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प्रवचनसार
The ascetic (muni, śramaņa) may remain in the company of the worthy preceptor or without his company, but, in either case, renouncing association with all external objects, he should be ever vigilant not to breach proper restraint.
Explanatory Note: Whether the ascetic (muni, Sramana) stays in the company of the worthy preceptors or not, he must renounce attachment (rāga) and aversion (dvesa) towards external objects, desirable or undesirable. Whenever there is the disposition of attachment (rāga) towards external objects, the cognition (upayoga) gets contaminated; with impure cognition (upayoga), passionless conduct-without-attachment (vītarāga cāritra) cannot exist. Commendable restraint is the hallmark of the ascetic; attachment (rāga) towards external objects causes its breach. That is why, renouncing association with all external objects is essential to asceticism. The passionless ascetic is without blemish, whether he stays in the company of the worthy preceptor or without his company. The ascetic who entertains dispositions of attachment (rāga) and aversion (dvesa) towards external objects causes the breach of the restraint, whether he lives in the company of the worthy preceptor or without his company. What must be renounced is the association with all external objects.
चरदि णिबद्धो णिच्चं समणो णाणम्मि दंसणमुहम्मि । पयदो मूलगुणेसु य जो सो पडिपुण्णसामण्णो ॥-14॥
चरति निबद्धो नित्यं श्रमणो ज्ञाने दर्शनमुखे ।
प्रयतो मूलगुणेषु च यः स परिपूर्णश्रामण्यः ॥3-14॥ सामान्यार्थ - [यः] जो [ श्रमणः] मुनि [दर्शनमुखे] सम्यक्दर्शन आदि अनन्तगुण सहित [ ज्ञाने ] ज्ञानस्वरूप आत्मा में [ नित्यं ] हमेशा [ चरति ] प्रवृत्त
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