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Pravacanasāra
impairment of the life-essentials (prāņa) of other living beings. Internal injury is stronger of the two. Negligent activities may or may not cause injury to other living beings, but certainly cause injury to the knowledge-life (jnanaprana) or pure-cognition (śuddhopayoga) of own soul. If the ascetic observes diligently the fivefold regulation of activities (samiti) he safeguards his restraint in form of pure-cognition (śuddhopayoga). Therefore, even when his activities cause injury to other living beings, the internal disposition of non-injury does not allow bondage of karmas. Internal injury certainly causes bondage of karmas. External injury may or may not cause bondage of karmas. If activities are performed with due diligence and still injury (himsā) takes place, there is no bondage of karmas. If activities are performed without due diligence and injury (himsā) takes place, certainly there is bondage of karmas. Internal injury is certainly worth discarding; pure-cognition (śuddhopayoga) that engenders disposition of noninjury (ahimsā) is worth accepting.
अयदाचारो समणो छस्सु वि कायेसु वधगो त्ति मदो। चरदि जदं जदि णिच्चं कमलं व जले णिरुवलेवो 8-18॥
अयताचारः श्रमणः षट्स्वपि कायेषु वधक इति मतः ।
चरति यतं यदि नित्यं कमलमिव जले निरुपलेपः ॥3-18॥ सामान्यार्थ - [अयताचारः] जिसके यत्नपूर्वक आचार क्रिया नहीं ऐसा [श्रमणः] जो मुनि वह [ षट्स्वपि] छहों [कायेषु ] पृथिवी आदि कायों में [वधक] वध का करने वाला है [इति ] ऐसा [मतः ] सर्वज्ञदेव ने कहा है। [यदि] यदि [नित्यं] हमेशा [यतं] यतिक्रिया में यत्न का [चरति ] आचरण करता है तो वह मुनि [जले ] जल में [कमलम् ] कमल की [इव] तरह [निरुपलेपः ] कर्मबंध-रूप लेप से रहित है।
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