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[ Dharmavādāṣṭakam ]
viṣayo dharmavādasya tattattantravyapekṣayā. prastutarthopayogyeva dharmasādhanalakṣaṇaḥ.
The subject-matter of debate in this Righteous one, is the one useful for emancipation and concerned with virtues, essential to religious conduct of respective systems.
pañcaitāni pavitrāṇi sarveṣāṁ dharmacāriṇām. ahiṁsāsatyamasteyaṁ tyāgo maithunavarjanam.
Non-violence, truth, non-stealing, non-possession and chastity, these five are sacred for all the virtuous, i. e., followers of Jainism, Sankhya, Buddhism and Vaiseṣika.
kva khalvetani yujyante mukhyavṛtyā kva vã na hi. tantre tattantranītyaiva vicāryam tattvato hyadaḥ. dharmarthibhiḥ pramāṇāderlakṣaṇaṁ na tu yuktimat. prayojanadyabhāvena tathā cāha mahāmatiḥ. prasiddhāni pramāṇāni vyavahāraśca tatkṛtah. pramāṇalakṣaṇasyoktau jñāyate na prayojanam.
First of all every virtuous person must deliberate on whether or not, these non-violence etc. are relevant to their metaphysical postulates such as permanence-impermanence of souls etc. Righteous one ought not to ponder over on definition and criterion of valid knowledge etc. because this type of discussions will not serve any purpose in practising
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