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## Āgama Sūtra 39, Cheda Sūtra-5, 'Mahānishīth'
Study/Purpose/Sūtra Number Sūtra-1397-1399
Fear of nightmares, bad omens, planetary afflictions, obstacles, enemies, or misfortune, excessive rainfall, drought, lightning, meteor showers, bad winds, fire, opposition from influential people, and all other fears that arise in this world, are destroyed by the influence of this knowledge. One who desires to perform atonement that brings auspiciousness, removes sins, and bestows all other inexhaustible happiness, even if they may not attain Siddhi in that life, will still attain the excellent Deva-Gati of the Vāimānika, be born in a good family, and suddenly attain Samyaktvā, experiencing the bliss of the lineage, and being forever freed from the bondage of the eight karmas, the dust and impurities, and attain Siddhi. Sūtra - 1400
_O Bhagvant! Is this the only atonement ordinance that is prescribed according to this? O Gautama! This is the general atonement prescribed for all beings, from the very young to the very old, newly initiated, calculators, those with abundant wealth, and so on, including the Muni-gaṇas, and even for those who are not yet fully enlightened, those who are Mahā-Avadhi, Manah-paryavagyanī, Chhadmastha Vītarāga, such Bhikshus, in relation to the necessary actions of solitary awakening yoga. But do not think that this is the only atonement. O Bhagvant! Should those who are not fully enlightened, Mahā-Avadhi, Manah-paryavagyanī, Chhadmastha Vītarāga, perform all the necessary actions? O Gautama! They should definitely perform them. Not only the necessary actions alone, but they should always perform all the necessary actions continuously. O Bhagvant! How should they perform them? O Gautama! They should perform them with the strength of inconceivable power, vigor, intelligence, superior knowledge, and ability. O Bhagvant! Why should they perform them? O Gautama! Even if there is no instigation or instigation from the Utsūtra Unmārga, they should perform the necessary actions by doing so. Sūtra - 1401
O Bhagvant! Why don't you tell us about a specific type of atonement? O Gautama! For violating the rules of the Gaccha-āchāra regarding travel and dwelling during the rainy season, for transgressing the rules of the Sangh-āchāra, for revealing a secret, for transgressing the Dharma of the seven types of Maṇḍalī, for engaging in conduct like bowing, offering food, etc., with a Kuśīla who has gone to a Gaccha that is not mentioned in the scriptures, for giving improper ordination or for giving the great initiation to someone who is not eligible, for exceeding the limits of the Sūtra-artha, for exceeding the limits of both the Sūtra-artha and its meaning, for giving a single letter in ignorance, for committing offenses related to the daily, nightly, fortnightly, monthly, four-monthly, yearly, light-related, otherworldly, diagnosed, for contradicting the fundamental qualities, for contradicting the secondary qualities, for committing offenses knowingly or unknowingly, for repeatedly consuming offenses with cruelty, for consuming offenses with carelessness and pride, for consuming offenses due to exceptions to the commands, for experiencing Roudra-ārta-dhyāna during Mahāvrata, Śramaṇa-dharma, Samyama, Tapa, Niyama, and times of difficulty, for experiencing offenses related to Rāga, Dvesha, Moha, Mithyātva, for experiencing offenses related to evil, cruelty, and consequences, for experiencing offenses related to ego, fainting, and attachment arising from the beginning, for not following the Samiti, for sleeping in the absence of someone else, for experiencing offenses related to enmity, anger, anxiety, and mental unrest, for experiencing offenses related to speaking falsehoods, for accepting things without giving, for experiencing offenses related to sexual intercourse, for experiencing offenses related to the three types of karma, for experiencing offenses related to attachment, for experiencing offenses related to eating at night, for experiencing offenses related to mental, verbal, and physical misconduct, for experiencing offenses related to committing, causing, and allowing misconduct, for experiencing offenses related to knowledge, vision, and character, for experiencing offenses related to sinful actions, what more can be said? As many as there are places and forms of atonement like Trikāla-Chaityavandana, etc., so many are specifically prescribed.
O Gautama! Countless numbers of prescriptions are given. Therefore, one should understand well that O Gautama! The Sūtra-artha, the number, the proof, the appointment, the collection, the Anuyoga, the Dwāra, the Akshara, the Ananta-paryāya, have been explained, taught, said, understood, and exemplified, either in terms of time, acquisition, or in terms of sequence or non-sequence, i.e.
Muni Dīparatnasāgara Kṛt (Mahānishīth) Āgama Sūtra-Hindi Anuvāda
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