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Ratnakarandaka-śrāvakācāra
मद्यमांसमधुत्यागैः सहाणुव्रतपञ्चकम् । अष्टौ मूलगुणानाहुर्गृहिणां श्रमणोत्तमाः ॥६६॥
सामान्यार्थ - मुनियों में उत्तम गणधरादिक देव मद्य-त्याग, मांस-त्याग और मधु-त्याग के साथ पाँच अणुव्रतों को गृहस्थों के आठ मूलगुण कहते हैं।
The Most Excellent saints call abstinence from the consumption of wine (madya), flesh (māńsa) and honey (madhu), together with the observance of five small vows (aņuvrata), as the eight fundamental virtues (mūlaguņa) of the householder.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Acārya Amrtacandra's Purusārthasiddhyupāya:
मद्यं मांसं क्षौद्रं पञ्चोदुम्बरफलानि यत्नेन । हिंसाव्युपरतिकामैर्मोक्तव्यानि प्रथममेव ॥ ६१ ॥ Those who wish to renounce himsā must, first of all, make effort to give up the consumption of wine, flesh, honey, and the five udumbara fruits (the five udumbara trees are Gular, Anjeera, Banyan, Peepal, and Pakar, all belonging to the fig class). मद्यं मोहयति मनो मोहितचित्तस्तु विस्मरति धर्मम् । विस्मृतधर्मा जीवो हिंसामविशङ्कमाचरति ॥ ६२ ॥ Wine deludes the mind and a deluded person tends to forget piety; the person who forgets piety commits himsā without hesitation. रसजानां च बहूनां जीवानां योनिरिष्यते मद्यम् । मद्यं भजतां तेषां हिंसा संजायतेऽवश्यम् ॥ ६३ ॥ Wine is the birthplace of many creatures that owe their
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