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UTTARADHYAYANA.
THIRTIETH LECTURE.
THE ROAD OF PENANCE.
ted
Now hear with concentrated mind, how a monk destroys by austerities the bad Karman which he had acquired by love and hatred. (1)
By abstaining 1. from destroying life; 2. from lying ; 3. from taking anything which is not given; 4. from all sexual indulgence; 5. from having any property; and 6. from eating at night, the soul becomes free from Åsravas ?. (2)
By possessing the five Samitis and the three Guptis, by freedom from passions, by subduing the senses, by vanquishing conceit?, and by avoiding delusions, the soul becomes free from Asravas. (3)
Hear attentively how a monk destroys (the Karman) acquired by love and hatred in the absence of the above-mentioned (virtues). (4)
As a large tank, when its supply of water has been stopped, gradually dries up by the consumption of the water and by evaporation, so the Karman of a monk, which he acquired in millions of births, is annihilated by austerities, if there is no influx of bad Karman. (5, 6)
Austerities are of two kinds: external and internal;
1 Karmôpâdânahêtavas, that through which the soul becomes affected by Karman.
* Agârava = agaurava; but it is here explained, free from garva, cf. p. 98, note 2.
Literally krores, i.e. ten millions.
