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Vapet
1. Evam vrata-sthito bhaktyă sapta kşétyam dhanam
Dayayã cãtidinéşu Maha Sravaka sa ucyaté.
1. He who, staying firm in the (twelve ) vows, spends his wealth in Sapta kşétra (Seven spheres of activity-viz 1 Sådhus (monks) 2 Sadhvis (nuns) 3 Śråvaka 4 Srävika 5. Pratima ( Images of Tirtharkaras ) 6 Jina Mandiar ( Temples of Jinesvaras ), and 7 Jnâna (Right Knowledge with devotion and gives wealth to very pitiable persons out of compassion, is called a Devout Śrávaka.
यः सदाझमनित्यं च क्षेत्रेषु न धनं षपेत् ।
कथं वराकचारित्रं दुधरं स समाचरेत् ॥२॥ 2. Yah sad bāhyam anityam ca kṣètrèsu na dhanam vapét.
Katham varakaścãritram duscaram sa samācaret. 2
2. He, who having wealth with him, and knowing it to be an external object and transient does not spend it in the seven spheres of activity, how can that poor wretch observe câritra ( ascetic life ) which is difficult to practise ? 2.
जिनधर्मविनिर्मुक्तो माभूवं चक्रवर्त्यपि ।
स्यां चेटोऽपि दरिद्रोऽपि जिनधर्माधिवासितः ॥ ३ ॥ 3 Jinadharmavini-r-mukto mābhūvam cakravartyapi
Syām céto'pi daridro'pi Jina-dharmādhiyasitah
3. I do not like to become even a Cakravartin who has relinquished Jaina Dharma. I like to be even a servant or even a pauper consecrated by Jaina Dharma.
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