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Ratnakarandaka-śrāvakācāra
आहारौषधयोरप्युपकरणावासयोश्च दानेन ।
वैयावृत्यं ब्रुवते चतुरात्मत्वेन चतुरस्राः ॥ ११७ ॥
सामान्यार्थ - विद्वज्जन आहार, औषध और उपकरण तथा आवास के भी दान से वैयावृत्य को चार प्रकार का कहते हैं।
The learned ascetics say that the vow of serving the noble ones (vaiyāvrtya) comprises four kinds of charity (dāna) : giving of food (āhāra), medicine (ausadha), implements* (upakarana), and shelter (āvāsa).
EXPLANATORY NOTE
ācārya Amrtacandra's Purusārthasiddhyupāya: रागद्वेषासंयममददुःखभयादिकं न यत्कुरुते ।
द्रव्यं तदेव देयं सुतपःस्वाध्यायवृद्धिकरं ॥ १७० ॥
Objects which do not cause arousal of the passions of attachment and aversion, do not bring about non-restraint, pride, pain and fear etc., and result into advancement of austerities and study, are worth giving.
हिंसायाः पर्यायो लोभोऽत्र निरस्यते यतो दाने । तस्मादतिथिवितरणं हिंसाव्युपरमणमेवेष्टम् ॥ १७२ ॥
*A digambara saint is without possessions and does not ever require any worldly implements; his only companions are three implements (upakarana): the feather-whisk (picchi) - implement of compassion, the water-pot (kamandalu) - implement of purity, and the scripture (śāstra) – implement of knowledge.
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