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Tattvārthasūtra
from stings is niḥśalya and one who observes vows is called a votary (urati). But a person free from stings is not fit to be called a votary. For instance, a man who is carrying a staff cannot be said to carry an umbrella.' The reply is this. The votary (Uratī) is one who is characterized by both the attributes, namely, being free from stings, and observing vows. The one who has not renounced the stings (salya) but observes vows (vrata) cannot be called a votary (urati). What is meant is that the votary (vratī) is the one who observes vows (urata) after first renouncing the stings (salya). For instance, a person is said to be rich in cows when he has plenty of milk and ghee (clarified butter). He cannot be said to be rich in cows in the absence of milk and ghee, even if he has several cows. So also, even if a person observes vows, he cannot be called a votary if he is not free from stings.
He who is free from stings and observes vows is a votary (vratī). The subdivisions are given below.
अगार्यनगारश्च ॥१९॥
[अगारी] अगारी अर्थात् सागार (गृहस्थ) [अनगारः च ] और अनगारी अर्थात् गृहत्यागी (मुनि) इस प्रकार व्रती के दो भेद हैं। नोट- महाव्रतों को पालने वाले मुनि अनगारी कहलाते हैं और देशव्रत को पालने वाले श्रावक सागारी कहलाते हैं।
The householder - agārī – and the homeless ascetic - anagārī – are the two kinds of votaries (vratī).
What is built for shelter is ‘agāra'. Thus, 'agāra'is a home. He who has ‘agāra’is the householder - agārī. He for whom there is no home is the homeless ascetic-anagāra. Thus, there are two classes of votaries, the householder-agari- and the homeless ascetic - anagāri. Now there is
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