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## Āgama Sūtra 39, Cheda Sūtra-5, 'Mahānishītha'
**Study/Purpose/Sūtra Number** Those who experience the same results of **virasa-katu** (bitter and tasteless) due to **bhāva-doṣa** (faults in thought) will continue to experience these bitter and tasteless results for an infinite time in the future. Therefore, a **muni** (ascetic) should not harbor even a small **śalya** (blemish). **Sūtra-117**
**O Gautama!** There is no count of **śramaṇī** (female ascetics) who, with a pure, **śalya**-free, **viśuddha** (pure), **śuddha** (clean), **nirmala** (stainless), **vimala** (spotless) mind, having cleansed themselves through **abhyantara viśodhi** (internal purification), by scrutinizing and removing all **bhāva-śalya** (mental blemishes) like **ati-cāra** (excess) etc., through the practice of **tapo-karma** (austerity), by fully performing **prāyaścitta** (atonement), by washing away the stains like the dirt of **pāpa-karma** (sinful actions), have attained **divya-uttama** (divine and supreme) **kevala-jñāna** (omniscience), and are **mahānubhāga** (great in virtue), **mahā-yaśa** (great in fame), **mahā-sattva** (great in being), **sampannā** (prosperous), **su-grahita** (well-controlled), **nāma-dhārī** (name-bearing), and have attained **moksha** (liberation) with infinite supreme happiness. **Sūtra-118-120**
**O Gautama!** Some **sādhvī** (female ascetics) who have attained **kevala-jñāna** (omniscience) through scrutiny are called **puṇya-bhāgī** (blessed). **Oh!** I am a **pāpīṇī** (sinner), a **pāpa-matī** (sinful-minded) woman. Indeed, I am a **pāpīṇī** (sinner) who has committed many sins. **Oh!** I have indulged in many evil thoughts. Because I was born a woman in this life, I will now practice **ghora** (intense), **vīra** (heroic), **ugra** (fierce), **kaṣṭa-dāya** (painful) **tapa** (austerity) and **samyama** (self-control). **Sūtra-121-125**
An infinite amount of **pāpa-rāśi** (sinful actions) accumulate to obtain the **śuddha** (pure) state of womanhood. Now, I will make the accumulated **pāpa-karma** (sinful actions) that led to womanhood so thin that I will not be a woman anymore and will attain **kevala-jñāna** (omniscience). I will not even look at **śīya-khaṇḍana** (sexual intercourse) anymore. Now, I will become a **śramaṇa-kevalī** (male omniscient ascetic). **Oh!** In the past, I may have thought some **āhaṭṭa-dohaṭṭa** (very evil) thoughts. I will scrutinize and purify them quickly and become a **śramaṇī-kevalī** (female omniscient ascetic). Seeing my beauty, radiance, brilliance, and splendor, someone might become like a **titali** (butterfly), a **madhma** (low) being, and perish. To prevent that, I will become a **kevalī** (omniscient) in the state of **śramaṇī** (female ascetic). Now, I will definitely not touch anyone other than **vāyara** (air). **Sūtra-126-129**
I will not engage in the **ārambha-samārambha** (beginning and continuation) of the six **kāya** (bodies) of living beings. I will become a **śramaṇī-kevalī** (female omniscient ascetic). I will keep my body, waist, breasts, thighs, the inner part of my private area, navel, and the area between the thighs, etc., all **gopan** (hidden) and will not even tell my mother about them. With this intention, the **sādhvī** (female ascetic) became a **kevalī** (omniscient). I have gone through countless **bhavantara** (past lives), and while following the tradition of **garbhāvāsa** (womb-dwelling), I have somehow attained the knowledge that destroys **pāpa-karma** (sinful actions) and the beautiful humanity with **cāritra** (good conduct). Now, I will scrutinize and criticize all **bhāva-śalya** (mental blemishes) every moment. With the intention of not committing such sins again, I will perform **prāyaścitta** (atonement). **Sūtra-130-132**
I will not engage in any actions of **mana** (mind), **vacana** (speech), and **kāya** (body) that require **prāyaścitta** (atonement), such as the **samārambha** (beginning) of **pṛthvī** (earth), **jala** (water), **agni** (fire), **vāyu** (air), **vanaspati-kāya** (plant body), and **bīja-kāya** (seed body), or the **samārambha** (beginning) of two, three, four, or five-sense beings, which means I will not kill, lie, accept dust and ashes that have not been given, even in my dreams, I will not desire sexual intercourse with my mind, and I will not possess anything that could lead to the **skhalanā** (slip) of **mūla-guṇa** (root qualities) and **uttara-guṇa** (higher qualities). **Sūtra-133-136**
I will be free from **mada** (intoxication), **bhaya** (fear), **kaṣāya** (passions), **mana** (mind), **vacana** (speech), and **kāya** (body), the three **daṇḍa** (punishments), and will dwell in **gupti** (secrecy) and **samiti** (harmony), and will control my senses. I will become a being with a body adorned with eighteen thousand **śīlāṅga** (virtues), and will dwell in **svādhyāya** (self-study), **dhyāna** (meditation), and **yoga** (union). I will become such a **śramaṇī-kevalī** (female omniscient ascetic). I, who will wear the **linga-cihna** (symbol) that the **dharma-tīrthankara** (religious ford-maker), who is like a pillar capable of protecting the three realms, has worn, will perhaps be ground in a **yantra** (machine) and my body will be cut into two pieces.
**Muni Dīparatna Sāgara Kṛt (Mahānishītha) Āgama Sūtra-Hindi Anuvāda**
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