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as mosquitoes suck his blood, he should not kill them and should not even ward them off with his broom.
१०. पाणा देहं विहिंसंति, ठाणाओ ण विउब्भमे।
आसवेहिं विवित्तेहिं, तिप्पमाणेहियासए ॥ 10. Pānā deham vihimsamti, thânão na viubbhame.
Asavehim vivittehim, tippamāņehiyāsae.. 10. (He should deem that) "(Although) these creatures
are destroying my body, (they are not destroying the essential attributes of my soul)". Even if he is harassed by them, he should not budge an inch from his posture (or fall from his spiritual elevation). As soon as the influx of kar ma particles has stopped, the monk feels self-satisfied (as if with ambrosia). (Thus satisfied) a monk should cheerfully forbear all hardships encountered by him.
११. गंथेहिं विवित्तेहिं, आउकालस्स पारए । 11. Gamtthehim vivittehim, aukālassa parae. 11. All his complexes are fully resolved and he fulfils his
pledge of fasting unto death. इंगिणिमरण-पदं
पग्गहियतरगं चेयं, दवियस्स वियाणतो ॥ Imgiņimaraņa -padań
Paggahiyataragaṁ ceyaṁ, daviyassa viyānato.. (Imgiņi Marana)
This (imgini murana fast) is of a higher order (than bhakta-pratyakhyana). Only the very learned (who have the knowledge of at least nine pūrvas) and self-disciplined monks embrace it.
1. The Pūrvas onstitute one of the canonical texts of the
Jains. Originally they were fourteen in number. They contained the vast oral tradition (or the Šrutajnána). They have been lost.
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