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able to clearly understand the preaching of the Guru ( because they were dull-witted ) the ascetics of the time of the last Tirthamkara were that at Duraņupālao tatan: Duranu pālakah were able to obey the orders (of the Guru) with difficulty, ( because they were crooked and dull ) while the ascetics of the intermediate twenty-two Tirthamkaras, were getsgt Suvisojjho afaster: Suviśodhyah, able to understand the preaching easily and were 13 Supālao 5: Sūpālakah able to obey orders of the Guru carefully, as they were straightforward and wise. Although they were with four vows, they were able to understand and to observe carefully the fifth vow also.
यदुक्तं । नो अपरिग्गहिआए इत्थीए जेण होइ परिभोगो ।
____ता तश्विरईए चिय, अबंभविरइत्ति पण्णाणं ॥
Yaduktam
No apariggahiāe itthié jéņa hoi paribhogo; Tā tavviraīé chchiya a-bambha viraitti paņņānam.
It is said,
A woman, who is softafga A-parigrahita, Not accepted as one's married wife and not accepted as one's afrag Parigraba Household, cannot be enjoyed for sexual intercourse. When the aftaran Parigraha Vrata, the vow of abstinence from holding any belonging is taken, auftr Abambhavirai, Abstinence from sexual intercourse, is certainly enjoined.”
With this object in view, Mahā-muni Shree Parsvanath Tirtbamkara preached Dharma with four great vows, the first Tirthamkara Bhagavan Shree Rishabha-déva Swami, and the last Tirthamkara Srama na Bhagavan Shree Vardhamāna Swāmi, preached Dharma with five great vows. This difference is caused for the benefit of ascetics possessing different ar Prajnā, Standards of intellect, but it is not in connection with the True doctrine. Tben Kési Kumāra said,
