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Āvaśyaka Kriya
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Nobody will accept the coin with pure silver but no proper stamp. In a similar way, those who are endowed with Bhāvalinga but are devoid of Dravyalinga, are Pratyekabuddha etc., who are not saluted. A coin with a clear stainp but no pure silver is also not accepted. In just the same way those who are endowed with Dravyalinga but are devoid of Bhāvalinga, are Pārsvastha etc. of five types of bad sādhus who deserve not to be saluted. The coin in which silver is mixed and stamp not clear is accepted by none. In a similar way, persons devoid of both Dravya and Bhāva, do not deserve salutation. Persons deserving salutation are those endowed with both Dravyalinga and Bhāvalinga, like the cojn with pure silver and a clear stamp. 1
The person who salutes one not deserving to be saluted, attains to neither the cleansing-Nir jarā of karma or fame; actually he suffers from bondage of karmaa in view of his consenting to faults like lack of control etc. The fault lies here not with the person who salutes, but also with the one who inspires salutation though not deserving. He thus enhances his lack of control, and, as a result, suffers downfali.8 Salutation should be free from thirtytwo faults, which are described in details in the Gathās 1207 to 1211 of Āyas yakaniryukti.
(4) Pratikramana
Pratikramana is re-attainment of pure Yoga after falling down to the impure from the pure through infatuation, In a similar way, abandoning of impure Yogas and attaining to pure Yoga in due course of time also constitutes Pratikramaņa. The words synonymous with the word Pratikramana' are-Prativaraña-PariharanaKaraņa, Nivștti-abstention, Nindā-abuse, Garha-scoffing, and shodhi -introspection, 8 One example is given for us to understand the
1. Avaśyakaniyrukti, Gā. 1138. 2. As above, Gā. 1108. 3. As above, Gā, 1110. 4. Āvaśyakasūtra, p. 553. 5. Avasyakaniryukti, Ga. 1233.
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