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पुरुषार्थसिद्धयुपाय
apartment of the house of knowledge1. This is proclaimed as endurance of cold. (3)
In summer there is no breeze, no abundance of water, and the leaves get dried up by the scorching heat of the summer sun and fall off from the trees. The ascetic enters such a wood and suffers from thirst because of internal causes such as fasting. And, owing to forest-conflagration, scorching wind and oppressive heat of the sun, his throat and palate become parched. Still he does not think of remedies experienced by him formerly on several occasions. He is keenly intent on avoiding injury to living beings and safeguarding his conduct. This is described as endurance of heat. (4)
The mention of flies and mosquitoes is a synecdoche. For instance, 'Let the ghee be safeguarded from crows'. Here 'crows' imply all those which damage the ghee. Similarly, 'flies and mosquitoes' imply all kinds of insects such as bees, gnats, small bees, bugs, maggots, ants, scorpions, etc. The ascetic endures the pain caused by these insects without thinking of the threefold remedies2 (of medicine, incantation and charms). His only mantle is the determination to attain emancipation. This is called patient endurance of insect-bites. (5)
The saint embraces nakedness like that of the child, which is free from stigma and which is difficult of attainment. This frees him from the evils of begging, safeguarding, injury, etc., and it is the sole cause of attaining emancipation, as it is free from attachment. The mind of the saint embracing nakedness is free from the excitement of passion and agitation, as he considers the female body impure and stinking. Hence he always safeguards his celibacy perfectly. His nakedness must,
1i.e., contemplation of knowledge.
2 This is also interpreted by thought, word and deed'.
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