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## Āgama Sūtra 39, Cheda Sūtra-5, 'Mahānishīth'
Study/Purpose/Sūtrāṅka Study-6-Gītartha-vihāra Sūtra-845
O Bhagvant! He who reads, hears, explains, and constantly contemplates the Siddhānta Sūtra day and night, will he engage in immoral conduct? O Gautama! Even a single word known from the Siddhānta, he will not engage in immoral conduct until death. Sūtra-846
O Bhagvant! Then why did Nandiṣeṇa, who had the ten eastern Mahāprajñā, abandon his pravrajyā and enter the house of a gaṇikā? It is said, O Gautama! Sūtra-847-852
He experienced the consequences of his lapse in enjoyment. This truth is well-known. Yet, he trembled with fear of bhava. And after that, he quickly accepted dīkṣā. Even if Pātāla had an upward-facing mouth and heaven a downward-facing mouth, the words of a Kevali never change. Secondly, he took many measures to protect his saṃyama, thinking according to the śāstra, he went to a country where he would not be recognized, offering his linga-veśa at the lotus feet of his guru.
Remembering that vow, he experienced the consequences of his actions in the form of his character, the arising of mohaniya karma, the breaking of sarva, virati, mahāvrata, and the consequences of bound, touched, and removed karma. O Bhagvant! What measures did he think of, as described in the śāstra, that even today, he sustains his life, abandoning such a beautiful śramaṇapan? O Gautama! Will those who remember the Sūtra that describes the measures taken by a Kevali, or will those who are overcome by the object, remember this session? Sūtra-853-855
When the object arises, one should begin an eightfold austerity, which is very difficult and severe. If one is unable to control the object on any given night, it is better to fall from a mountain, sit on a bed of thorns, drink poison, or hang oneself, but not break the vow taken for mahāvrata or character. It is not appropriate to be unfaithful. If one is unable to perform these measures, one should offer one's veśa to the guru and go to a foreign country where news does not reach the familiar region, and observe aṇuvrata to the best of one's ability, so that one does not experience nirdhvaṃsātā in the future. Sūtra-856-864
O Gautama! When Nandiṣeṇa began to fall from the mountain, a voice was heard from the sky saying that he would not die even after falling from the mountain. As he looked towards the direction of the sound, he saw a Cāraṇa Muni. He said that he would not die prematurely. Then he went to eat the deadly poison. Even then, he could not bear the pain of the object, and he began to suffer greatly. Then he worried, "What is the purpose of my living now? I will truly be a sinner if I destroy the rule of this Lord, who is like a fragrant flower and a pure, radiant moon. Where will I go, an uncivilized person like me? Or is the moon marked with a blemish, and the fragrance of the jasmine flower fleeting, while the Jinaśāsana, free from the dirt and stain of the Kaliyuga, will last for a long time? If I slander this Jain preaching, which destroys all poverty, sorrow, and suffering, where will I go to purify my soul?" He went with sorrow, climbed a mountain with large rocks and a large quarry, and jumped, breaking his body into pieces, before he could easily destroy the rule while being subject to the object.
Then, he climbed the mountain with a pierced peak, and began to eat without storing food. Then,
Muni Dīparatnasāgara Kṛt (Mahānishīth) Āgama Sūtra-Hindi Anuvāda
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