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that it is meritorious, or is not so, do not expose themselves to guilt, and will reach Beatitude1. (21)
Knowing that Beatitude is the best thing as the moon is among the stars, a sage always restrained and subduing his senses brings about Beatitude. (22)
A pious man2 shows an island to the beings which are carried away (by the flood of the Samsâra) and suffer for their deeds. This place of safety has been proclaimed (by the Tirthakaras). (23)
BOOK I, LECTURE II.
He who guards his soul, subdues his senses, puts a stop to the current (of the Samsâra), and is free from Asravas 3, is (entitled to) expound the pure, complete, unparalleled Law. (24)
Those who do not know this (Law), are not awakened, though they fancy themselves awakened; believing themselves awakened, they are beyond the boundary of right faith. (25)
Eating seeds and drinking cold water and what
1 Silânka quotes the following Sanskrit verse to show the application of the maxim to the digging of a well: satyam vaprêshu sîtam sasikaradhavalam vâri pîtvâ prakâmam vyukkhinnâsêshatrishnah pramuditamanasah prânisârthâ bhavanti | sôsham nîtê galaughê dinakarakiranair yânty anantâ vinâsam tênô-dâsînabhâvam vragati muniganah kûpavaprâdikâryê Forsooth, when living beings drink to their hearts' content the cool water of ditches, which is white like the moon, their thirst is completely allayed and their heart is gladdened; but when all the water is dried up by the rays of the sun, numberless creatures must die; therefore the sages decline every interest in the construction of wells and ditches.'
2 The commentators connect sâhu as adjective with dîvam, and supply Tîrthakara, &c. as subject.
Samâdhi.
See above, p. 55, note 1.
Vîôdaga bîgôdaka.
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