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## Āgama Sūtra 39, Cheda Sūtra-5, 'Mahānishīth'
Those who do not think about the loss of study/purpose/sūtra number, who behave according to their own mind, who are free-willed, attached to ṛiddhi, rasa, śātā-gārava, etc., who are deeply attached to raga, filled with raga-dvesha, moha-andhakāra-mamatva, etc., who are turned away from all restraint and true dharma, who are merciless, shameless, devoid of hatred for sin, devoid of compassion, merciless, who have a mind that is attached to the act of sin, who are extremely cruel, fierce, and cruel in solitude, who are of false vision, who are devoid of all association, beginning, and attachment, who take samayika grahana from dravya (through mind, speech, and body, by doing, causing, and allowing) but not from bhava, who only have their heads shaved in name, who have only left the aṇagāra-ghar in name, who are only a mahāvratadhari in name, who, despite being a śramaṇa, follow and promote the wrong path by holding contrary beliefs, they are like this:
We always perform tīrtha prabhavana by worshipping the fragrance, garland, lamp, samārjana, liṁpana, cloth, bali, dhūpa, etc., of Arihant Bhagvant. Those who believe in them promote the wrong path. Thus, their duty is not in accordance with true dharma. O Gautama! One should not even approve of their duty through words.
O Bhagvant! Why is it said that one should not approve of their dravya pūjana even through words? O Gautama! According to their words, there is an abundance of asanyama and the destruction of the root qualities, which leads to the inflow of karma, and then, with adhyavasaya, there is a binding of gross and subtle auspicious and inauspicious karma-natures, the mahāvrat, which is like the renunciation of all precautions, is broken, the breaking of the vrata leads to the fault of disobeying the command, which leads to following the wrong path, which leads to the loss of the right path, promoting the wrong path and destroying the right path is like a great misfortune for a yati. Because those who commit such a great misfortune have to take birth and death in the four gatis for an infinite time. Therefore, one should not approve of such words. Sūtra-519-520
Dravyastava and bhavastava, both are good, but bhavastava is much better. Those who say that dravyastava is very good, their mind is not wise. O Gautama! One should behave in such a way that the welfare of the six-sense beings is protected. This dravyastava, worshipping the Lord with fragrance, flowers, etc., is considered appropriate for a śrāvaka who is a desha-virati but has not renounced all sins. But for a restrained sadhu who has renounced all sins, performing dravyastava is not appropriate, it is like worshipping with flowers, etc. Sūtra-521-522
O Gautama! Perhaps you think that since the thirty-two Indras have performed both dravyastava and bhavastava, it is appropriate to do so. But understand it this way. This is considered to be bhavastava, which is like a desire to obtain their favour. For an avirati Indra, bhavastava (compassion for the six-sense beings in the form of trividha trividha) is impossible. King Daśārṇabhadra honoured Bhagvant with pomp and show, he performed dravya pūjana and lost in comparison to Indra, then he accepted the diksha, which is like bhavastava. Then he also defeated Indra. This is an example to be applied here, therefore bhavastava is the best. Sūtra-523-526
The Chakravarti, Surya, Chandra, Datta, Damaka, etc., asked Bhagvant, "Did they perform pūjana-satkāra with devotion, which no one could do with all kinds of ṛiddhi? Did they understand it as sarva-savadha? Or did they understand it as trividha virati? Or did they consider it as pūjana for those who are virati with all kinds of yoga?" O Bhagvant, Indra has performed all kinds of pūjana with all his power. O Gautama! Even if an avirati Indra has performed pūjana-satkāra with the best kind of devotion, one should combine the dravya and bhavastava of both the desha-virati and the avirati according to their ability.
Muni Dīparatnasāgara Kṛt (Mahānishīth) Āgama Sūtra-Hindi Anuvāda
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