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PAÑCALINGIPRAKARAŅAM : 115
Pudhavāiyāņa jai vi hu hoi viņāso jiņālayahinto / Tavvisayāvi sudiţthissa niyamao atthi aņukampā || 58 |
Pirthivyādīnām yadyapi bhavatyeva vināśaḥ jinālayat / Tadvisayā 'pi sudrsteủ nanu niyamato 'sti anukampā || 58 ||
In the construction of Jina temple,
the earth-bodies are destroyed and more | For them, too, the rightly inclined soul,
feels deepest compassion for sure || 58 ||
58. There is no doubt that the construction of the Jina temple also, as is any other construction activity for that matter, is fraught with the destruction of the lower form of creatures such as the earth bodied, the water bodied, the air bodied, the fire bodied, the vegetble bodied and also the small and not so small mobile creatures as well. However, the rightly inclined soul considers this loss of life as essential in order to ensure the larger benefit of gaining of right vision and consequent liberation from the mundane miseries by all those who will see the Jina temple and behold the Jina Idol therein. He therefore, goes ahead with the construction, but is moved by a feeling of deep compassion for the creatures so hurt or killed.
