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## Āgama Sūtra 39, Cheda Sūtra-5, 'Mahānishīth'
**Study/Purpose/Sūtra Number** The Ācārya or the leader of the Gaccha, the Pravartani, receives seventeen times the merit. If there is a violation of conduct, then three lakh times. Because it is very difficult, but not easy. Therefore, the Ācārya and the leader of the Gaccha should carefully protect their Paccakkāna. They should become one with unblemished conduct.
**O Bhagvant!** If a Guru, due to some reason, makes a mistake in a place like that, is he considered an Ārādhaka or not? **O Gautam!** A Guru who possesses great qualities, has unblemished conduct, is diligent, free from laziness, completely free from all attachments, has equal feelings towards enemies and friends, is a supporter of the right path, gives Dharma-upadesha, is righteous, should not become blood-stained by becoming a preacher of the wrong path and becoming arrogant. In every way, the Guru should be diligent, but not negligent. If someone becomes negligent, then understand that he is of very bad future and has ugly characteristics. Not only that, but understand that he is a great sinner, unworthy of being seen.
If he has the seed of Samyaktva, then he should tell himself, his disciples, or others in the disciple community, in the same way that he has become of bad character, "I am truly a Darant Pant, unworthy of being seen, a doer of great sins. I am destroying the Samyag path." By blaming himself, by humbling himself before the Guru, by criticizing himself, by taking Prāyaścitta as stated in the scriptures, he may become an Ārādhaka. If he is free from malice, free from deceit and illusion, then such a soul does not deviate from the right path. Perhaps if he is corrupted from the right path, then he is not an Ārādhaka.
**Sūtra - 821**
**O Bhagvant!** What kind of qualities should a Guru possess so that we can deposit the Gaccha with him? **O Gautam!** One who has good vows, beautiful conduct, firm vows, firm character, joyful bodily parts, is worthy of worship, free from attachment, free from hatred, whose stains of great Mithyātva have gone, who is calm, who knows the state of the world well, who is deeply immersed in great renunciation, who is against women's stories, who is against food-related stories, who is against stories about thieves, who is very compassionate, who is afraid of doing sinful deeds that harm the afterlife, who is against Kusīla, who knows the secrets of the scriptures, who is insightful in the scriptures he has accepted, who is always engaged in the ten types of Śramaṇa Dharma, such as forgiveness and non-violence, who is engaged in the twelve types of Tapas, who is always engaged in the five Samitis and three Guptis, who performs the worship of eighteen thousand Śīlāṅgas according to his ability, who does not violate the seventeen types of restraint, who is interested in the path of liberation, who is interested in the truth, who has equal feelings towards both enemies and friends, who is free from the seven types of fear, such as fear of this world and the afterlife, who has completely abandoned the eight types of pride, who is free from fear of violating the nine types of Brahmacharya Guptis, who is a holder of vast knowledge, who is born in an Ārya family, who is never humble in any situation, who is not angry, who is not lazy, who is diligent, who is opposed to the coming and going of the restrained class, who is a constant giver of Dharma-upadesha, who is a model of constant Oga Samachārī, who lives within the limits of Sadhutva, who is free from the fear of Asamachārī, who is capable of giving Prāyaścitta and charity that is worthy of criticism, who knows the violation of the seven Mandalīs, such as Vandanadi, who knows the purpose and the purpose of the violation of the great initiation, establishment, yoga, etc., actions.
One who knows the time, the field, the substance, the feeling, and other feelings, who is free from the causes of time, etc., who is skilled in guiding children, elders, the sick, and newly initiated ones in restraint, who models the groups of knowledge, vision, and character, who protects and upholds them, who is influential, who has firm Samyaktva, who is free from sorrow, who is patient, who is serious, who has excessive gentleness, who does not seek anything from anyone, who is completely free from the six types of living beings, who is afraid of obstructing Dharma, who is afraid of all desires, who has the pride of Siddhi, etc.
**Muni Dīparatnasāgar Kṛt (Mahānishīth) Āgama Sūtra - Hindi Translation**
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