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प्रवचनसार
(muni, śramaņa)? Also, how can the ascetic (muni, śramaņa) who gets attached to things external due to attachment to possessions (parigraha) meditate on the pure-soul?
Explanatory Note: Attachment to possessions (parigraha) must result in infatuation (mūrcchā). Attachment to possessions (parigraha) necessitates initiation (ārambha) of activity. When both infatuation (mūrochā) and initiation (ārambha) of activity are present, there is the injury (himsā) to pure-cognition (śuddhopayoga), the life-essential (prāņa) of the soul. Causing injury (hiņsā) amounts to non-restraint (asamyama) on part of the ascetic (muni, śramaņa). There is another drawback of attachment to possessions (parigraha). Possessions are external substances. The ascetic (muni, śramaņa) who gets attached to things external cannot get established in pure soul-substance (Suddhātmadravya). Getting established in pure soul-substance (śuddhātmadravya) is the foundation of asceticism. He who does not establish himself in pure soul-substance (śuddhātmadravya) is not an ascetic. In essence, the ascetic must discard attachment to possessions (parigraha).
छेदो जेण ण विज्जदि गहणविसग्गेसु सेवमाणस्स। समणो तेणिह वट्टदु कालं खेत्तं वियाणित्ता B-22॥
छेदो येन न विद्यते ग्रहणविसर्गेषु सेवमानस्य ।
श्रमणस्तेनेह वर्ततां कालं क्षेत्रं विज्ञाय ॥3-22॥ सामान्यार्थ - [ सेवमानस्य ] परिग्रह को सेवने वाले मुनि के [ग्रहणविसर्गेषु ] ग्रहण करने में अथवा त्यागने में [ येन ] जिस परिग्रह से [ छेदः ] शुद्धोपयोग-रूप
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