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二出愛
ELABORATION:
(5) Setthivva kavvade chudo-a merchant confined to a small village where there neither is a market nor other facilities for trading. Setthi-a merchant. In modern times the word seth or shreshthi has lost its importance and is commonly used for any merchant or trader. In the ancient times it was used as a much honoured title. According to Nisheeth Bhashya-a person who is honoured by a king and given a medal with a replica of Laxmi, the goddess of wealth, with the right to wear it on his body, was called a shreshthi. According to Hindu Rajya Tantra the honoured title of shreshthi was given to that chief of the governing committee of a town who was also a prominent merchant of the same town. f (Dashavaikalik by Acharya Mahaprajna, page 514)
मत्स्य की उपमा
६ :
जया य थेरओ होइ समइक्कंतजोव्वणो । मच्छोव्व गलं गिलित्ता स पच्छा परितप्पइ ॥
यौवन अवस्था बीत जाने पर जो वृद्ध अवस्था में संयम छोड़ता है, वह गले में काँटा फँसी मछली के समान पश्चात्ताप करता है ॥ ६ ॥
THE METAPHOR OF FISH
6. Past his youth when a shraman abandons the ascetic way during his old age, he repents like a hooked fish. पंकमग्र हस्ती की उपमा
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७ : जया य कुकुडंबस्स कुतत्तीहिं विहम्मइ । हत्थी व बंधणे बद्धो स पच्छा परितप्पइ ॥
संयम से भ्रष्ट साधु को, जब कुटुम्ब की दुश्चिन्ताएँ चारों ओर से घेर लेती हैं तब वह बन्धन में बँधे हाथी के समान परिताप करता है ॥ ७ ॥
THE METAPHOR OF AN ELEPHANT CAUGHT IN SWAMP
7. When the family problems overwhelm a shraman who has left the ascetic way he repents like a trapped elephant.
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श्री दशवैकालिक सूत्र : Shri Dashavaikalik Sutra
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