ascetic, are the minor or supplementary vows.
Jain, Vijay K. (2011), "Achārya Umāsvāmi's Tattvārthsūtra", p. 101-102.
Ācārya Amộtacandra's Puruşārthasiddhyupāya:
परिधय इव नगराणि व्रतानि किल पालयन्ति शीलानि । व्रतपालनाय तस्माच्छीलान्यपि पालनीयानि ॥ १३६ ॥
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