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संजमधुत-पदं
vo. faza farag zuiäi, fareerdìfazi, areafter fan farzy?
Samja madhuta -padam
70. Virayam bhikkhum riyamtam, cirarātosiyam, aratī
tattha kim vidharae?
The Dhuta of Self-discipline
70.
Can the feeling of boredom dampen the enthusiasm of such monk who, having been initiated into ascetic life for a long while, and having ceased from the enjoyment of sensual pleasures, successively progresses in the practice of self-discipline?
ANNOTATION 70. Weak, wavering, and wayward are the senses of man, and unimaginably far-reaching are the repercussions of Delusion. Bizarre, too, are the consequences of karma. No wonder, therefore, that even a wise soul is led astray by all these.
७१. संधेमाणे समुट्ठिए ।
71.
71.
ĀYĀRO
Samdhe mane samutthie.
Conjoining (every moment of his life with righteousness), and constantly engaged in freeing himself from passions, (a true muni is never deterred from following his path by any possible apathy to asceticism).
ANNOTATION 71. Although a sadhaka endeavours happily to observe self-restraint after having renounced sensual pleasures, he may, during the period of his sadhana,be come prone to sensuality arising out of stupor and passions which keep rearing up their ugly heads from time to time. Nevertheless, a conscientious sadhaka unifies religion with the mainstream of self-realization. By so doing, he experiences spiritual ecstasy.
1. Starting with the development of his conscious judgement (samyaktva), the sādhaka voluntarily renounces
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