Tulsi Prajna 2003 04

SR No.: 524615
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Shanta Jain, Jagatram Bhattacharya
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati
Publication Year: 2003
Total Pages: 122
Language: Hindi
Classification: Magazine, India_Tulsi Prajna, & India
File Size: 6 MB

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of service expected of them. Some relatives do not abandon the sick person out of affection. But they cannot relieve him of his ailment.
This is summed up thus: they are not capable of saving you or giving you shelter: you also cannot save them or give them shelter. 2.22 jaņittu dukkham patteyam sāyam. 2.23 aṇabhikkamtam ca khalu vayam sampehāe. 2.24 khanam jāņāhi pamdie. 2.25 jāva soya-pannāņā aparihiņa jāva netta-pannāņā aparihīņā, jāva
ghāņa-pannāņā aparihīņa, jāva jīha-pannāņā aparihīņā jāva phāsa
pannāņā aparihīņā. 2.26 iccetehim virūvarūvehim pannāņehim aparihiņehim āyattham
sammam samanuvāsijjāsi- tti bemi. (22-26) Understanding that the pleasure and pain are selfearned and realising that the proper time has not passed off, 0 wise man! know the proper moment till the power of hearing, seeing, smelling, tasting and touching have not decayed. While his various senses are intact, he should properly cultivate
his own well-being. Bhāsyam Sutra 22-26
Pain and pleasure are earned by the individual alone. None also can share them with him. Comprehending this truth, one should understand one's own loneliness and helplessness.
The objects enkindle greed which instigates one to amass fortune and also generates family attachment. But in spite of amassing fortune and strengthening the family tie, there is no security of protection or shelter. So one should get up for the marvellous life of self-restraint. “'The not-by gone, that is, the first and second, stages of life, is the occasion for renunciation." This one should realize. The renunciation is commendable in any of the three stages of life', but it is easier in the not by gone, that is, the first and the second stages. This is pointed out in this sūtra. At this stage the problems of incrimination (sūtra 7), maintenance (sūtra 16), abandonment (sūtra 20) of the family would not arise. This explains the appropriateness of the first and second stages of life for undertaking renunciation.
'Owise man! realize the opportunity and the proper moment- the not-by gone stage of life is the moment suitable for the marvellous act of
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