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२८. जे असत्ता पावेहिं कम्मेहिं, उदाहु ते आयंका फुसंति । इति उदाहु वीरे "ते फासे पुट्ठो हियासए" ।
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28.
२६. से पुव्वं पेयं पच्छा पेयं भेउर-धम्मं, विद्धंसण-धम्मं, अधुवं, अणितियं, असासयं, चयावचइयं विपरिणाम-धम्मं, पासह एवं
रूवं ।
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29.
Je asatta pavehim kammehim, udähu te ayamka phusamti.
Iti udahu vire "te phase putṭho hiyāsae".
Even such munis as are not addicted to vices may at times get afflicted with fatal diseases. In this regard, Bhagavan Mahavira instructed his disciples to bear those fatal diseases, if they were afflicted by them.
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Se puvvam peyam paccha peyam bheura-dhammam, viddhamsana-dhammam, adhuvam, anitiyam, asasayam, cayavacaiyam, viparinama-dhammam, pasaha eyam rūvaṁ.
Perceive this body. Sooner or later a day will come when it will have to be given up. Fragility and decay characterise it. It is transient, mortal and mutable. Anabolism and catabolism take place in it. It passes through different stages (of development and deterioration).
ANNOTATIONS 28. 29. Once upon a time some munis went to Bhagavan Mahavira and said rather inquisitively, "O Bhagavän Why is it that even temperate and continent ascetics are susceptible to disease?"
The Bhagavan said, "O Noble Ones! You should try to know the root causes of both continence and disease.
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The disciples asked, "What are they, O Bhagavan?" "The cause of continence is the dissolution of "caritra - moha -karma" (i. e. the karma, which pollutes Right Conduct through delusion), and that of disease is the rise of "vedaniya karma" (i. e. the karma which brings pain in its wake). Thus, the causes of the two are different. There
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