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अध्याय-७
a contention. The ascetics, who stay in vacant habitations, temples, etc., would become 'agārī'. And the laymen who leave home and stay in the woods for some reason, without renouncing sensual-pleasures, would become 'anagari'. But it is not so. What is intended is the psychical home - the 'bhāvāgāra'. Owing to the rise of the conductdeluding (caritramohaniya) karmas, a person's thoughts are not turned away from home. This is called the psychical home - the 'bhāvāgāra'. He who has it is a householder, even if he lives in a forest. The ascetic is free from such thoughts and so he is a homeless ascetic even if he lives in a home. Again, it is argued that the householder - agārī - cannot be a votary (vrati) as he observes vows only partially. But it is not so. The householder also is a votary from certain points of view. As an illustration, though a man lives in his home or remains in his bed-chamber, he says, "I live in the town." So, even a person who observes partial vows is called a votary from certain points of view (naigama, samgraha and vyavahara naya). Does partial observance of vows by the householder-agari - mean the observance of one or two of the five vows? No, it is not so. The householder - agārī - observes all the five vows, albeit partially.
The householder votary-agārī - is explained further.
अणुव्रतोऽगारी ॥२०॥
[ अणुव्रतः ] अणुव्रत, अर्थात् एकदेश व्रत, धारने वाला सम्यग्दृष्टि जीव [ अगारी ] अगारी (सागार) है।
The one who observes minor-vows (anuvrata) is a householder - agārī.
The word 'anu' indicates smallness. He whose vows are of minor nature is called a householder with minor vows - agārī. Why are his
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