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SEĆTION IV
ON CĀRITRIN (1) His Nature:
एवं तु वर्तमानोऽयं चारित्री जायते ततः। पल्योपमपृथक्त्वेन विनिवृत्तेन कर्मणः ॥३५२॥ evan lu vartamāno’yam caritri jāyate tataḥ /
palyopamaprthaktvena vinivrttena karmanah ||352|| Bebaving in this fashion this man eventually becomes a Caritrin, an event that occurs when his karmas measuring two to nine palyas have been got rid of. ____Note: Palya (lit. water pit) is a unit for measuring the duration of karma; it is much smaller than 'ocean' referred to in the perse 268. The Jaina tradition maintains that a man attains the fifth gunasthāna (and thus starts the career of a Caritrin) when he has got rid of his karmas measuring two to nine palyas (the word pşthaktoa meaning two to nine). It is this traditional tenet that Haribhadra is here having in mind.
लिङ्गं मार्गानुसाउँप श्राद्धः प्रज्ञापनाप्रियः ।
गुणरागी महासत्त्वः सच्छक्यारम्भसंगतः ॥३५३॥ Lingam mārganusäry eja Sraddhah Prajñābanabriyah 1
Punaraei mahasattvah sacchakyarambhasangatah ||353|| To follow the path of righteousness; to have faith (in religious truths), to have a liking for religious instruction, to be an admirer of spiritual merits, to be highly persevering, to initiate acts that are noble and fall within one's capacities--these are the characterizing marks of a Caritrin.
असातोदयशून्योऽन्धः कान्तारपतितो यथा । गर्तादिपरिहारेण सम्यक् तत्राभिगच्छति ॥३५४॥ तथाऽयं भवकान्तारे पापादिपरिहारतः । श्रुतचक्षुर्विहीनोऽपि सत्सातोदयसंयुतः ॥३५५|| asāłodayaśūnyo’ndhaḥ käntārapatito yatha / gartadibariharena samyak tatrabhigacchati ||35411 tathā'vam bhavakantāre papādi pariharalah / Srutacaksurvihino'pi satsātodayasamyutah ||35511
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