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UTTARADHYAYANA.
A wise man having weighed (both kinds of death) and chosen the better one (taught in) the Law of Compassion, will become calm through patience, with an undisturbed mind (at the time of death). (30)
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When the right time (to prepare for death) has arrived, a faithful (monk) should in the presence (of his teacher) suppress all emotions (of fear or joy) and wait for the dissolution of his body. (31)
When the time for quitting the body has come, a sage dies the 'death with one's will,' according to one of the three methods1. (32) Thus I say.
SIXTH LECTURE.
THE FALSE ASCETIC 2.
All men who are ignorant of the Truth are subject to pain; in the endless Samsâra they suffer in many ways. (1)
Therefore a wise man, who considers well the ways that lead to bondage and birth, should
1 These three methods are (1) bhakta pratyâkhyâna, (2) ingitamarana, (3) pâdapôpagamana. They are fully described in the Âkârânga Sutra I, 7, 8, 7 ff., see part i, p. 75 f.
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2 Khuddâganiyanthiggam Kshullakanirgranthîyam. Kshullaka originally means 'small, young,' but I do not see that the contents of this lecture support this translation, though the commentators would seem to favour it.
3 Dêvêndra here quotes the following Sanskrit verse: Kalatranigadam dattva na samtushiah pragâpatih bhûyô-py apatyarûpêna dadâti galasrinkhalam. The creator was not satisfied when he had given (to man) the wife as a fetter, he added a chain round his neck in the form of children.
