Atmanushasana

Author(s): J L Jaini
Publisher: Central Jaina Publishing House

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THE SACRED BOOKS OF THE JAINAS.
204. An ascetic is not distressed even by increase in diseases. What fear is there to one, sitting in a boat, even if the water of the river be high? जातामयः प्रतिविधाय तनौ वसेद्वा ------- नो चेत्तनुं त्यजतु वा द्वितयी गतिः स्यात् । लग्नाग्निमावसति वह्निमपोह्य गेहं निहाय वा व्रजतिं तत्र सुधीः किमास्ते ॥ २०५॥
205. A sick man should take medicines and live in the body. Otherwise he should renounce the body (by a pious-death, which) is the (other) alternative. A wise man should continue living in a house, which has caught fire after putting out that fire, or abandoning it should go away (elsewhere). Why should he live there ? शिरस्थं भारमुत्तार्य स्कन्धे कृत्वा सुयत्नतः। शरीरस्थेन भारेण अज्ञानी मन्यते सुखम् ॥ २०६ ॥
206. An ignorant man, taking up the load from the head with great difficulty, and placing it on the shoulder, thinks himself happy, (though) the load is still on the body. यावदस्ति प्रतीकारस्तावत्कुर्यात् प्रतिक्रियाम् । तथाप्यनुपशान्तानामनुद्वेगः प्रतिक्रिया ॥ २०७॥
207. A remedy should be sought, so long as a thing is remediable. And for those who are incurable, the (only) remedy is to be indifferent. यदा यदा भवेज्जन्मी त्यक्त्वा मुक्तो भविष्यति । शरीरमेव तत्त्याज्यं किं शेषैः क्षुद्रकल्पनैः ॥ २०८॥
203. One would attain liberation after getting rid of the bodies, (Taijasa, and Karmana), in company with which he is subject to births. They must be got rid of. What use is there in other petty conjectures. नयत्सर्वाशुचिप्रायं शरीरमपि पूज्यताम् । सोऽप्यात्मा येन न स्पृश्यो दुश्चरित्रं धिगस्तु तत् ॥ २० ॥