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Vada] Nihnavavāda
:293 D, C. Like food, gold and young woman, do not become parigraha, when they prove themselves helpful to the body. Gold is beneficial to body in as much as it acts as an antidote of poison. It has been said that --
Visaghaya-rasayana-mangala-cchavi-nayā payāhinavatte | Gurud a dhajjhakutthe attha suvanne guna honti. (1)
[ Capacity as an antidote of poison, alchemic character, auspiciousness, brilliance, polity, property of turning clock-wise (from left to right), weight, and capacity of undergoing heat-these are the eight qualities of gold.]
When a young woman is looked upon with a lofty ideal that she is a companion in performing religious rites, she does not, in any way, become the object of parigraha but she becomes helpful in the attainment of Moksa. 23 (2572).
Finally, the Acārya explains the distinction between parigraha and a-parigraha and tries to remove the confusion from the opponent's mind:-- तम्हा किमत्थि वत्थु गंथोऽगंथो व सव्वहा लोए ?। गंथोऽगंथो व मओ मुच्छममुच्छाहिं निच्छयओ ॥२४॥२५७३।। वत्थाई तेण जं जं संजमसाहणसराग-दोसस्स । तं तमपरिग्गहो चिय परिग्गहो जं तदुवघाइं ॥२५॥२५७४॥ 24. Tamhá kimatthi vatthum gantho'gantho va savvhā löd?! Gantho'gantho va mai mucchamamucchāhim nicchayaö.
(2573) 25. Vatthāim teņa jam jam sanjamasāhaņasarāga-dosassa |
Tam tampariggaho cciya pariggaho jam taduvaghāim. (2574) [तस्मात् किमस्ति वस्तु ग्रन्थोऽग्रन्थो वा सर्वथा लोके । ग्रन्थोऽग्रन्थो वा मतो मूर्छा-ऽमूर्छाभ्यां निश्चयतः॥२४॥२५७३॥ वस्त्रादि तेन यद् यत् संयमसाधनसराग-द्वेषस्य । तत् तदपरिग्रह एव परिग्रहो यत् तदुपघाति ॥२५॥२५७४॥
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