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52 / MANAV DHARMA Description :
It can also be said that vows are taken only to have the chance of performing Samayika Hence a wise man must do the Samayika every day as prescribed.
सामयिके सारम्भाः परिग्रहा नैव सन्ति सर्वेऽपि ।
चेलोपसृष्ट मुनिरिव गृही तदा याति यतिभावं ॥१०२॥ Explanation :
Because there is the absence of all kinds of attachments and undertakings in Samayika, therefore, the householder, while engaged in its observance, approaches asceticism and resembles a Jain Monk or Muni, on whom a piece of cloth has been thrown to protect him from harm. Description :
As the house-holder does not give up clothes till he is ready for a life of homeless-ness; however, the performance of the Samayika meditation enables him to renounce mentally all kinds of likes and dislikes and to develop the spirit of renunciation in him to a degree raising him almost to the status of a saint or Muni for the time being. Hence the 'Acharya' says that the lay man engaged in the observance of the 'Samayika' vow resembles a Muni, on whom a piece of cloth has been thrown to protect him from harm.
शीतोष्णदंशमशकपरीषह-मुपसर्गमपि च मौनधराः ।
सामयिकं प्रतिपन्ना अधिकुर्वीरनचलयोगाः ॥१०३॥ Explanation :
Those, who aspire to perfect themselves in the Samayika vow, bear the hardships consequent on cold, heat, gnat-sting and mosquitobite, as well as trouble caused by an enemy maintaining unbroken silence and control over yogas. Description :
Yaga means a channel of activity, and it is of three kinds (1) Manoyoga (mental activity) (2) Vachhan Yoga (the activity of speech) and (3) Kayayoga (bodily activity) These are to be kept under control during the period of Samayika, even in the face of trying circumstances and conditions. The devtee, is therefore, advised to take his duty to tolerate even the greatest hardships during Samayika.
