Thus Spoke Mahāvīra: 61-70

Published: 09.04.2020

(61) जीववहो अप्पवहो  
           जीवदया होदि अप्पणो हु दया । 
         विसंकटओव्व हिंसा,  
        परिहरिदव्वा तदो होदि।। 

    jīvavaho appavaho
      j
īvadayā hodi appao hu dayā
    visa
kaaova   hisā
    pariharidavv
ā tado hodi. 

 To kill any living being amounts to killing one self. Compassion to others is compassion to one’s own self. Therefore one should avoid violence like poison and thorn. 

(62)  हत्थसंजए  पायसंजए,  
     वायसंजए  संजइंदिए। 
     अज्झप्परए सुसमाहियप्पा,  
      सुत्तत्थं च वियाणई जे स भिक्खू।। 

hatthasaṁjae pāyasaṁjae
v
āyasajae            sajaidie
ajjhapparae        susam
āhiyappā
suttattha
 ca viyāaī je sa bhikkhū. 

 Only that one can be a monk who has restrained hands, feet, speech, senses and engrossed in spirituality, fully absorbed in meditation knowing well the aphorism and its real meaning. 

(63)सम्मं मे सव्वभूदेसु,  
   वेरं मज्झ ण केणवि । 
 आसाए वोसरित्ताणं,  
 समाहिं पडिवज्जए।। 

 sammaṁ me savvabhūdesu
vera
 majjha  a keavi
ā
sāe     vosarittāa
sam
āhi   paivajjae.  

 Let me treat all living being with equanimity and none with enmity. Let me attain tranquillity by becoming free from expectations. 

 (64) सव्वभूयप्पभूयस्स,  
      सम्मं भूयाइ पासओ । 
      पिहियासवस्स दंतस्स,  
     पावं  कम्मं न बंधई ।। 

 savvabhūyappabhūyassa
samma
ṁ bhūyāī pāsao
pihiy
āsavassa daṁtassa
p
āvaṁ kammaṁ na baṁdahī. 

 One does not undergo the   Bondage of demerits if- 
(a) One considers all the beings like one's own soul  
(b) One sees all the beings with enlightened view point        
(c) One inhibits the flow of Karmic matter. 
(d) One who has conquered his mind and senses.    

        (65)  जयं चरे यं चिट्ठ                
 जयमासे जयं सए। 
  जयं भुंजंतो, भ।संतो 
    पावं कम्मं न बंधई ।। 

   jayaṁ care jayaṁciṭṭhe
  jayam
āse jayaṁ sae
   jayaṁ bhuṁjaṁto bh
āsaṁto
    pāva
ṁ kammaṁ na baṁdhaī. 

One does not undergo the  bondage of demerit if one’s walk is restrained, one’s standing posture  is restrained, one’s sitting postur is  restrained,one's sleeping posture is  restrained and one’s speech is  restrained,  

(66) पढमं नाणं तओ दया,  
    एवं चिट्ठइ सव्वसंजए । 
    अन्नाणी किं काही?  
    किं वा नाहिइ छेय पावगं? 

 paḍhamaṁ   nāṇaṁtao dayā 
eva
ṁ   ciṭṭhai   savvasaṁjae
ann
āṇīkiṁ  kāhī?
kiṁ v
ā nāhii cheya pāvagaṁ?  

 It is necessary for all the  ascetics to first acquire the  knowledge and the practise. What   will an ignorant do? How will he differentiate auspiciousness and  inauspicious-ness?  

(67) जं अन्नाणी कम्मं,  
     खवेदि भवसयसहस्स कोडीहिं । 
   तं णाणी तिहिं गुत्तो,  
  खवेइ अंतोमुहुत्तेण।। 

 jaṁ annāṇī kammaṁ 
khavedi bhavasayasahassa
 koḍīhiṁ
taṁ ṇ
āṇī tihiṁ gutto
khavei
 aṁtomuhutteṇa.  

The unenlightened takes  millions of lives to extirpate the effects of karma, whereas a man  possessing spiritual knowledge and discipline, obliterates them in a  muhūrta (a period of from 2 minute to 48 minutes.) 

 
 

 (68) नाणस्स सव्वस्स पगासणए,  
     अन्नाणमोहस्स विवज्जणाए। 
       रागस्स दोसस्स य सखंएणं,  
     एगंतसोक्खं समुवेइ मोक्खं।। 

 nāṇassa savvassa pagāsaāe
annā
ṇamohassa vivajjaṇāe
rāgassa dosassa
 ya saṁkhaeṇaṁ
egaṁtasokkhaṁ
 samuvei mokkhaṁ.  

One can get ecstatic liberation only when 
(1) one possesses the light of absolute knowledge.  
(2) one has eliminated ignorance  and delusion. 
(3) one has subsided attachment an aversion. 

 (69)  जेण रागा विरज्जेज्ज,  
        जेण सेएसु रज्जदि । 
         जेण मित्तिं पभावेज्ज,  
        तं णाणं जिणसासणे।। 

       jeṇa rāgā virajjejja
        j
eṇa    seesu   rajjadi
          j
eṇa mittiṁ pabhāvejja
         ta
ṁ ṇāṇajiṇasāsaṇe. 

 That which subdues passions, leads to beatitude and fosters friendliness is called knowledge in  the Jain doctrine. 

  (70) जेण तच्चं विबुज्झेज्ज,  
          जेण चित्तं णिरुज्झदि । 
         जेण अत्ता विबुज्झेज्ज,  
          तं णाणं जिणसासणे।। 

 jeṇataccaṁ vibujjhejja
j
eṇa   cittaṁ  ṇirujjhadi
j
eṇa attā visujjhejja
t
aṁ ṇāa jiṇasāsaṇe. 

 With the help of which we can know the truth, control the Mind and purify the soul is called knowledge in the Jain doctrine.  

Sources
Title: Thus Spoke Mahāvīra
Author: Yuvacharya Mahashraman
Publisher: Jain Vishwa Bharati, Ladnun
Edition:
2001
Digital Publishing:
Amit Kumar Jain

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  1. Discipline
  2. Equanimity
  3. Karma
  4. Karmic matter
  5. Meditation
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