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**Study**
_The Sixth Study of the Virattthui_
Virattthui Study
Ask the Samanas, the Brahmanas, the householders, and the Paratitthikas: Who is the one who speaks of the Dharma that is beneficial in isolation, unparalleled, and well-examined? ||1||
Shadow - The Samanas, the Brahmanas, the householders, and the Paratitthikas.
He is the one who speaks of the Dharma that is beneficial in isolation, unparalleled, and well-examined.
Translation - The Samanas, the Brahmanas, the householders, and the Paratitthikas asked: Who is the one who speaks of the Dharma that is beneficial in isolation, unparalleled, and well-examined?
Commentary - This Sutra is connected to the next Sutra. In the previous Sutra, it was said that a wise man should contemplate death while following the path taught by the Tirthankara. Here, it is asked: Who is the Tirthankara who taught the path to liberation? The Samanas, the ascetics, etc., asked this question. The connection between the Sutras should be understood. It was said earlier that the being should attain knowledge. The answer that will be given later should be understood. With this connection, the explanation of this Sutra is given in the order of the collection, etc., which is as follows:
_ After hearing the many different types of hell, the men who were worried about the cycle of birth and death asked Sri Sudharmaswami: Who has explained this hell? Here, the word "ṇam" is used in the sense of a figure of speech, or Sri Jambuswami asks Sri Sudharmaswami: Who has explained the Dharma that is capable of liberating from the cycle of birth and death? Many people have asked me this question. The Samanas, the Nirgrantha ascetics, etc., the Brahmanas, those who are devoted to the practice of celibacy, etc., the householders, the Kshatriyas, etc., and the Buddhists, etc., the followers of other religions, all asked me this question. What is it? It shows that he is the one who spoke of this Dharma, which is beneficial in isolation, which is the holder of the animals that are spread out in the bad paths, "āha" said, "anīdṛśam" unparalleled, meaning incomparable, and also - that is a good examination, a good examination, as it is, the truth, with that, or - a good examination - he spoke in a balanced way. ||1||
Then, to understand his knowledge and other qualities, he asks a question -
Commentary - The connection of this Sutra with the next Sutra is as follows. In the previous Sutra, it was said that a wise man should contemplate death while following the path taught by the Tirthankara. Here, it is asked: Who is the Tirthankara who taught the path to liberation? The Samanas, the ascetics, etc., asked this question. The connection between the Sutras should be understood. It was said earlier that the being should attain knowledge. The answer that will be given later should be understood. With this connection, the explanation of this Sutra is given in the order of the collection, etc., which is as follows:
_ After hearing the many different types of hell, the men who were worried about the cycle of birth and death asked Sri Sudharmaswami: Who has explained this hell? Here, the word "ṇam" is used in the sense of a figure of speech, or Sri Jambuswami asks Sri Sudharmaswami: Who has explained the Dharma that is capable of liberating from the cycle of birth and death? Many people have asked me this question. The Samanas, the Nirgrantha ascetics, etc., the Brahmanas, those who are devoted to the practice of celibacy, etc., the householders, the Kshatriyas, etc., and the Buddhists, etc., the followers of other religions, all asked me this question. What is it? It shows that he is the one who spoke of this Dharma, which is beneficial in isolation, which is the holder of the animals that are spread out in the bad paths, "āha" said, "anīdṛśam" unparalleled, meaning incomparable, and also - that is a good examination, a good examination, as it is, the truth, with that, or - a good examination - he spoke in a balanced way. ||1||
Then, to understand his knowledge and other qualities, he asks a question -
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