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व्यवहारचारित्राधिकार
4 - THE EMPIRICAL RIGHT CONDUCT
Ācārya Kundakunda’s Pravacanasāra: मरदु व जिवदु जीवो अयदाचारस्स णिच्छिदा हिंसा । पयदस्स णत्थि बंधो हिंसामेत्तेण समिदीसु ॥३-१७॥ दूसरा जीव मरे अथवा जीवित रहे जिस मुनि का आचार यत्नपूर्वक नहीं है उसके हिंसा निश्चित है, परन्तु पाँचों समितियों में यत्नपूर्वक प्रवृत्ति करने वाले मुनि के बाह्य में जीव के घात के होनेमात्र से बंध नहीं होता।
The ascetic (muni, śramaņa) whose activities are without proper diligence certainly causes injury (himsā) to the living beings, whether they die or not. The ascetic who observes diligently the fivefold regulation-of-activities (samiti) does not cause bondage even if he has caused injury to the living beings.
Injury (himsā) is of two kinds, internal and external. Internal injury causes impairment of the life-essentials (prāna), in form of knowledgevitality (jñānaprāņa) or pure-cognition (śuddhopayoga), of own soul. External injury is impairment of the life-essentials (prāņa) of other living beings. Internal injury is stronger of the two. Negligent activities may or may not cause injury to other living beings, but certainly cause injury to the knowledge-life Gjñānaprāņa) or purecognition (suddhopayoga) of own soul. If the ascetic observes diligently the fivefold regulation-of-activities (samiti) he safeguards his restraint in form of pure-cognition (suddhopayoga). Therefore, even when his activities cause injury to other living beings, the internal disposition of non-injury does not allow bondage of karmas. Internal injury certainly causes bondage of karmas. External injury may or may not cause bondage of karmas. If activities are performed with due diligence and still injury (hiņsā) takes place, there is no bondage of karmas. If activities are performed without due diligence and injury (hiņsā) takes place, certainly there is bondage of karmas. Internal injury is certainly worth discarding; pure-cognition (suddhopayoga) that engenders disposition of non-injury (ahimsā) is worth accepting.
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