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The commentator (Churni) has interpreted annaglan as-non- nutritious, tasteless, insipid food.
Suiyam-cooked rice mixed with curd etc. Sukka-dry. Siyam pindam-cold food. Purana kummasam-pulse cooked many days earlier. Bukkasam-old rice, musty flour balls, or stale and fetid milk or wheat soup. Pulagam-barley porridge.
No pamayam saim vi kuvittha-He was not overwhelmed by stupor even once during his chhadmasth state. There are five main categories of pramad (stupor)intoxication, mundane pleasures, passions, sleep and opprobrium. The commentator (Vritti) interprets this sentence as-Bhagavan was not effected by passions and other types of stupor. The commentator (Churni) says-Bhagavan slept once for one antarmuhurt (less than 48 minutes) in Asthik village; besides this he was never under the effect of the stupor of sleep throughout his chhadmasth state. In other words, every moment of his spiritual practices, Bhagavan remained ever alert.
The three important components of Bhagavan's spiritual practices were—(1) Abahuvai-discipline of speech; (2) Austerities including mortification of body, difficult postures and tolerating cold and heat; and (3) Austerities of taste buds or eating dry and insipid food.
Shri Bhagavan Mahavir followed such ideal routine of conduct free of any reservations.
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