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Ch. V-21
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gods, he does not know there of what deed bís existence 88 a low god has been the result. (47). After falling down from that condition he will be as mute as a goat even though he be born as a human being, or he will obtain existence in hell, or he will be a lower animal where enlightenment is extremely difficult to obtain. (48). Having noticed these faults expounded by Mahavira, the son of Jñata, the wise monk should avoid even the slightest deceit or falsehood. (49). Having learnt ( rules about) purity of seeking alms at the hands of self-restrained and enlightened sages, he should observe them with his senses well directed towards the goal and possessed of the merit in the form of his feeling ashamed to practise an improper act. (50). Thus I say.
CHAPTER VI
Kings, royal ministers, Brāhmaṇas and Kshatriyas with mind quite calm and steady asked the head of the monks, who was possessed of unlimited knowledge and faith, who was devoted to self-restraint and penance and who was proficient in scriptures when he came to stop in the garden :-'Learned sir, what is the range of the monk's course of action?' Then, the learned and self-restrained monk who was quite calm and composed, who conduced to the happiness of all beings and who was possessed of the proper course of actions, related to them as follows :-(1-3).
· Well, hear from me in its entirety the terrible and difficult course of actions of the monks who are free from worldly ties and who are desirous of securing the goal of the observ ance of the monk's course of actions. (4). In no other Faith there has been prescribed a course of actions which is meant for one who is following self-restraint and which is
