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One who lacks in Knowledge and Perception, (i. e. who is immature) cannot cross over numerous hurdles repeatedly coming in his way.
ANNOTATION 65. Only he can solve all problems who is mature enough to know how to forbear hardships and what good accrues from forbearing them.
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. go a ATTI 66. Eyam te mā hou. 66. (O Ascetic)! The thought (of moving about in soli
tariness in an immature stage)should not even cross your mind.
fu. To SHTETET TARVI 67. Eyam kusalassa da risanaṁ. 67. This is the view of Bhagavān. Mahavira (i.e. these
demerits in the practice of asceticism in solitariness
by an immature sādhaka have been envisaged by him). ६८. ताहिट्ठोए तम्मोत्तीए तप्पुरस्कारे तस्सन्जी तन्निवेसणे। 68. Tadditthie tammottie tappurakkāre tassanni tanni
vesaņe. 68. Fixing his mind on it (i.e. Mahāvira's view), con
centrating on it, giving it prominence, becoming completely absorbed in its memory, and throwing himself heart and soul in its (practice), one should follow it.
1. The author of the Cūrni explains aphorism 68 in the con
text of 'preceptor' and aphorism 69 in that of 'manner of moving' (ir yā), whereas the author of the Vrtti explains them both in the former context, except the phrase "pās - iya pane gacchejjā." However, both the commentators agree that aphorism 69 is the source of the 3rd chapter called (ir yā of the Ayára-cúlā). The author of the Cūrini has mentioned in the preface of Ayāra-culă that the chapter entitled iryā has been developed from aphorisms 62, 68, 69, 70 of the present chapter. On the basis of this
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