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CHAPTER-4
व्यवहारचारित्राधिकार THE EMPIRICAL RIGHT CONDUCT
अहिंसा व्रत का स्वरूप - The vow (urata) of non-injury (ahimsā) -
कुलजोणिजीवमग्गणठाणाइसु जाणिऊण जीवाणं । तस्सारंभणियत्तणपरिणामो होइ पढमवदं ॥५६॥
कुल, योनि, जीवस्थान तथा मार्गणास्थान आदि में जीवों का ज्ञान कर उनके आरम्भ से निवृत्तिरूप परिणाम होना वह पहला अहिंसा व्रत है।
To get rid of the disposition of the commencement-ofactivity (ārambha) after ascertaining the details of the living beings (jīva) in respect of lineage (kula), seat-ofbirth (yoni), classes of biological development (jīvasthāna) and variations according to the method of inquiry (mārgaņāsthāna), is the first vow (vrata) of non-injury (ahimsā).
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Lineage (kula), seat-of-birth (yoni), classes of biological development (jīvasthāna) and variations according to the method of inquiry (mārgaņāsthāna) have already been explained (see gāthā 42, p. 95-98 ante). After ascertaining the details of the living beings, the ascetic must dispassionately endeavour not to harm them. This constitutes the
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