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ācārya Amrtacandra's Purusārthasiddhyupāya: इयमेकैव समर्था धर्मस्वं मे मया समं नेतुम् । सततमिति भावनीया पश्चिमसल्लेखना भक्त्या ॥ १७५ ॥
The householder should court voluntary death (sallekhanā) at the end of his life, always thinking fervently that only this (sallekhana) will enable him to carry with him his wealth of piety.
मरणान्तेऽवश्यमहं विधिना सल्लेखनां करिष्यामि । इतिभावनापरिणतोऽनागतमपि पालयेदिदं शीलम् ॥ १७६ ॥
"I shall certainly, at the approach of death, observe sallekhanā in the proper manner.” Meditating persistently in this manner, the observance of the vow of sallekhanā starts much before the approach of death.
मरणेऽवश्यंभाविनि कषायसल्लेखनातनुकरणमात्रे ।
रागादिमन्तरेण व्याप्रियमाणस्य नात्मघातोऽस्ति ॥ १७७ ॥
Verse 122
When death is imminent, the vow of sallekhana is observed by progressively slenderizing the body and the passions. Since the person observing sallekhana is devoid of all passions like attachment, it is not suicide.
यो हि कषायाविष्टः कुम्भकजलधूमकेतुविषशस्त्रैः ।
व्यपरोपयति प्राणान् तस्य स्यात्सत्यमात्मवधः ॥ १७८ ॥
When a man, actuated by passions, puts an end to his life by means of stopping breath, or by water, fire, poison, or weapon, he is certainly guilty of suicide.
नीयन्तेऽत्र कषाया हिंसाया हेतवो यतस्तनुताम् ।
सल्लेखनामपि ततः प्राहुरहिंसाप्रसिद्ध्यर्थम् ॥ १७९ ॥
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