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Agam Sutra 39, Chhed Sutra-5, 'Mahanishith'
Study/Purpose/Sutra Number Sutra- 842
Then, with his doubts, he thought that if I were to present the true form here, then at that time, the Arya who was offering her respects had touched my feet with her head, and all this had been seen by the resident of this Chaitya. So, just as my name has become Savdhacharya, they will also give me another such disrespectful name, which will make me unworthy of worship in all the worlds. So now I will present the Sutra and its meaning in a different way. But doing so will be a great sin, so what should I do now? Should I present this verse or not? Should I present it in a different way? Or, oh dear, this is not right. Both ways are very reprehensible. It is not right to present it in a contradictory way, for the sake of self-interest. Because the intention of the scriptures is that the monk who repeatedly misses the twelve-fold Anga form of the Shruta-Vachan, who is negligent in obtaining Skhalana, who, out of fear of doubt, etc., presents even a single word, syllable, or vowel in a different way, who explains the Sutra and its meaning with doubt, who gives an inappropriate reading, that monk becomes eternally bound to Samsara. So what should I do here now? Whatever is to be, let it be. Thinking that I will tell the true meaning of the Sutra according to the Guru's teachings, O Gautam! I presented the true explanation of that verse, whose every part is pure. On this occasion, O Gautam! That Veshdhari, who was of the lowest character and belonged to the distant province, asked Savdhacharya, "If this is so, then you are also devoid of the root qualities. Because if you remember that day, then that Arya was eager to offer her respects, and while offering her respects, she touched your feet with her head. At that time, this Savdhacharya, who was afraid of the ill-repute of this world and was filled with excessive pride, was given a name. If such a name is given now, I will become unworthy of worship in all the worlds. So what solution should I give here now?" Thinking this, Savdhacharya remembered the words of the Tirthankara: "Whoever is the Gachchanaayak or Gachchadhipati of any Acharya, who is a bearer of Shruta, should know everything that the omniscient, infinite knower, Bhagavan, has forbidden in the place of sin and exception, and should act according to all the Shruta. Do not consider the one who acts well, do not approve of him, do not repeatedly miss or make a mistake due to anger, pride, Maya, greed, fear, laughter, arrogance, pride, or negligence, whether alone or in the presence of others, whether asleep or awake, whether with the mind, speech, or body, whether in the three ways or in the three ways, if there is any contradiction in even a single word of this Sutra or its meaning, that monk is repeatedly blameworthy, reprehensible, worthy of being scolded, worthy of being despised, defeated by all the worlds, with a body afflicted by many diseases and pains, wandering in the endless ocean of Samsara, which has ten excellent qualities, and cannot find even a moment of peace in that wandering. So, I, who am subject to negligence, a sinner, of the lowest, lowest, and inferior nature, a cowardly man, have been faced with a great calamity here, from which I am unable to give a reasonable solution. And in the afterlife, I will wander in the endless cycle of births and suffer terrible pain for countless times. Indeed, I am unfortunate. The wicked listener, who was a doer of evil deeds, recognized this Savdhacharya, who was thinking in this way, as a liar and a very proud person. Then, with a mind filled with anger, knowing him, that wicked listener said, "Do not take up the lecture until this doubt is dispelled. Therefore, give a solution to this, with a mature strategy that can remove stubbornness."
Then he thought, "Now they will not leave without getting a solution to this." So how should I give them a solution? Thinking this, again, O Gautam! That wicked person said to him, "Why are you drowning in this ocean of worry? Quickly give some solution to this matter. And then give such a solution that your strategy is unobjectionable, without any contradiction, in the stated faith." After that, Savdhacharya, feeling remorse in his heart for a long time, thought in his mind and said, "For this reason, the Jagadguru has said that..."
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