Niyamsara

Author(s): Kundkundacharya, Uggar Sain
Publisher: ZZZ Unknown

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NIYAMSARA.
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झाणणिलीणो साहू परिचागं कुणइ सव्वदोसाणं । तम्हा दु झाणमेव हि सव्वदिचारस्स पडिकमणं ॥ ६३ ॥ ध्याननिलीनः साधुः परित्यागं करोति सर्वदोषाणाम् । तस्माद्धयानमेव हि सर्वातिचारस्य प्रतिक्रमणम् ॥ १३ ॥
93. A saint absorbed in self-concentration, renounces. all defects. Therefore self-concentration only constitutes the repentance of all transgressions.
पडिकमणणामधेये सुत्ते जह वरिणदं पडिकमणं । तह णादा जो भावइ तस्स तदा होदि पडिकमणं ॥६४ ॥
प्रतिक्रमणनामधेये सूत्रे यथा वर्णितं प्रतिक्रमणम् । तथा ज्ञात्वायो भावयति तस्य तदा भवति प्रतिक्रमणम् ॥१४॥
94. He, who having understood the modes of repentance, as related in the scriptures known by the name of "Pratikra
mana Sutra' meditates upon it, is then said to have repentance (from the practical point of view).
Commentary. In Jaina Scriptures the following six essential duties have been prescribed for a saint:
1. Repentance (Pratikramana). 2. Renunciation (Pratyakhyana). 3. Praising the Worshipful Lords (Stuti). 4. Obeisance to the Worshipful Lords, (Vandaná). 5. Practising of equanimity, (Sámáyika).
6. Relinquishment of bodily attachment (Kayotsarga), From the practical point of view, a saint is said to make repentance, when he recounts his sins and transgressions committed during the performance of his daily routine, and makes penance for them in accordance with rules laid down in the scripture called “ Pratikramana Sutra." This kind of repentance is of a lower degree compared to the repentance described in Gathas 83 to 93 from the real point of view. Practical repentance is only a step to reach the real repentance which consists in directing the pure thought-activity of soul towards the concentration and realisation of the pure self. This kind of repentance causes the shedding of