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Vada ] Nihnavavada
: 285: arpraa-aru- Tar-552770turfo: f i उपसर्गादिषु मुनयो निःसङ्गाः केवलमुपयन्ति ॥१८॥२५६७॥ 13. Mūrcchā hetu-r-grantho yadi tato dehādikaḥ kathamagranthah /
Marcoāvatah, katham vã grantho vastrādyasangasya ? (2562) 14. Atha dehā"hārādişu na Mokşasādhanamatyā tè marcchā i
Kā Moksasadhanèşu marcoba vastridikėsi tataḥ ? (2563) 15. Atha karoşi sthalavastrādikèşu marcchām dhruvan sarire'pi
Akreya durlabhatarè karişyasi morcchām visesèna. (2564) 16. Vastrādigrantharahitā ddhā”hārādimātra marcchayā i
Tiryak-śabarādayo nanu bhavanti uirayopagā bahuśah. (2565) 17. A-parigrahā api parasatkeşu morcchākasāya dosaini
Avinigrihitātmāṇaḥ karmamalamanantamarjayanti. (2566) 18. Dahasthavastra-mālyā-'nulepanā,"bharanad hariņah kecit ,
Upasargādişu munayo niņsangāh Kèvalampayanti. (2567) ]
Trans. 13-14-15-16-17-18. If the cause of attachment is parigraha, then, how could body etc. not become parigraha to one who has already got attachment, and how could clothes etc. become parigraha to a lonely ascetic ? If you do not bear attachment towards body, food etc., on the ground that they are necessery (instruments ) for the attainment of Mokşa, then, what attachment is there on garments etc., that are equally necessary for the attainment of Moksa ? And, if you attach desire to external objects like garments etc, you will be doing so all the more to body, which is more precious (than clothes etc. ). The tiryancas (i. e. beasis, birds etc.) and savage people though without parigraha of clothes etc, very often go to hell only out of their attachment for body and food etc.. ( There are some, who though a-parigrali ( or not possessing anything whatso-ever ) by theniselves, earn a lot of (bondages of) Karman, because of their vices such as desire, passion, etc., while other ascetics with their bodies decorated with garments, garlands, besmearings, and orna.
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