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EMANCIPATION
71.
Aduva acele.
71. Or he should divest himself of all clothings (i. e. become an acela).
७२. लाघवियं आगममाणे ।
72.
72.
७३. तवे से अभिसमन्नागए भवति ।
73.
73.
74.
Laghaviyam agamamāṇe.
Constantly bearing in mind (the ideal of) minimum possession, (the monk should gradually abandon his clothes).
७४. जमेयं भगवता पवेदितं तमेव अभिसमेच्चा सव्वतो सव्वत्ताए
समत्तमेव समभिजाणिया ।
74.
Tave se abhisamannagae bhavati.
A monk who keeps the minimum of clothes, gets the (double) benefit of observing austerities (- curtailment of clothes and 'kāyakleśa' enduring physical hardships).
345
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Jameyam bhagavatā paveditam, tameva abhisamecca savvato savvattae samattameva samabhijāṇiyā.
The scantiness of clothes (for the practice of asceticism) which has been recommended for a monk by Bhagavan Mahavira should be interpreted in the same sense in which it is meant and it should inspire the muni to practise equanimity thoroughly (i. e. nobody should be despised) 1.
गिलाणस्स भत्तपरिण्णा-पदं
७५. जस्स णं भिक्खुस्स एवं भवति – “पुट्ठो अबलो अहमंसि, नालमहमंसि गिहंतर - संकमणं भिक्खायरिय-गमणाए” से एवं वदंतस्स परो अभिहडं असणं वा पाणं वा खाइमं वा साइमं वा आहट्टु दलएज्जा, से पुव्वामेव आलोएज्जा “आउसंतो ! गाहावती ! णो खलु में कप्पइ अभिहडे असणे वा पाणे वा खाइ वा साइमे वा भोत्तए वा, पायए वा, अण्णे वा एयप्पगारे ।"
1. Cf. 6/65.
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