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The Bhagavän did not commit any violence to any living beings, nor did he ever make others to do so. The Bhagavān saw -
(On being asked by his relatives why he avoided all women-folk, the Bhagavān replied -)
"Women (incontinence) are the harbingers of all karmic influx. One who relinquishes them, perceives (the soul)."
१८. अहाकडं न से सेवे, सव्वसो कम्मुणा य अदक्खू ।
जं किंचि पावगं भगवं, तं अकुव्वं वियर्ड अँजित्था । 13. Ahākadam na se seve, savvaso kammunā ya adakkhū. Jam kisci pāvagań bhagavař, tam akuvvam viya
dam bhumjitthā.. 18. The Bhagavān Saw that the acceptance of food pre
pared specifically for the munis entails kar mic bondage. That is why he always refused such food. He would take only inanimate food. The Bhagavān never partook of any such meals which were conduc
cive to sinfulness. I १६. णो सेवती य परवत्थं, परपाए वि से ण भुंजित्था।
परिवज्जियाण ओमाणं, गच्छति संखडि असरणाए। 19. Ņo sevati ya paravatthań, parapãe vi se na bhumjitthā.
Parivajjiyāņa omānam, gacchati saṁkhaờim asaraņāe.. 19. (Bhagavān Mahāvira did not possess any dress, nor
did he borrow any from anyone else. The author of the Cūrni has interpreted the word pāpaka in various ways:
The Bhagavān never took meals which were prepared with a view to giving them in alms to just anybody. Thus he was saved from the guilt of "approval of violence."
Another interpretation is that the Bhagavān did not take any meat or alcoholic drinks (pāpaka).
Yet another interpretation is that the Bhagavān did not partake of such meals which were conducive to sinfulness.
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