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Ratnakarandaka-śrāvakācāra
गृहतो मुनिवनमित्वा गुरूपकण्ठे व्रतानि परिगृह्य । भैक्ष्याशनस्तपस्यन्नुत्कृष्टश्चेलखण्डधरः ॥१४७ ॥
सामान्यार्थ - जो घर से मुनियों के वन को जाकर गुरु के पास व्रत ग्रहण कर भिक्षा-भोजन करता हुआ तपश्चरण करता है तथा वस्त्र के एक खण्ड को धारण करता है वह उत्कृष्ट श्रावक उद्दिष्टविरत प्रतिमाधारी कहलाता है।
The householder who, leaving his home, goes to the spiritual preacher in the forest, adopts vows, lives on food obtained through religious solicitation, observes austerities, and accepts only a loincloth, is to be known as the uddistavirata śrāvaka (eleventh stage).
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Jain, Champat Rai has this explanation which throws adequate light on the verse:
The highest point of a householder's conduct is reached in the eleventh pratimā which takes him to the door of asceticism. This pratimā, called the uddişța (that which has been ordered or mentioned beforehand) tyāga (renouncing) is indicative of the mental determination of the aspiringjīva to avoid accepting anything in the shape of food by special invitation or appointment. It comprises two kinds of householders: (1) kşullaka and (2) ellaka. The kşullaka wears a langoțī* and a sheet of cloth, three cubits long and of a single width, but the ellaka rejects the wrapper and keeps only the langoțī. They both keep a bowl, for carrying water, and a whisk of the softest
*langotī - a narrow strip of cloth worn by men to hide their nudity.
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