aefanfia a
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a eaters ga Harr terse fare wear # fe ae ATT ap
a rgd At eager aoh ee Gat ge se gar RTtea ag
arent & OTEIe aT ET aeqe anapeat ar aedaa adh FLAS he
gia21 aatq wg arm em, Sarge oie g |
6. How can one sustain the body with the barest food 7 As a
mammothelaphant can pull down gigantic trees. so does libido all Youic
practices and accomplishments. Hence anaspirant oughtto tread cautio-
usly like ane carrying a bowlfull of oif and vigilantly shun all pleasures as
we do a poisonous fruit, Whatan axle isto a chariot without which the
charioteer can no more be carried, a prescribed diet is to an ascetic.
Ascetics commit no transgressionif they accept meats merely for avoiding
pangs of starvation, for practising austerity, survival and contemplation.
‘As a lacquer processor burns charcoals just enough to melt his ware, so
anascetic takes food just enough for survival and thereby no transgression
is committed. As a sugercane-juice-maker burns just enough chaff to
heatthe juice, sa does an ascetic accept meals for six reasons mentioned
above, It entails no violation ofhis ethics,
ada fad ge fad fama wa afaq wi ate wt
guefa eaed gorarasaiit far BFA a
sass|
gama ag fag, ga, fares, foo, frie, Aart 04 Cu
cart amar & ate afer Hoga: ga dare A At maT 21
der F (meas afeatere) eaZI
This is the means,then, for an aspirant to attain purity, enlighten
ment, emancipation,piety, abstinence and non-attachment,. Such a being
is fresd of the chain of reincamations.
Thus|, Ambad the nomad,pronounce.
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