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## Āgama Sūtra 39, Cheda Sūtra-5, 'Mahānishīth'
**Study/Purpose/Sūtra Number**
In future births, due to the influence of the five prostrations, wherever you are born, you will obtain the highest caste, the highest family, the highest man, health, and wealth. These things you will surely get.
And then, due to the influence of the five prostrations, you will not get slavery, poverty, misfortune, birth in a low family, or disability. What more to say? O Gautama! Whoever, by this method, performs the five prostrations and other daily rituals, and is devoted to the eighteen thousand śīlāṅga, even if he does not attain liberation by the practice of restraint, he will still enjoy long-lasting happiness in the excellent heavenly realms like Graiveyak, Anuttar, etc., and then be born in a noble family in this human world, obtaining a beautiful, attractive, and perfect body, becoming proficient in all arts, and bringing joy to people's hearts. He will attain great power like the king of the gods, be eager to show compassion and mercy, be free from the suffering of sensual pleasures, practice true Dharma, abandon the karmic residue, and attain liberation. Sūtra-599
**O Bhagavant! Should the five auspicious upadhāna be received with the same discipline and tapas as the study of the entire Śruta-jñāna, like Samāyika, etc.?**
**O Gautama! Yes, the study should be done with the same discipline and tapas as the upadhāna. Especially when teaching the Śruta-jñāna, one should strive to protect the eight types of ācāra, like kāla, etc. Otherwise, there will be a great loss of the Śruta-jñāna. Another thing to keep in mind is that for the study of the twelve angas of the Śruta-jñāna, one should always strive to read and teach in the first and last prahara. And for reading the five auspicious Navakāra, eight pahora have been mentioned. Secondly, remember that the five auspicious Navakāra can be read in Samāyika or even outside of Samāyika. But the Samāyika, etc., and the Sūtra, Ārambha, and Parigraha are only read after abandoning them and performing the Jāvājīva Samāyika. They cannot be read without abandoning the Ārambha-Parigraha or without performing the Jāvājīva Samāyika and taking all the vows. And besides the five auspicious, there are the Ālāpake-Ālāpake, then the Śakrastavādi, and the twelve angas, all of which are the same Śruta-jñāna. The purpose of study (Samuddeśa-Anuññā Vidhi Vakt) is to make it a habit. Sūtra-600**
**O Bhagavant! You have mentioned very strict rules and regulations for the study of the five auspicious Śruta-skandha. How can children follow such strict rules?**
**O Gautama! Whoever does not desire these mentioned rules, studies the five auspicious Śruta-jñāna, etc., without discipline and upadhāna, or studies without upadhāna, or considers it good to teach without upadhāna, or gives Navakāra to such a person, or teaches them Samāyika, etc., is not considered a lover of Dharma or a firm follower of Dharma. He is not considered a devotee of the Śruta. He is one who destroys the Sūtra, its meaning, the Sūtra and its meaning together, and the Guru. Whoever disrespects the Sūtra, its meaning, both, and the Guru, becomes a destroyer of the past, future, and present Tirthankaras. He who destroys the Śruta-jñāna, the Arihant, the Siddha, and the Sadhu, remains trapped in the endless ocean of Samsara for a long time. He is born again and again in the 84 lakh types of yoni, both hidden and revealed, cold and hot, mixed, and many others. And then he has to endure immense pain in the terrible womb, which is filled with foul-smelling excrement, pus, urine, bile, phlegm, impurities, fat, and flesh, vomit, feces, and blood, and is slimy and muddy, and looks ugly and repulsive. He has to endure the pain of being squeezed, pressed, moving with a rattling sound, shaking, trembling, and being tied up tightly like a bundle, all while being confined in the womb for a long time.**
**Those who study this Sūtra, etc., according to the method described in the scriptures, do not deviate even slightly. As said, ...**
**Muni Dīparatnasāgar Kṛt (Mahānishīth) Āgama Sūtra-Hindi Anuvāda**
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