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AYĀRO
Sardina Island' is equivalent to 'revocable Right Knowledge', whereas 'Asandina Island' is equivalent to 'irrevocable righteousness'. Knowledge is the lamp (or light). Scriptural Knowledge is 'light that may get dim or extinguished', while Self-knowledge is 'perennial light'.
The enthusiasm in ascetic practices of a mimi who is keen in conjoining Righteousness with life is comparable to an asardina island or lamp.
७३. ते अणवकंखमाणा अणतिवाएमाणा दइया मेहाविणो पंडिया। 73. Te anavakaṁkhamāņā aṇativāemāņā daiyā mehāviņo
pañdiyā. 73. Such munis do not crave for worldly pleasures, and
never take others' lives. By virtue of these qualities, they endear themselves to the world (i. e. win recognition in religious circles), and are called sages illuminated by Knowledge of the Self.
विणयधुत-पदं ७४. एवं तेसि भगवओ अणुट्ठाणे जहा से दिया-पोए। Vinayadhuta -padam
74. Evam tesim bhagavao aņutthäne jahā se diyâ-poe. The Dhuia of Humbleness
74.
Just as the young ones of birds (act in accordance with the instructions of their parents), so should the young disciples abide by the instructions of their learned teachers (who are like islands for refuge).
ANNOTATION 74. When the young of a bird is still in the egg and even after being hatched, it keeps getting sustenance from the warmth of parent's feathers. It is fed and taught by its parents, until it learns to fly, when it leaves them and is on its own.
The behaviour of a newly initiated muni has been compared to the behavioural patterns of the young ones of birds.
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