Mahaviras Word

Author(s): Walther Shubring
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

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The Ways of Action (Süyagada II 2.)
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example, a man sunk in thought, without disagreeing with anyone, (rather) on his own, weak, disheartened, exhausted, sad, depressed in thought and will, sunk in a sea of sorrow, his face placed in his hands, fallen into a gloomy sense, eyes turned to the ground. He has four kinds of definite psychological moods; one calls them, anger, pride, deceit (and) greed; yes, [his] soul is anger, pride, deceit (and) greed. Thus, ... (like 5, until) action. The eighth [kind of] acting occurs in [a bad] mood. Now [comes) the ninth kind of acting; it occurs in pride. For example, out of pride of [his] caste, [his) family, [his] strength, [his) beauty, [his] penance, [his) scholarship, (his] successes, [his) power, or [his) knowledge, or out of pride of anything else, a man offends, blames, scolds, admonishes, humiliates, despises another; 'this is one of the others; but I am better and have the privileges of my caste, family, strength, etc.:' thus he blows himself up. [And yet) when he has left his body, alone with [his] effected act he goes away powerless, namely, from womb to womb, from birth to birth, from death to death, from hell to hell. He is cruel, unmoved, unsteady and arrogant. Thus, ... (like 5, until) action. The ninth [kind of] acting occurs in pride. Now (comes) the tenth kind of acting; it occurs in doing wrong to friends. A man, for example, who lives together with his mother and father and their family members, with brothers, sisters, wives, sons, daughters, or daughters-in-law, himself imposes on one of them a heavy punishment because of a minor offence: he immerses him in cold water, or pours hot water over him, burns him with fire, weals' his sides with a cord, cane, rope, leather,20 whip, [hard) grass?' or with a [rough) creeper, beats with a stick, bone, fist, (pelts him) with a lump of earth or with a potsherd. When such a
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16 The expression with the adverbial n'atthi: n'atthi nam kei visamvādei is noteworthy. "Are the words ohaya to jhiyāi borrowed from Jinacariya 92? 1 The Nisiha-Cunni distinguishes ucсholei from padhoei, a single from numerous pouring over (III 465, 2 on 14, 14 and NisBh 4640f.: ekkamsi dhovanam ucсholanam, puno puno dhovanam padhovanam, cp. Cunni II 303, 1 on NisBh 4, 1881 (WB)). In Dasā. 6, 12 (=Suttâgame II p. 927, 21, $134 (WB)), where this whole section is found again, bolitta occurs instead of ucсholettā, also Sil. has bolayita (C has uvaletta (1936 Lahore ed., p. 201, 13: būdita) (WB)). "Literally: "rips open his sides". 20 tayāe = tvacā. 21 chivā= śivā; or, as with Dasā. 6, chivādi = śivāti.