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SECTION IV
चउत्थो उद्देसो
Cauttho Uddeso
23tt a faft791-92 १. ओमोदरियं चाएति, अपुढे वि भगवं रोगेहि । पुढे वा से अपुढे वा, णो से सातिज्जति तेइच्छं।
Bhagavao atigicchã -padam 1. Omodariyam cãeti, aputthe vi bhagavam rogehim.
Putthe vā se aputthe vā, ņo se sātijjati teicchaṁ.. Abandonment of Medication by Bhagavān Mahāvira
Although untouched by illness, Phagavān Mahavira would still have a curtailed diet. Whether afflicted or not, he would not approve of medication for himself.
ANNOTATION 1. Man by nature is prone to gluttony. It is not easy to eat sparingly. There are some who do eat little, but they do so only under compulsion, i.e. when they are afflicted with a disease, and wish to get rid of it. Bhagavān Mahāvira had no disease or ailment, yet he would eat sparingly and with long intervals just like a serpent.
Illnesses are of two kinds: (a) Internal, i. e, due to a disturbance of humours of
deficiency of vitamins, and (b) External, i.e. injuries caused by accidents, etc.
The Bhagavăn was free from the former kind of diseases, but he would occasionally be afflicted by the
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