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6. Sri Upadhyāya Pada—The upādhyāyās are always careful in leading an exemplary ascetic life. They are well-versed in their knowledge of Jaina Scriptures. They teach young sådhus the various sūtras and their meanings of the Jalna Canon with benevolent wishes-without any expectation of a recompense. They are capable of making dull-minded pupils, well-disciplined hard-working students. They are always busy with contemplations about ever-increasing self-lessness. Upadhyāya pada is
wall or a partition intervening them. 6. He should not try to recollect previous sex-gratifications of this life or previous lives. 7. He should not take rich food full of articles exciting sexual passions. 8. He should not eat in excess. 9. He should not care for bodily decoration. These are the nine kinds of selfcontrol with regard to celibacy. Also, he is one who has left off the four kinds of major passions-viz 1. Htet Krodha-Anger, 2. at Mana, Pride. 3. TTAT Magă Docelt and. 4. tar Lobba Greed. In this way, he is adorned, thus far with eighteen meritorious qualities- Besides, he is already) endowed with the five Great Vows of a Jaina Sadhu viz सव्वायो पाणावायायो धरमणं savvão pāņāivāyão véramanam [Total abstinence from doing injury to living being] 2. erant gerapeut êrchoi Savvão Musā. vägão véramanam (abstinence from all varieties of false-hood. ) 3. preeriat fencerontit THui Savvão adinnādāņão veramanam ( Total abstinence of taking things not given by the owner. ] 4. great hortit CHOP [ Savvão méhusão véramanam ( Perfect abstinence from all kinds of sexual intercourse.] 5. Aparat oficinerant OCHU Savvão pariggahão véramanam ( Perfect renunciation of all worldly attachments ) he is able to observe rules of conduct regarding five daily excercises of Jnāna, Dargana, Căritra, Tapa and Virya embodied in 1 Joãnācāra 2 Darsanācāra, 3 Căritrācāra 4 Tapăcăra and 5 Viryācāra. He is also adorned with five samitis and three guptis, The five samitis (religious observances] are 1. rafefafa Irya Samiti (carefulness in walking with fixed gaze directed in front for a distance of 6 feet, so as to avoid treading upon any living being. A sådhu does not move about in the
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