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१३. एस महं विवेगे वियाहिते। 13. Esa maham vivege vivāhite. 13. This has been described as the course of high wis
dom.
ANNOTATION 11-13. To lead a life of non-violence is a wise course of action' - this is one of the interpretations.
The Curni and the Commentary have interpreted these three aphorisms in a different way, viz.
If invited by the heretics, a n uni should say to them: "Your creed allows the use of violence involved in cooking or getting something cooked; my creed, on the other hand, does not allow me to do so, it would be wise on my part to avoid violence."
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वगामे व रणे धम्ममायाणह-पवेदितं माहणेण मईमया। 14. Game vă aduvā ranne?
Neva gāme neva ranne dhammamāyānaha – paveditam mahanena maimaya.
14. "Where should we practise Religion, in the village or
in the forest?"
"You should know that religious practice has nothing to do with the village or the forest," the wise Māhana (Bhagavān Mahavira) has propounded
thus. ANNOTATION 14. Some sādhakas believed that religion could be practised only in a village,whereas others believed that it could be practised in the forest. On being questioned by a disciple, the preceptor answered that religion is not concerned with either the village or the forest, but with the soul. It is always through the soul that one practices religion. As a matter of fact, religion is nothing but the nature or essence of the soul. We find the same idea expressed in a different way by Pūjyapada Devānandī in the following couplet:
"Grāmosa Franya miti dvedhā nivāso natmadarsinām. Dystātmanam nivāsastu viviktātmeva niscalab."
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