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LECTURE XXVI.
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1. To prevent an illness; 2. to serve the Guru; 3. to be able to comply with the rules about walking ?; 4. to be able to comply with the rules of self-control 2; 5. to save one's life; 6. to be able to meditate on the Law. (33)
A zealous Nirgrantha or Nirgranthi may omit to beg food for the following six reasons, when it will not be considered a transgression of his duties : (34)
1. In case of illness; 2. in case of a disaster; 3. to preserve one's chastity and the Guptis; 4. out of compassion for living beings; 5. in the interest of penance; 6. to make an end of one's life 3. (35)
Taking his whole outfit a monk should inspect it with his eye; he then may walk about, but not beyond half a Yôgana. (36)
In the fourth Paurushỉ he should put away his almsbowl (after having eaten his meal), and then begins his study which reveals all existent things. (37)
In the last quarter of the fourth Paurushỉ he should pay his reverence to the Guru, and after having performed Kala-pratikramana“, he should inspect his lodging. (38)
A zealous monk should also inspect the place where to discharge his excrements and urine, and then (till the sun sets) he should go through Kâyôtsarga without allowing himself to be affected by any pains. (39)
* Iriyatthâê; for one will not be careful about walking (îryâsamitî) if too hungry or thirsty.
? For one might eat forbidden food if too hungry.
8 It may be remarked here that the verses 15, 16, 19, 20, 24, 26, 27, 29, 33, 34, 35 are in the Aryâ-metre while the rest of the lecture is in Slôka.
• Compare note 1, p. 145.
