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28/MANAV DHARMA
अवधेर्बहिरणु-पाप-प्रति-विरतेर्दिग्व्रतानि धारयताम् । पञ्चमहाव्रत- परिणतिमणुव्रतानि प्रपद्यन्ते 119011
Explanation :
By the avoidance of subtle sins beyond the determined limits (even) the minor vows of a Householder are able to rank as the unqualified vows of asceticism (in respect of the religions lying beyond those limits).
Description :
A housholder acquires many gross sins in walking, speaking. trading and in doing other activities, which fall under the catagory of primary violence or Himsa. But this is not acquired by a person who adopts Digvrata in his life because he performs all his business of trading activities within the prescribed limits. The observance of the Digvrata, however, enables one to avoid sinning in thought inrespect of those places which one cannot reach. Hence it is said that the observance of this Digvrata enables the lay man's vows to approach the five Mahavratas of Asceticism, in point of merit, beyond the limits fixed for his movement. The Digvrata places a lay man on an equality with an ascetic in respect of the regions of space lying beyond the boundaries determined by him for his physical and mental activity.
प्रत्याख्यान - तनुत्वान्मन्द- तराश्चरण - मोह - परिणामाः । सत्त्वेन दुरवधारा महाव्रताय प्रकल्प्यन्ते ॥७१॥ Explanation :
The extremely quiescent states of conduct in fatuating karmas. which arise from the subsidence of the activity of the PRATYA KHYANA type of passions, are taken for Mahavratas; (The tinge of passions in the mind is then so slight that), it is not easy to say whether they exist or not.
Vivid Explanation :
Anger, pride, deceit and greed are the four principal kinds of passions (KASAYAS ). They are dealt with under four different heads in the Jaina sidhanta according to the degree of their intensity. The intensest, called the ANANTANUBHANDI, is the worst kind and prevents the acquisition of Right Faith itself; the intenser type, known as the APRATYA KHYANA, obstructs Right Conduct altogether, and hinders even the observance of the minor vows of the householder; the intense designated the PRATYA KHYANA, enables the house holder's vows to be observed, but debars one from the Mahavratas
