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उसमें तो अनन्तकाल तक नरक आदि गतियों में परिभ्रमण करना पड़ता है। शास्त्रकार इसका समाधान करते हैं- ' तत्थावि "।' ऐसे अवसर पर इस प्रकार वैहानस या गृद्धपृष्ठ आदि मरण द्वारा शरीर-विमोक्ष करने पर भी वह काल-मृत्यु होती है । जैसे काल-पर्यायमरण गुणकारी होता है, वैसे ही ऐसे अवसर पर वैहानसादि मरण भी गुणकारी होता है ।
उपसर्ग की स्थिति में अथवा असहनीय मोहोदय की स्थिति में फाँसी लगाकर मरना वैहानस मरण तथा गृद्धस्पृष्ठ मरण विशाल काय जानवर के शरीर में प्रवेश कर शरीर त्यागना भी अनुमत है। यह आत्म-हत्या नहीं है । इस प्रकार की मृत्यु भी कभी - कभी ' अन्तक्रिया' अर्थात् सम्पूर्ण कर्म-मुक्ति का कारण बन जाती है।
॥ चतुर्थ उद्देशक समाप्त ॥
Elaboration-This aphorism points at the line of action of an ascetic who suddenly faces a grave danger while doing his spiritual practices.
Sheet sparsh-cold touch; here it means pleasurable affliction. In the list of twenty two afflictions two are pleasurable or favourable afflictions-affliction by women and affliction of honour and reward. According to the commentator (Vritti) here it is advised to abandon life when faced with affliction by women. This has two alternatives
(1) If an ascetic finds himself unable to win over his libido, instead of losing his virtuosity and discipline he should embrace death to protect these.
(2) If licentious women seduce him forcefully and it becomes difficult to escape from that place; also there is a chance of the religious organization earning a bad name if he continues to be there, he can embrace death in following ways
He should stop breathing and act to be dead before the woman, or he should pose as if he is trying to strangulate himself to commit suicide. If he still fails to escape from there he should embrace death by hanging himself, or pulling out his tongue, or jumping from the roof, or taking poison, or any other way. In no case he should yield to affliction by women or copulation.
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