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## Āgama Sūtra 39, Cheda Sūtra-5, 'Mahānishītha'
**Study/Purpose/Sūtra Number:** O Bhagvant! Why is it said that after reading the Panchamangal Mahā Śruta Skandha, one should read the Iriyāvahiya Sūtra?
**O Gautama!** When our soul, due to the results of actions like coming and going, becomes entangled in many beings, prānas, bhūtas, and sattvas, due to misuse or negligence, and then there is a clash, disturbance, or injury, and then its criticism is done through pratikramna, and for the destruction of all karma, some ritual like caitya vandan, svādhyāya, dhyāna, etc. is performed, at that time, whether there is a concentrated mind or not, because due to the involvement of the mind in the results of many other activities like coming and going, some beings do not leave the previous results and remain in the state of dullness for some time. Then there is a conflict in its results. And when, due to some fault like ignorance, attachment, delusion, etc., there is a sudden clash or suffering of a one-sense being, and after that, "Oh! This bad deed has been done by us. How have we become blind in the attachment, hatred, delusion, false belief, and ignorance? We do not even think about the bitter fruits of this deed in the afterlife. Indeed, we are cruel and heartless." In this way, the souls who regret and feel intense remorse, by criticizing the fault, doing bad deeds, bowing down to the guru, and taking prāyaścitta, become free from the burden. When the ritual becomes useful for self-benefit, then the mind attains a state of complete concentration for the destruction of evil karma. From that, the desired fruit is obtained for all beings, prānis, bhūtas, and sattvas in the world.
Therefore, O Gautama! No ritual should be performed without reading the Iriyāvahiya Padikkama. If one desires the true fruit, then, O Gautama! It is said that after making the Panchamangal Mahā Śruta Skandha, the Navakāra Sūtra, its meaning, and both of them stable and familiar, one should read the Iriyāvahiya Sūtra. **Sūtra-593**
**O Bhagvant!** How should the Iriyāvahiya Sūtra be read? **O Gautama!** It should be read according to the method of the Panchamangal Mahā Śruta Skandha. **Sūtra-594**
**O Bhagvant!** What should be done after reading the Iriyāvahiya Sūtra? **O Gautama!** One should read the Śakrastava, etc., caitya vandan. But the Śakrastava should be read once, and then thirty-two āyambils should be performed after it. For the Arhant sattva, i.e., the Arihant Cheiāṇam, one upavāsa and five āyambils should be performed. For the twenty-four stava-logass, one chhaḷū, one upavāsa, and twenty-five āyambils should be performed. The Śrutastava-Pukkhara Varadīvadḍhe Sūtra should be read properly with one upavāsa and five āyambils.
In that way, the study of the sūtra should be done with pure pronunciation, consonants, vowels, dots, word divisions, words, and letters, so that the letters of one word do not merge into another. The study of the sūtra should be done with other qualities mentioned in the same way. The study of the entire sūtra and its meaning should be done with the mentioned penance and method. Wherever there is any doubt, that sūtra should be thought about again. After thinking, it should be understood without any doubt. **Sūtra-595**
In this way, after reading the sūtra, its meaning, and both of them, along with the caitya vandan, etc., rituals, if there is a combination of auspicious date, karana, muhūrta, nakshatra yoga, lagna, and moon strength, then, according to one's ability, one should gather the equipment for worshipping the Jagadguru Tirthankara Bhagvant, and with a devotional heart, full of devotion, and thrilled with excitement, one should offer it to the Sadhu Bhagvant.
**Muni Dīparatnasāgara Kṛt (Mahānishītha) Āgama Sūtra-Hindi Anuvāda**
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