Jainas in History of Indian Literature

Author(s): Jinvijay
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JAINAS IN INDIAN LITERATURE
धर्मार्थकामानां युगपत्समवाये पूर्वः पूर्वे गरीयान् । कालसहस्वे पुनरर्थ एवं । धर्मकाम योरर्थमूलत्वात् ।
"In case of a collision between dharma, artha and kam a every preceding one is the more important, but if time does not permit the pursuit of all the three, artha only should be considered because artha is the root of dharma and kāma".
The fifth chapter corresponding to the short second prakarana Vṛddhasamyoga in the Kauțiliya is one of the longest chapters in the Nitiv. and gives a full expositon of the duties of a king, without deviating from the Brahmanical point of view, fully acknowledging the svadharma for the different castes and stages of life. It begins (p. 7):
योऽनुकूल-प्रतिकूलयोरिन्द्र- यमस्थानं स राजा । राशो हि दुष्टनिग्रहः शिष्टपरिपालनं च धर्मो न पुनः शिरोमुण्डनं जटाधारणां वा ।
"He is a king who takes the place of Indra towards the well-disposed and the place of Yama against the ill-disposed. For the king's duty is to punish the wicked and to protect the learned (and wellbehaved), not shaving his head or wearing matted hair". The king has to fulfill his religious duties, such as the Darśapūrṇamāsa and other Brahmanical rites. He should apply himself to the study both of philosophy (anvikşiki) and of the Veda (trayī). P. 10:
अधीयानो त्यान्वीक्षिकी कार्याकार्याणां बलाबलं हेतुभिर्विचारयति । न निषीदति व्यसनेषु । माभ्युदयेन विकार्यते । समधिगच्छति व प्रज्ञावान् वैशारद्यम् । त्रयीं पठन् वर्णाश्रमाचारेष्वतीय प्रगल्भते । जानाति व समस्तामपि धर्माधर्मस्थितिम् ।