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Ratnakarandaka-śrāvakācāra
मलबीजं मलयोनिं गलन्मलं पूतिगन्धि बीभत्सं । पश्यन्नङ्गमनङ्गाद्विरमति यो ब्रह्मचारी सः ॥ १४३ ॥
सामान्यार्थ शुक्रशोणित-रूप मल से उत्पन्न, मलिनता का कारण, मलमूत्रादि को झराने वाले, दुर्गन्धयुक्त और ग्लानि को उत्पन्न करने वाले शरीर को देखता हुआ जो काम - सेवन से विरत होता है वह ब्रह्मचारी श्रावक कहलाता है।
The householder who perceives the body as a product of unclean matter (semen and blood), source of filth, that which oozes waste, foul-smelling, and repugnant, and, therefore, abstains from sex-indulgence is known as the brahmcārī śrāvaka (seventh stage).
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Acārya Samantabhadra's Svayambhūstotra:
सुखाभिलाषानलदाहमूच्छितं मनो निजं ज्ञानमयामृताम्बुभिः । व्यदिध्यपस्त्वं विषदाहमोहितं यथा भिषग्मन्त्रगुणैः स्वविग्रहम् ॥
As the knowledgeable healer rids his body of the effect of poison through incantation (chanting of the mantras), O Lord Śītalanatha, you had also provided succour to your heart, infatuated by the fire of worldly desires, with the nectar-like cool water of the knowledge of the Self.
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( १०-२-४७)
In his adoration of the seventeenth Tirthankara Lord Kunthunātha, the ācārya says:
तृष्णार्चिषः परिदहन्ति न शान्तिरासा
मिष्टेन्द्रियार्थविभवैः परिवृद्धिरेव ।
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