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ज्ञाताधर्मकथांग सूत्र
Salman
इसी प्रकार प्रति माह उपवासों की संख्या में एक दिन बढ़ाते गये। पाँचवें माह में पाँच-पाँच दिन उपवास के बाद पारणा, छठे माह छह-छह दिन के बाद पारणा, सातवें माह सात-सात दिन के बाद पारणा, आठवें माह आठ-आठ दिन के बाद, नौवें माह में नौ-नौ दिन बाद, दसवें माह में दस-दस दिन बाद, ग्यारहवें माह में ग्यारह-ग्यारह दिन बाद, बारहवें माह में बारह-बारह दिन बाद, तेरहवें माह में तेरह-तेरह दिन बाद, चौदहवें माह में चौदह-चौदह दिन बाद, पन्द्रहवें माह में पन्द्रह-पन्द्रह दिन बाद और अन्तिम सोलहवें माह में सोलह-सोलह दिन बाद पारणा करते निरन्तर तप करते विचरने लगे। दिन और रात की भी वही पहले दिन वाली चर्या निरन्तर चलती रही।
153. Ascetic Megh commenced this penance with fasting on alternate days for one month (fast on first day, food on second day, fast on third day, and so on). All along the period of penance during the day he would sit in the Godohan pose (as one sits while milking a cow) facing the sun, and during the night he would sit naked in the Vajrasan (a specific yogic posture). Following the same daily routine he observed two day fasts interspersed with a day of food intake (fast for two days, food on third day, fast for two days, and so on) during the second month. During the third and fourth months he increased the days of fasting to three and four respectively.
This way he went on increasing the number of fasting days by one every month. During the fifth month the number of fasting days became five. During the sixth month he ate food every seventh day, during the seventh month he ate food every eighth day, during the eighth month he ate food every ninth day, during the ninth month he ate food every tenth day, during the tenth month he ate food every eleventh day, during the eleventh month he ate food every twelfth day, during the twelfth month he ate food every thirteenth day, during the thirteenth month he ate food every fourteenth day, during the fourteenth month he ate food every fifteenth day, during the fifteenth month he ate food every sixteenth day, and during the concluding or sixteenth month he ate food every seventeenth day. During this long period of penance his daily routine remained same as he followed during the first month.
सूत्र १५४. तए णं से मेहे अणगारे गुणरयणसंवच्छरं तवोकम्मं अहासुत्तं जाव सम्म काएण फासेइ, पालेइ, सोहेइ, तीरेइ, किट्टेइ, अहासुत्तं अहाकप्पं जाव किट्टेत्ता समणं
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