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Ratnakarandaka-śrāvakācāra
दिग्वलयं परिगणितं कृत्वातोऽहं बहिर्न यास्यामि । इति सङ्कल्पो दिग्व्रतमामृत्यणुपापविनिवृत्त्यै ॥ ६८ ॥
सामान्यार्थ - मरणपर्यन्त सूक्ष्म पापों की निवृत्ति के लिये दिशाओं के समूह को मर्यादा सहित करके, ‘मैं इससे बाहर नहीं जाऊँगा, इस प्रकार संकल्प या प्रतिज्ञा करना दिग्व्रत होता है।
"I shall not participate in activities beyond set limits in different directions,” to make such a resolve, for the rest of one's life, with a view to curb even subtle sins (beyond the set limits), is known as the vow of abstaining from activity with regard to direction (digvrata).
EXPLANATORY NOTE
ācārya Amrtacandra's Purusārthasiddhyupāya:
प्रविधाय सुप्रसिद्धैर्मर्यादां सर्वतोप्यभिज्ञानैः ।
प्राच्यादिभ्यो दिग्भ्यः कर्तव्या विरतिरविचलिता ॥ १३७ ॥
Taking a resolve not to participate in activities beyond set limits in directions, like east, and demarcating boundaries with wellknown reference objects, one should take the vow of abstinence with regard to directions (digurata).
इति नियमितदिग्भागे प्रवर्तते यस्ततो बहिस्तस्य । सकलासंयमविरहाद्भवत्यहिंसाव्रतं पूर्णम् ॥ १३८ ॥
A person who thus confines his activities within the set boundaries, since there is total absence of indulgence in the excluded region, follows the vow of complete ahimsā there.
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Jain, Vijay K. (2012), “Shri Amritachandra Suri's Purusārthasiddhyupāya", p. 88-89.
