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अष्टकप्रकरणम्
adhikārivaśācchāstre dharmasādhanasansthitih. vyādhipratikriyātulyā vijñeyā guņadosayoh.
The merit and demerit of the different provisions of religious code are to be ascertained according to the individuals and their circumstances. As the different prescriptions of a doctor are considered good or bad according to the ill person's nature and his disease.
dhyānāmbhasā tu jīvasya sadā yacchuddhikāraṇam. maları karına samāśritya bhāvasnānaṁ taducyate.
That bathing is called the spiritual bath, performed with meditation like water is always the cause of the purity of soul, aiming at purifying the karmic impurity.
rşīņāmuttamaṁ hyetannirdistan paramarşibhiḥ. hiṁsādosanivsttānāṁ vrataśīlavivardhanam.
The Great Seers proclaimed this spiritual bathing as excellent, magnifying vows and conduct of those monks, free from vices of violence.
snātvā’nena yathāyogaṁ niḥśeşamalavarjitaḥ. bhūyo na lipyate tena snātakaḥ paramārthataḥ.
He is realy a bather, who having performed this ( spiritual bath) becomes completely free from the impurities and not sticks to those impurities again.
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