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this that we must do some good to our fellow beings. The object is that we may be able to do some good to the people around us. The basis of these rules is pity, compassion, love, doing good, benevolence, kindness, etc. (called dayâ.)
'Daya' can be manifested in many ways, and we want to know them, daya being the foundation of the rules.
One of the ways in which dayä would be shown, would be that he would follow the good ways of his family, for instance, in not killing flies, etc. This is called dravya daya-the right action without knowing why, that is to say, when the internal attitude of mind is not active.
A second way in which dayā would manifest itself, would be that we should feel a desire that other living beings should develop their spiritual nature; the previous way mentioned simply protected the bodily welfare. Here the desire is to do good to the soul of the other living being. This form is called bhāva dayā.
Sva daya. A third way in which daya shows itself. Sva means 'one's own'. It is a feeling of pity for the soul that it should have been so long, that is for all past time, in the deluded state of mithyatva-this pity comes after the samyaktva has been experienced and in consequence of this feeling of pity, he takes care to remain aloof, from the pains and pleasures of life letting them come
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