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Niyamasāra
नियमसार
वचनमय प्रतिक्रमण आदि केवल स्वाध्याय - Verbal repentance, etc., are only forms of study - वयणमयं पडिकमणं वयणमयं पच्चक्खाण णियमं च । आलोयण वयणमयं तं सव्वं जाण सज्झायं ॥१५३॥
वचनमय प्रतिक्रमण, वचनमय प्रत्याख्यान, (वचनमय) नियम और वचनमय आलोचना - उस सबको तुम स्वाध्याय (प्रशस्त अध्यवसायरूप) जानो। भावार्थ - प्रतिक्रमण आदि के पाठ बोलना स्वाध्याय में गर्भित है।
Know that all these – recitation of texts pertaining to repentance (pratikramana), renunciation (pratyākhyāna), self-adoration (niyama), and confession (ālocanā) – are forms of study (svādhyāya) (of the Scripture).
EXPLANATORY NOTE
The ascetic who has cast away the dispositions of attachment (rāga) and aversion (dvesa), adopts equanimity - samyabhāva. He realizes that his soul-nature is distinct from the activities that he performs in the three times. He reckons that activities like recitation of texts pertaining to repentance (pratikramana), renunciation (pratyākhyāna), self-adoration (niyama), and confession (ālocanā) are only different forms of study (svādhyāya). He, therefore, resorts to real (niscaya) repentance, renunciation, self-adoration, and confession. He becomes steady in his true nature, shedding all activities (yoga) of the body, the speech, and the mind.
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