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mokṣa ), respectively. The former is performed with flowers of Jasmines etc. and is the cause of auspicious bondage while the pure worship is performed with eight abstract flowers, viz., nonviolence, truth, non-stealing, celibacy, non-possession, devotion of teacher, penances and cognition. By pure worship, modes of soul, become auspicous, which ultimately leads to salvation.
In the fourth, Agnikārikāṣṭakam, fire has been depicted two-fold as sacrificial and spiritual or psychic. Monks are preached to kindle the spiritual fire with analytic meditation and fuel of karmas. Initiation is the cause of salvation. Good fortunes attained by sacrificial fire beget sin. Haribhadra refutes others contention that sin is annihilated by charity. He opines that sin is destroyed only by penances. According to Acarya, practising the path of liberation, generally, yields more auspicious and sinless fortunes, in form of right faith, knowledge and conduct ( samyag darśana, jñāna and caritra ).
Fifth, Bhikṣāṣṭakam deals with three-fold beggings Sarvasampatkarī, Pauruṣaghni and Vṛttibhikṣā. The first one brings all types of fortunes of this world and the next. The second Pauruṣaghni is manhood or virile destroying and the third Vṛttibhikṣā is the bgging for livelihood. That of an ideal monk, made for Sthaviras - elder monks etc., is the first one and is likely to bring glory to Jina-order. That of a monk, practising vicious and violent-ridden conduct for supporting his life, is categorised as Pauruşaghni and is bound to cause disgrace to Jina-order. The third one, Vṛttibhikṣā, is the begging by those poor, blind and crippled ones, unable to carry on with other activities of livelihood. It is considered better than Pauruṣaghni.
The sixth, Sarvasampatkarībhikṣāṣṭakam deals mainly with refutation of opponents' view that virtuous food is not at all practical. Opponents maintain that unavailability of virtuous food, essential for ideal begging of monks, also mars the attainment of Omniscience. As in the absence of virtuous food, the conduct of monks can never be virtuous and this eventually results in the
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