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Ratnakarandaka-śrāvakācāra
अवधेर्बहिरणुपापप्रतिविरतेर्दिग्व्रतानि धारयताम् । पञ्चमहाव्रतपरिणतिमणुव्रतानि प्रपद्यन्ते ॥ ७० ॥
सामान्यार्थ – दिग्व्रतों को धारण करने वाले पुरुषों के अणुव्रत की हुई मर्यादा के बाहर सूक्ष्म पापों की भी निवृत्ति हो जाने से पाँच महाव्रतों की सदृश्यता को प्राप्त होते हैं।
Because of cessation of even subtle sins in the regions outside the limits set in the vow of abstaining from activity with regard to direction (digurata), the men observing this vow virtually observe the great vows (mahāvrata) outside their set limits.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Acārya Amrtacandra's Purusārthasiddhyupāya:
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.
Jain, Vijay K. (2012), "Shri Amritachandra Suri's Purusārthasiddhyupāya", p. 89.
Jain, Champat Rai explains:
One naturally cannot commit gross sins where one is not present in some way, whether directly or indirectly. But inability to be physically present in a place does not prevent one from sinning in thought in respect of the objects of that place. The observance of the digurata, however, enables one to avoid
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