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PAÑCALINGĪPRAKARAŅAM : 125
Jinavayaņam sāhantī sāhū jam
te vi sähanasamatthā /
Vāyarana-chanda-nādaya
kavvālarikāranimmāya || 63 ||
Jinavacanami sādhayanti sādhavaḥ yat
te’pi sādhanasamarthāḥ/ Vyakarana-chanda-nataka
kávyālankāra-nirmātāraḥ || 63 ||
Learned and capable monks skilled at
preaching Jina-commandments | Make good use of their skills in grammar,
verse, drama, poetry and embellishments || 63 ||
63. The learned monks who preach the teachings of the Lord Jina are well-read in own scriptures and highly skilled in other literary forms such as grammar, verse, drama, poetry, poetic embellishments, etc and are capable of refuting the false and misleading arguments of the preachers of false faiths and of establishing the right precepts of the Jaina faith. Therefore, they have been said to be variously resourceful.
