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प्रवचनसार
एसा पसत्थभूता समणाणं वा पुणो घरत्थाणं । चरिया परेत्ति भणिदा ताएव परं लहदि सोक्खं ॥3-54॥
एषा प्रशस्तभूता श्रमणानां वा पुनर्गृहस्थानाम् ।
चर्या परेति भणिता तयैव परं लभते सौख्यम् ॥3-54॥ सामान्यार्थ - [एषा] यह [ प्रशस्तभूता] शुभराग-रूप [चर्या ] आचार-प्रवृत्ति [श्रमणानां] मुनीश्वरों के होती है [वा पुनः ] और [गृहस्थानां] श्रावकों के [परा] उत्कृष्ट होती है [इति भणिता] ऐसा परमागम में कहा गया है [तया एव] उसी शुभराग-रूप आचार-प्रवृत्तिकर श्रावक [ परं सौख्यं] उत्कृष्ट मोक्ष-सुख को [ लभते ] परम्पराकर पाता है।
The ascetics (muni, śramaņa) engage themselves (for a particular time) in this kind of laudable activity [involving auspicious conduct-with-attachment (sarāga cāritra)]. The Doctrine proclaims that for the householders (śrāvaka) to engage themselves in this kind of activity is most desirable as by doing this they gradually (by convention) attain the supreme bliss (of liberation).
Explanatory Note: Auspicious conduct-with-attachment (sarāga cāritra) has a secondary place in the conduct of the ascetic (muni, śramaņa) who observes the supreme vows (mahāvrata) to illumine his pure soul-nature. The pure soul-nature has no tinge of attachment in it. For the householder, however, this kind of auspicious conduct-with-attachment (sarāga cāritra) occupies the primary place in his course of conduct. Without the supreme vows (mahāvrata), which help in illuminating the pure soul-nature, the householder is with passions (kaşāya). Such auspicious conduct leads him to gradually (by convention) attain the supreme bliss (of liberation).
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