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Svayambhūdeva on the anupreksās (Paümacariu 54.5-16)
ghatta jo jamma-saeņa
sañciu dukkiya-kamma-malu so galaï asesu
varaņě du-vaddhaě jema jalu Rāvana, reflect of the destruction (of karman), the root of the doctrine of compassion! If you comprehend it, then better give up (Sītā] and conduct yourself according to this (doctrine]! King of Lankā, you who controls the uncontrollable Dānavas, lord, listen to the anupreksā on the destruction (of karman)! Through the consumption of a lot of tasteless food and drink for six, eight, ten or twelve meals, through fasting for four meals, trirātra and atoraņa fasts, offering a meal to an ascetic) once every two weeks to break his fast, through monthly fasts, or cāndrāyaṇa fasts, 42 through other chastisements, through shaving one's head, through sleeping outside and through committing austerities by tree roots in vīrāsana, through training the mind in study and meditation, through praising, worshipping and homage to the lord, through unbearable self-control, asceticism and restraint, through the terrible twenty-two difficulties, through (correct] behaviour, knowledge, vows and insight, and through other chastisements and afflictions, through these practices the dirt of bad karman collected in hundreds of births, seeps away completely like water through a badly made dam.43
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dhammu ahimsā dahavayana
to viņa jāņaï pariharahi aho jiņavare-kama-kamalindindira pahilaü eu tāma vujjhevvaü vīyaü maddavatta darisevvaü caüthaü puņa lāhavěņa jivevvaü chatthaü sanjama-vai pālevvaü attamu vanbhaceru rakkhevvaü dasamaü maně paricāu karevvü dhammem hontaena suhu kevalu
jāņahi tuhū daha-bheu
kāi mi kāraņu eu dasadhammāņuvekkha suņě dasa-sira jīva-daýā-varena hoevvaü taïyaü ujjaya-cittu karevvaü pañcamaü vi tava-caraņu carevvaü sattamu kim pi ņāhi maggevvü navamaü sacca-vayaņu vollevvaü ěhu dasa-bheu dhammu jāņevvaü dhammem hontaeņa cintiýa-phalu
ghattā dhammeņa dasāsa
gharu pariyaņu savadammuhaü viņu ekkeņreņa
sayalu vi thāi parammuhaü Daśavadana, you know the tenfold righteousness and non-violence. Nevertheless, you do not give up Jānakī. What is the reason? Oh, Daśaśiras44 you who are like a bee near the lotusfeet of the supreme Jina, listen to the anupreksā on the ten forms of righteousness!
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