Sramana 1998 01

SR No.: 525033
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Ashokkumar Singh, Shivprasad, Shreeprakash Pandey
Publisher: Parshvanath Vidhyashram Varanasi
Publication Year: 1998
Total Pages: 136
Language: Hindi
Classification: Magazine, India_Sramana, & India
File Size: 10 MB

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A Study of Extracts in Astaka-Prakarana
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destroy a stalk of a cotton plant or a stalk of a Bura plant so does a soul imdulging in sex experience, incur non-restraint of the sorti.
This illustration is also found in Puruşārtha-Siddhyupāya of Amrtacandrasūri (9th-10th cent. A.D.) in following verse.
हिंस्यन्ते तिलनाल्यां तप्तायसि विनिहिते तिला यद्वत् ।
बहवो जीवा योनौ हिंस्यन्ते मैथुने तद्वत् ।।
It means just as a hot rod burns up the sesamum seed filled in a tube, in which it is introduced, in the same way many beings are killed in the vagina during coupulation.
In the context of (21st) Sūkṣmabuddhyāśrayaņāstaka' also Haribhadra maintains that in the observance of vows etc essence-- spirit or real meaning of such acts should be scrutinised thoroughly, lest good intentions turn into desiring ill towards others. To illustrate it, Haribhadra quotes the instance of a monk, vowing to give medicine to some one. It clearly implies the sickness of someone if the vow is to be fulfilled. To desire sickness, in any case, is not desirable. Haribhadra advises to consider the pros and cons of volited act or intention, minutely. To substantiate his point, he cites from Rāmāyaṇa where Rāma is seen wishing that his feeling of gratitude may decrepitude in his (Rama's) limbs itself, because the return of gratitude requires the doer to be in distress so that he could be helped, which is, in any case, an undesirable situation.
It is notable that this verse is absent in all the recensions of Rāmāyaṇa, barring its Kumbhakarņa edition.
The context of the verse, also is different in Rāmāyaṇa and commentary on Aștaka Prakarana. In Rāmāyaṇa (Kumb. ed.) Rama is seen expressing his gratitude towards Hanumāna, while in Aștaka commentary, Jineśvarasūri describes that Sugreeva has expressed his gratitude towards Rama on the occasion of handing over of Tara by Rama to him.