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Niyamasāra
नियमसार
the muni, he makes his speech pure – vacana śuddhi. By performing the aforesaid bodily activities, he attains the purity
of his body - kāya suddhi. 9) He pronounces with sincerity the purity of the food – “anna-jala
śuddha hai”. Thus, with nine kinds of devotion (navadhābhakti), the householder (śrāvaka) gives the gift of pure food to the muni. Giving of food to the muni in this manner washes away the karmas incidental to the routine household activities.
Ācārya Samantabhadra's Ratnakarandaka-śrāvakācāra: गृहकर्मणापि निचितं कर्म विमाटि खलु गृहविमुक्तानाम् । अतिथीनां प्रतिपूजा रुधिरमलं धावते वारि ॥११४॥ निश्चय से जिस प्रकार जल खून को धो देता है उसी प्रकार गृह-रहित निर्ग्रन्थ मुनियों (अतिथि) के लिये दिया हुआ दान गृहस्थी सम्बन्धी कार्यों से उपार्जित अथवा सुदृढ़ कर्म को नष्ट कर देता है।
Just as the water, for sure, washes away the blood, it is certain that the giving of food (āhāra) to the homeless (free from all external and internal attachments) saints (called atithi, as they arrive without prior notice) washes away the heap of karmas that the laities amass routinely in performance of the household chores.
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