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[agen to give full scope to one's inherent power to perform the desirable acts. ( 24-28 )
6 Observance of five Samitis : (i) Irya-samiti, to walk along the paths trodden by men and beasts with the eyes carefully directed three and a half yards ahead. (ii) Bhasha-samiti, to speak relevently and according to the scriptures. ( iii ) Eshana-samiti, to receive alms after proper examination- avoiding the faults mentioned in the ganon. (iv) Adana-nikshepana-samiti, to receive and keep things necessary for religious purposes, i. e., to handle them carefully. (v) Pratisthapana-samiti, to attend to the calls of nature in unfrequented places after examination, (29–33 )
7 Observance of three Guptis : (i) Mano-gupti, to restrain the mind. (ii) Vag-gupti, to restrain the tongue so that it may not utter bad language. (iii) Kaya-gupti, to restrain the movements of the body. ( 34-36 )
(Total 36 ). Upadhyaya comes next in rank to Acharya. His chief duty is to give religious instructions to others. He has twenty-five attributes, in as much as he has to study and teach the eleven Angas and the fourteen Purvas.
The twenty-seven attributes of Sadhu who occupies the last rank among the Pancha Parameshthi are as follows--(1-5) To observe the five Mahavratas. (6) Not to eat at night. ( 7–12 ) To abstain from injuring the six kinds of living beings-the earthbodied, the water-bodied, the fire-bodied, the airbodied, the vegetable-bodied and the mobile. (13-18)
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