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86 / MANAV DHARMA place for doing Samayika which is disturbed by insects. germs, loud noises, coming and going of human beings, movement of animals. He selects out a very solitary confined place for porforming Samayika and once set for this vow, he never leaves his Samayika in the middle inspite of any kind of harsh disturbances and hinderances, but completes it with peaceful determination and mind. During the period of its performance he renounces each and every thing except his Dhoti, Dupatta and Asan (1) He renounces all worldly attachments for that limited period (2) He becomes passionless and maintains feeling of equanimity for all living beings (3) He forgives all the living beings for their faults and desires to be forgiven by them also. He adopts a feeling of Universal love and affection for all. (4) He keeps a feeling of respect and affection for those who are more qualified than him in different aspects. (5) He pays homage to all such respectable and virtuous perosns who are more qualified, virtuous and respectable than so many and performs Prayaschit or Paschyatap before the spiritual teachers for the purificatian of his soul by criticising his own faults or mistakes or evil thoughts (6) He practices for high moral character: he wishes to remove all his faults and short comings and the reasons for their occurence too. He refrains from all love and affection for this mortal body and devotes his whole time in self contemplation and concentration alongwith the recitation of hymns in the worship of the Tirthankaras - Arihants - the Gods. All these six processes have been explained as:
(1) SAMATA - feeling of equality. (2) Istuti - Recitation of Prayer (3) Vandana - Respect to Arhants (omniscients) (4) Pratikramana - Repentence with Confession (5) Pratya khyana - Renuciation of indulgences
(6) Kayotsarga - in sitting or standing posture, abandonment of attachment with body.
These are the six important functions to be done by those who perform Samayika and during performance he, while, adopting equanimity, goes in deep spiritual meditation. Now we come to fourth Pratima Prosadhopvas.
पर्वदिनेषु चतुर्ध्वपि मासे मासे स्वशक्ति मनिगुह्य ।
UTA8-Ferra-faireit yfulfå –: 1991A94A: 1188011 Explanation :
He who, applying himself to holy meditation, observes the prosadhopvasa Vrata, in the prescribed manner, on all the four fast
