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Swami Samantabhadra. He only accepted pure, wholesome, and blameless food. He would not accept an invitation for such food, nor would he induce anyone to prepare food for him in any way. And if he knew that someone had prepared food for him or for another guest, he would not take it. He felt that taking it would make him a participant in the sin of *savadyakarma*, and he always wanted to keep himself free from *savadyakarma* through mind, speech, body, and action. He considered only that pure food to be appropriate and scripturally approved which the giver had prepared for himself or his family, which was already present at the place of giving before his arrival, and from which the giver, after offering a portion to him with devotion, wanted to be satisfied with the rest—he would not need to start preparing it again for his own meal. He would take food with the *bhramari* attitude, without causing any inconvenience to the giver. If, during the meal, he noticed any of the aforementioned faults or any obstacle arose, he would happily leave the food at that moment and would not let any stain come upon his mind due to this loss. Besides this, his food was limited and purposeful. The scriptures allow monks to eat up to 32 mouthfuls, but he often ate two, four, or ten mouthfuls less than that. And when he saw that he could manage without food—that there was no particular obstacle in following the daily routine and performing religious rituals—
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________________ स्वामी समन्तभद्र। शुद्ध, प्रासुक तथा निर्दोष ही लेते थे । वे अपने उस भोजनके लिये किसीका निमंत्रण स्वीकार नहीं करते थे, किसीको किसी रूपमें भी अपना भोजन करने करानेके लिये प्रेरित नहीं करते थे, और यदि उन्हें यह मालूम हो जाता था कि किसीने उनके उद्देश्यसे कोई भोजन तय्यार किया है अथवा किसी दूसरे अतिथि ( मेहमान ) के लिये तय्यार किया हुआ भोजन उन्हें दिया जाता है तो वे उस भोजनको नहीं लेते थे । उन्हें उसके लेनेमें सावद्यकर्मके भागी होनेका दोष मालूम पड़ता था और सावद्यकर्मसे वे सदा अपने आपको मन-वचन-काय तथा कृतकारित अनुमोदनाद्वारा दूर रखना चाहते थे । वे उसी शुद्ध भोजनको अपने लिये कल्पित और शास्त्रानुमोदित समझते थे जिसे दातारने स्वयं अपने अथवा अपने कुटुम्बके लिये तय्यार किया हो, जो देनेके स्थान पर उनके आनेसे पहले ही मौजूद हो और जिसमेंसे दातार कुछ अंश उन्हें भक्तिपूर्वक भेट करके शेषमें स्वयं संतुष्ट रहना चाहता हो—उसे अपने भोजनके लिये फिर दोबारा आरंभ करनेकी कोई जरूरत न हो। आप भ्रामरी वृत्तिसे, दातारको कुछ भी बाधा न पहुँचाते हुए, भोजन लिया करते थे। भोजनके समय यदि आगमकथित दोषों से उन्हें कोई भी दोष मालूम पड़ जाता था अथवा कोई अन्तराय सामने उपस्थित हो जाता था तो वे खुशीसे उसी दम भोजनको छोड़ देते थे और इस अलाभके कारण चित्त पर जरा भी मैल नहीं लाते थे । इसके सिवाय आपका भोजन परिमित और सकारण होता था। आगममें मुनियोंके लिये ३२ ग्रास तक भोजनकी आज्ञा है परंतु आप उससे अक्सर दो चार दस ग्रास कम ही भोजन लेते थे, और जब यह देखते थे कि विना भोजन किये भी चल सकता है-नित्यनियमोंके पालन तथा धार्मिक अनुष्ठानोंके सम्पादनमें कोई विशेष बाधा नहीं आती तो Jain Education International For Personal & Private Use Only www.jainelibrary.org
SR No.010669
Book TitleRatnakarandaka Shravakachara
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorJugalkishor Mukhtar
PublisherManikchand Digambar Jain Granthamala Samiti
Publication Year1982
Total Pages456
LanguageHindi, Sanskrit
ClassificationBook_Devnagari
File Size7 MB
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