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not allow any one else oither to attend to its needs. Mas. sage is pormitted in tbe other two forms of the sallekhanã death, and the cleaning of tbe bodily impurities with puri. fied water.
In addition to saints even housebolders may join in the service of a sādhu that is embarked on sallekhana death, and they can render valuable service when he is unable to move about from enfeeblement, by arranging to have their own food prepared nearer to his residence, thus placing themselves in a position to offer him suitable food, nearer at band, id strict accordanco with tho rules.
Inaddition to those forms of help alroady roferred to, the purification of his seat, the kamandalu and the pichchi may also be done tor bim by anothor. At night he may lie on smooth even ground after it has been duly seen to be free from insect life, or use a mat of straw or dry grass, a wooden plank or a slab of stone. These will bave to be 'inseet-freed' likewise. Towards the end of the sallekhani death the saint endoavours to conquer sleep itself, and spends the whole of his time in holy meditation.
Those who attend on a saint duly set out on tbe acco. mplishment of the sallekhanä death should be endowed
b great faith and wisdom, and should refrain from all kinds of show of sentimentalism that might cause him to waver in his resolution or to bo agitated in thought. They should exclude all undesirable visitors and hangerson and should always endeavour to strengthen him in his arduous faith and conduct, by means of the narration of stories of great ascetics who have successfully gone through the trying ordeal, as well as of discourses on the merit of dharma, propounding the doctrines of Faith and describing the terrible sufferings which unemancipated souls bave undergone and.sball have to undergo in their migratory career in the future.
The effect of these narrations is extremely soothing, and wonderful alltogether. It brings into manifestation
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| SR No. | 032175 |
| Book Title | Mrutyu Mahotsav |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Sadasukh Das, Virendra Prasad Jain |
| Publisher | Akhil Vishva Jain Mission |
| Publication Year | 1958 |
| Total Pages | 48 |
| Language | Hindi |
| Classification | Book_Devnagari |
| File Size | 8 MB |