Book Title: Tulsi Prajna 2002 10
Author(s): Shanta Jain, Jagatram Bhattacharya
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati

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________________ 1.40 1.41 1.42 1.43 1.44 1.45 1.46 1.47 1.48 1.49 102 lajjamāṇā pudho pāsa. Look at various self-restrained monks ashamed of their violent activities. aṇagārā motti ege pavayamāṇā. Some people style themselves as homeless mendicants. jamiņam virūvarūvehim samāram bheṇam udaya-sattham samārambhamāṇe anne vaṇegarūve pāņe vihimsati. But they indulge in violent actions to water-bodied beings with various weapons which involve destruction of various other classes of living beings. satthehim udaya-kamma tattha khalu bhagavayā pariņņā padveditā. On this subject, the Lord has propounded the principle of comprehension and abandonment. imassa ceva jīviyassa, parivam dana-manaṇa-pūyaṇāe, jāīmaraṇamoyaṇāe, dukkhapaḍighāyaheum. Longing for survival, praise, reverence and adoration, life and death, emancipation, and elimination of physical and mental suffering. se sayameva udaya-sattham samarambhati, annehim va udayasattham samarambhāveti; anne va udaya-sattham samarambhamte samanujāṇati. He himself indulges in killing the water-bodied beings or instigates others to do so or approves of such killings by others. tam se ahiyãe, tamse abohie. Such violence is for his harm, is for his non-enlightenment. se tam sambujjhamāne, āyaṇīyam samutthae. He (the ascetic) comprehends the result of violence and applies himself to the practice of self-restraint. socca khalu bhagavao aṇagārāṇam vā amtie ihamegesim ṇāyam bhavati - esa khalu gamthe, esa khalu mohe, esa khalu māre, esa khalu narae. Hearing from the Jina or other ascetics, some people come to know: such violence is indeed a knot, is delusion, is death, is hell. iccattham gadhie loe. Nevertheless, people entrapped in pursuit of pleasure (indulge in violence to water-bodied beings). Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only तुलसी प्रज्ञा अंक 118 www.jainelibrary.org

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