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## Chapter Two...
Saluting Shantinath, the Jina, who brings peace to sins, I will now speak of the process of purification rituals for the three varnas. ||1||
A body purified by cleanliness becomes fit for restraint. Without cleanliness, there is no austerity, even for one born in a distinguished lineage. ||2||
Cleansed and well-cultivated land yields good fruits. For when the cause is present, the effect arises in accordance with the cause. ||3||
A seed sown in good, cultivated land yields a thousandfold fruit. But a seed sown in uncultivated land, above, perishes. ||4||
The essence of these two verses is that this body is like land. Just as land that is well-fertilized, ploughed several times, and prepared, yields good crops, so too, a body that is ritually purified becomes fit for restraint, vows, and good conduct. And a body that is not purified never becomes fit for restraint, austerity, etc. Therefore, it is very important to purify the body. ||4||
In this world, the attainment of the state of being free from attachments is said by the wise to be restraint, which exists in a purified body. ||5||