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were sferoro Duvvisojjho fortrey. Durvisodhyah, were not able to clearly understand the preaching of the Guru ( because they were dull-witted ), the ascetics of the time of the last Tirthankara were दुरगुपालओ Durarupalao दुरनुपालका: Duranu pālakās are able to obey the orders (of the Quru) with difficulty, ( because they were crooked and dull), while the ascetics of the intermediate twenty-two Tirthaņkaras, were graten Suvisojjho gratisa: Suvisodhyah, able to understand the preaching easily and were entot Supālao enost: Sūpālakah able to obey orders of the Guru carefully as they were straightforward and wise. Although they were with four VOWS, they were able to understand and to observe carefully the fifth vow also.
यदुक्तं । नो अपरिग्गहिआए इत्थीए जेण होइ परिमोगो।
ता तबिरईए चिय, अवंभविरइत्ति पण्णाणं ॥
Yaduktam
No apariggahiāe itthié jéņa hoi paribhogo ; Tā tavviraié cchiya a-bambha varaitti paņņāņam
It is said,
A woman, who is mafrafta A-parigrahita, Not accepted as one's married wife and not accepted as one's fena Parigraha Household, cannot be enjoyed for sexual intercourse. When the ofiarna Parigraha Vrata,-tre vow of abstinence from holding any belonging-is taken, né fark Abambhavirai, Abstinence from sexual intercourse, is certainly enjoined."
With this object in view, Mahā-muni Śrī Pārsvanāth Tirthankara preached Dhanu'a with four great vows, the first Tīrthankara Bhagavan Sri Rishabha-deva Swami, and the last Tirthamkara śramaņa Bhagavan Shree Vardhamana Swāmi, preached Dharma with five great vow. This difference is caused for the benefit of ascetics possesing different met
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