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SÚTRAKRITÂNGA.
FIRST BOOK?
FIRST LECTURE,
CALLED
THE DOCTRINE 2
First CHAPTER. One should know what causes the bondage of Soul, and knowing (it) one should remove 3 it.
(Gambusvâmin asked Sudharman):
What causes the bondage (of Soul) according to Mahâvîra ? and what must one know in order to remove it? (1)
(Sudharman answered):
He who owns even a small property in living or lifeless things, or consents to others holding it, will not be delivered from misery. (2)
i Srutaskandha. Its Sanskrit title mentioned by Silanka is Gâthâshô dasaka, i.e. the book whose Sixteenth Lecture is called Gâtha. It is mentioned in the Uttaradhyayana XXXI, 13 by the name of the sixteen Gâthas; see above, p. 182.
9 Samaya. This title is not found in MSS. at the end of the lecture, but it is given by the author of the Niryukti (verse 29). The subject of this lecture is more fully treated in $$ 15-33 of the First Lecture of the Second Book.
3 Tiutliggâ. The commentators translate this word trota yệt, but the true Sanskrit original is ativartêta, as is evident from the form atiuttanti in I, 2, 22.
Living and lifeless things as we understand these words, not
