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## Āgama Sūtra 39, Chhedasūtra-5, 'Mahānishīth'
It is impossible to know the one who wanders like a mind in the ocean of the Paras, who can find the Paras. How can one who is not free of mind give criticism? Those who remove the salya of such a salya-bearer are worthy of being worshipped every moment. Sūtra - 158-160
Free from attachment and aversion, with a feeling of affection, delighting in Dharma-meditation, possessing the limbs of virtue and the abode of excellent qualities, a woman and many other bonds, considering home, woman, etc. as a prison, with a very pure and extremely pure mind, and who removes the salya, such a great-renowned man is worthy of being seen, worshipped, and is superior, even the Devendra is worthy of being worshipped by him. He who, having renounced all worldly things, attains such a state of renunciation, is worthy of being seen and worshipped. Sūtra-161-163
(It is explained how those sādhvīs who do not criticize the salya receive the fruits of the world.) I will not criticize, why should I? Or let the sādhvī criticize a little, not many faults, let the sādhvīs speak only of the faults they have seen, I speak only of the faultless and sinless, for the sake of knowledge, etc., one has to take the fault, what is there to criticize in that? A śramaṇī who asks for forgiveness for negligence, a śramaṇī who commits sin, a śramaṇī who does not have the strength to speak, a śramaṇī who speaks against the world, "Others have committed such a sin, how much criticism is there." Saying this, she takes criticism upon herself, if she has heard of the atonement for such a fault, let her do it according to that, but let her not confess her own fault, and a śramaṇī who is suspicious in eight ways, such as caste, etc. (do not take such pure criticism) Sūtra- 164-165
Do not take criticism for fear of being caught after lying, being corrupted by rasa, ṛddhi, śatā, and garva, and then being subject to many such emotional faults, filled with sinful salya, such śramaṇīs have been countless in number and for countless ages. Those countless śramaṇīs have gone to many places of suffering. Sūtra - 166-167
Countless śramaṇīs who are afflicted with the salya of the beginningless salya. They have suffered the pain of the bitter taste of the fruit, which is severe, fierce, and fiercer, acquired from only one salya in the form of emotional faults, and are still in hell today, and will continue to experience the bitter fruit acquired from such salya for countless ages in the future. Therefore, śramaṇīs should not even take on the slightest salya for a moment. Sūtra - 168-169
The body easily burns in the great, terrifying, heavy, great fire, which is agitated by a row of flames ignited by the word "dhag dhag". It is better to die than to suffer the pain of diving into the embers, then into the water, then from there to the land, then from there the body again into the river. Sūtra-170-171
It is easy to make one's body dead by smearing it with lime, turmeric, etc. It is easy to cut off one's head with one's own hands. But it is difficult to practice such austerity, so that one becomes free from salya.
Muni Dīparatnasāgar Kṛt (Mahānishīth) Āgama Sūtra-Hindi Anuvāda
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