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## Āgama Sūtra 39, Cheda Sūtra-5, 'Mahānishīth'
The one who studies, aims, and grasps the Sūtra numbers or does svādhyāya, should recite with a focused mind, remembering the two and a half thousand proofs of the Panchamangal Sūtras, their meaning, and both together, every day. O Bhagvant! Why (do you say so)? O Gautam! The monk who does not do svādhyāya equally, such as reading, etc., to the best of his ability, in all four times, being free from attachment to worldly possessions, is considered to be ignorant. Sūtra - 606
Secondly, the one who understands the knowledge of the past, with attachment to worldly possessions, until the end of life, reflects on the knowledge acquired earlier in his inability, and recites the two and a half thousand Panchamangal Navakāra in his inability, is also a worshiper of the soul. They attain liberation by consuming their knowledge-obscuring karma, becoming a Tirthankara or a Ganadhara, and attaining the status of a worshiper. Sūtra - 607-610
O Bhagvant! Why is it said that one should do svādhyāya in all four times? O Gautam! The soul, which is hidden by mind, speech, and body, consumes knowledge-obscuring karma every moment. The one who remains in svādhyāya and meditation becomes capable of attaining detachment every moment. For the one who does svādhyāya, the upper world, the lower world, the world of light, the world of flying vehicles, liberation, all worlds, and the world without light are directly visible. There is no other austerity equal to svādhyāya for the soul with right vision, and there will never be, for the twelve types of austerities, both internal and external. Sūtra - 611-615
One, two, three months, or even a year, one may fast without eating, but if one is devoid of svādhyāya and meditation, one does not get even the fruit of one fast. The one who always consumes pure food, produced from the earth, and uses the three yogas of mind, speech, and body with focus, and does svādhyāya every moment, cannot be compared to the one who fasts for a year, even with a focused mind. Because the one who does svādhyāya with focus has infinite nirjarā. The muni who is tolerant, controls the senses, expects nirjarā, and has five samitis and three guptis, does svādhyāya with a focused and steady mind. O Gautam! The one who explains such well-established knowledge of the scriptures, and the one who listens to it with a good intention, both immediately bind the doors of āśrava. Sūtra - 616-619
The one who awakens such a suffering being and establishes him on the path of liberation, is like a drummer who plays a loud drum in this world, including gods and demons. Just as gold, which is predominantly mixed with other metals, does not attain the state of gold without the action of gold, similarly, all beings do not attain awakening without the teachings of the Jinas. The one who knows the scriptures, free from attachment and aversion, and delusion, narrates the Dharmakatha. If the speaker explains the Sūtras and their meaning to the listener in a true way, then the speaker has nirjarā in solitude, and the listener may or may not have nirjarā. Sūtra - 620
O Gautam! Therefore, it is said that one should do svādhyāya in all four times, with attachment to worldly possessions. And again, O Gautam! The monk who reads well-established knowledge properly and then becomes proud of his knowledge is called ignorant. In this way, ignorance is described in many ways. Sūtra - 621-622
O Bhagvant! How many types of ignorance of vision are there? O Gautam! There are two types of ignorance of vision - one from the Āgama and the other from outside the Āgama.
In this, one doubts right vision from the Āgama, desires other doctrines, and has a desire for the dirty clothes of the sadhus and sadhvis.