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The procedure of accepting ingit-maran-Reducing food intake and passions when an ascetic is left only with a little strength, he should collect hay or straw from a nearby village and go to a solitary and faultless place that is free of any creatures. He should first of all properly inspect the place and clean it. After this he should make a bed of hay and also locate a proper place for relieving himself. Now he should sit on the hay-bed facing east, touching both palms to his forehead he should offer salutations to the Siddhas. Then he should offer salutations to Panchaparameshti (the five revered beings) and recite Namotthunam (a panegyric) twice. Only after all this, he should take the vow of fasting in the form of itvaric or ingitmaran. This means-An ascetic having patience and physical strength enough to perform essential activities including turning in the bed, should formally, in presence of guru or a senior ascetic, resolve to abandon four types of food as long as his life lasts. At the same time he should also take a vow of limiting his movement to a predetermined area. After this he should remain absorbed in this practice with peace, equanimity and serenity. (Acharanga Vritti, leaf 286)
The commentator (Vritti) has given two meanings of chhinnakahamkahe
(1) One who has completely stopped any talks or communication involving attachment and aversion.
(2) One who has stopped any doubts like—'How would I be able to fulfill this vow of ingit-maran ?
The commentator (Churni) has accepted only the first meaning.
Bheravamanuchinne-here the word bhairav means intense or formidable task; a practice about which cowards cannot even think. Thus the meaning of the phrase is one who performs such formidable task.
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