Mulachar

SR No.: 022324
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Manoharlal Shastri
Publisher: Anantkirti Digambar Jain Granthmala
Publication Year: 1919
Total Pages: 470
Language: Sanskrit
Classification: Book_Devnagari
File Size: 25 MB

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मूलाचार
अर्थ-कपास रेशम रोम तीनके बने हुए वस्त्र, मृगछाला आदि चर्म, वृक्षादिकी छालसे उत्पन्न सन आदिके टाट, अथवा पत्ता तृण आदि-इनसे शरीरका आच्छादन नहीं करना, कड़े हार आदि आभूषणोंसे भूषित न होना, संयमके विनाशक द्रव्योंकर रहित होना-ऐसा तीनजगतकर पूज्य वस्त्रादि-बाह्यपरिग्रहरहित अचेलकवत मूलगुण है ॥ ३० ॥ इससे हिंसाका उपार्जनरूपदोष, प्रक्षालनदोष, याचनादिदोष नहीं होते ।
आगे अमानव्रतका स्वरूप कहते हैंपहाणादिवजणेण य विलित्तजल्लमल्लसदसव्वंगं । अण्हाणं घोरगुणं संजमदुगपालयं मुणिणो ॥३१॥ स्नानादिवर्जनेन च विलिप्तजल्लमल्लखेदसर्वांगम् । अस्त्रानं घोरगुणं संयमद्विकपालकं मुनेः॥३१॥
अर्थ-जलसे नहानारूप स्नान, आदिशब्दसे उवटना, अंजन लगाना, पान खाना, चंदनादिलेपन-इसतरह नानादिक्रियाओंके छोड़देनेसे जल्लमल्लखेदरूप देहके मैलकर लिप्त होगया है सब अंग जिसमें ऐसा अस्नान नामा महान् गुण मुनिके होता है । उससे कषायनिग्रहरूप प्राणसंयम तथा इन्द्रियनिग्रहरूप इन्द्रियसंयम इन दोनोंकी रक्षा होती है। यहां कोई प्रश्न करे कि सानादि न करनेसे अशुचिपना होता है ? उसका समाधान यह है कि मुनिराज व्रतोंकर सदा पवित्र हैं, यदि व्रतरहित होके जलसानसे शुद्धता हो तो मच्छी मगर दुराचारी असंयमी सभी जीव मानकरनेसे शुद्ध माने जायँगे सो ऐसा नहीं है, प्रत्युत जलादिक बहुत दोषोंसहित हैं अनेकतरहके सूक्ष्मजीवोंसे भरे हैं पापके मूल हैं इसलिये संयमी जनोंको अमानव्रत ही पालना योग्य है ३१

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## Chapter 14: Fundamental Conduct

**Meaning:** To not wear clothes made from cotton, silk, wool, animal hides, bark, or leaves, to not adorn oneself with ornaments like necklaces, and to abstain from substances that destroy self-control - this is the fundamental virtue of a Jain, free from external possessions like clothes, and similar to an ascetic. || 30 || This prevents the accumulation of sins like violence, washing, and begging.

**Further, the nature of non-vow is described:** The body, covered in dirt and grime, is a great virtue for the monk, a protector of self-control. || 31 || By abstaining from bathing, applying unguents, collyrium, drinking, eating, and applying sandalwood paste, the body becomes covered in dirt and grime, making this non-bathing a great virtue for the monk. || 31 ||

**Meaning:** By abstaining from bathing, applying unguents, collyrium, drinking, eating, and applying sandalwood paste, the body becomes covered in dirt and grime. This non-bathing is a great virtue for the monk, protecting both the control of breath (pranayama) and the control of senses (indriyanigraha). Someone might ask, "Doesn't not bathing lead to impurity?" The answer is that Jain monks are always pure due to their vows. If purity were achieved through bathing, then even fish, crocodiles, and immoral, unrestrained beings would be considered pure. This is not the case. Water and other such things are full of many faults, teeming with microscopic creatures, and are the root of sin. Therefore, it is appropriate for the restrained to follow the non-vow. || 31 ||