Agam 10 Ang 10 Prashna Vyakaran Sutra Sthanakvasi

Author(s): Amarmuni, Varunmuni, Sanjay Surana
Publisher: Padma Prakashan

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austerities of the high order. In the absence of chastity, they cannot be 4 practiced properly. It is said, 'a person may be stable in meditation, he i
may practice silence, he may remain absorbed in concentration, he may wear bark of a tree as his dress, he may practice fasting; but I won't like him if he desires non-chastity even if he is god Brahma himself.'
The study of scriptures, reciting it, remembering it, to become scholar and to get knowledge about soul can be meaningful only if he does not resort to despicable act namely sex even when he is facing trouble or is instigated by the person before him.
In brief austerities, self-restraint and the vows can be practiced 5 faultlessly only if one practices chastity. A person who liquidates his
chastity, he adversely affects his entire conduct; this fact has been emphatically established in the aphorism. Just as a pot thrown on the
ground breaks and is no longer of any use, similarly when one loses his y chastity, he loses all the good qualities when chastity is destroyed, alls
other virtues becomes meaningless like churned curd or grinded corn. This fact has been explained with many examples.
Just as the boundary wall brings grace to the tank of lotus flowers. Similarly chastity protects dharma.
Central socket is the starting point of the spokes of a wheel and they fi cannot remain steady when it gets destroyed or damaged. The chariot 4 i cannot move in the absence of the wheel. Similarly in the absence of 4
chastity dharma or conduct proves useless. It cannot bring about desired
result. Many such illustrations depict the importance of celibacy the 4 reader can easily understands its meaning.
In the aphorism the adjective "Saya Visudham' has been used. The commentator has interpreted it as 'in all the conditions such as youth
and others'. Since people say that a childless person does not get re-birth si in good state of existence. He can never be born in heavenly abode so one $ should adopt ascetic conduct only after having a son.
Here is a question to those who subscribe to this belief-Why Devadutta was called Bhishma when he took the vow of celibacy? Why, after that, he was considered object of salutation and worship? Why he was blessed with
the power of dying only when he desired ? The reply to all these questions is 4 that he strictly and sincerely observed the vow of celibacy. | श्रु.२, चतुर्थ अध्ययन : ब्रह्मचर्य संवर
(351) Sh.2, Fourth Chapter: Chastity Samvar
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