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Prescription for the Parjuṣaṇā
'Bhante ! Why has this been said like that ?
Seven places are stated to shelter moisture: the hands, the lines in the hands, the nails, the tips of the nails, the brows, the lower lip and the upper lip. Only when the body is free from water or moisture, is he/she permitted to take food and drink, dainties and dry fruits.
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वासावासं पज्जोसवियाणं इह खलु णिग्गंठाण वा णिग्गंठीण वा इमाई अट्ठ सुहुमाई, जाई छउमध्येणं णिग्गंठेण वा णिग्गंठीए वा अभिक्खणं अभिक्खणं जारिणयव्वाइं पासिव्वाई पडिलेहियव्वाइं भवंति तं जहा - पाणसुहुमं पणग-सुहुमं बीय-सुहुमं हरिय-सुहुमं पुप्फ- सुहुमं अंड- सुहुमं लेणसुमं सह- सुमं ।
In the course of the parjusana during the monsoon sojourn, particularly for one not yet advanced, for such a monk or a nun it is necessary to know, see and imprint in mind all the while these very diminutive forms of life which are :
minute beings, minute insects (mildews), minute life in. seeds, minute life in sprouts, minute life in flowers, minute life in eggs, minute shelters/layers (built by small insects)," and minute life in moisture.
से किं तं पाण- सुहुमे ? पाण- सुहुमे पंचविहे पण्णवत्ते । तं जहा - किण्हे णीले लोहिए हालिदे सुकिल्ले । ग्रथि कुंथू प्रणुद्धरी णामं जा ठिया ग्रचलमाणा छउमथ्थाणं णिग्गंथाण वा णिग्गंथीण वा णो चक्खु फासं हव्वमागच्छइ जा छउमथ्थेणं णिग्गंथेण वा णिगुगंथीए वा अभिक्खणं अभिक्खणं for पासिया पडिलेहियव्वा भवइ । से तं पाण- सुहुमे ।
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— What are these minute beings, pray ?
The minute beings have been stated to be of five types, which are black, blue, red, yellow and white. There is an insect called anuddhari, which, when not moving, is not generally visible to a monk or a nun, who is not yet advanced, (but) which a monk and a nun, not yet advanced, should always, and at all times, know, see and imprint in mind. Such are the diminutive forms of living beings.
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