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Verse 97
Ācārya Amộtacandra's Puruşārthasiddhyupāya:
रागद्वेषत्यागान्निखिलद्रव्येषु साम्यमवलम्ब्य । तत्त्वोपलब्धिमूलं बहुशः सामायिक कार्यम् ॥ १४८ ॥ After renouncing all attachments and aversions, and adopting a sense of equanimity in all objects, one should practise, many times, periodic concentration (sāmāyika), the principal means to realize the true nature of the Self. रजनीदिनयोरन्ते तदवश्यं भावनीयमविचलितम् । इतरत्र पुनः समये न कृतं दोषाय तद्गुणाय कृतम् ॥ १४९ ॥ Periodic meditation (sāmāyika) must be performed, without distraction, at the end of the night and the day (early morning and evening). If performed at other times, it is not improper, and is beneficial.
Jain, Vijay K. (2012), "Shri Amritachandra Suri's Purusārthasiddhyupāya”, p. 94-95.
Jain, Champat Rai elaborates on the meaning of the verse:
The sāmayika vrata is intended to be observed three times a day if possible; otherwise at least once daily. Its object is to enable the layman to abstain from all kinds of sins during the period of time fixed for its observance. The usual duration of the samayika vow is an antara muhūrta (a period of time not exceeding 48 minutes). During this period, which the layman spends in adoration and meditation, he vows to refrain from the commission of the five kinds of sin - hiņsā, falsehood, theft, unchastity and love of material possessions – with his mind, speech and body, in any of the three ways (krta, kārita, and anumodanā), both within and without the limits determined by him in connection with the deśāvakāśika vow.
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