draDhapaNe chAritranun pAlan karo. muninun chAritra thaI shake to te uttam chAritra pALo, ane
ochhI shakti hoy to shrAvakane yogya ekadeshachAritranun pAlan karo. –je chAritra lyo
tenun draDhapaNe pAlan karo, temAn shithilatA na rAkho. potAnA pariNAmanI shuddhatA vichAryA
vagar chAritra ke vrat laI lye ne pachhI temAn shithilatA rAkhe–te jainadharmamAn shobhe nahi.
tArAthI moTun chAritra na pALI shakAy to nAnun chAritra pALaje, paN moTun nAm dhAraN
karIne shithilAchAr vaDe tun chAritrane lajavIsh nahIn. shuddhatA sahit chAritranun pAlan thAy
te to ghaNun uttam ane pUjanIy chhe. samyagdraShTi–Indra paN chAritravantanA charaNe name chhe.
karavA jevun nathI mAnato. te pApono tene khed chhe ne sarvasangatyAgI munipadanI bhAvanA
chhe. te aNuvratI–shrAvak prAN jAy topaN pArakI vastune chorato nathI; sansAr sambandhI
samasta parastrI pratye tenun chitta sarvathA virakta chhe, tene parastrInA sevanano vikalpa paN
na Ave; devAnganAne dekhIne paN tenun chitta lalachAy nahi, –eTalo nirvikalpa shAntino
svAd tene nirantar varte chhe.
anIti ne anyAy pravRutti kare chhe? dharmI–shrAvakane evun hoy nahi; te sonAnA ganj dekhe
ke hIrAnA DhagalA dekhe–chhatAn te levAnI vRutti paN na UThe–eTalI niShparigrahatA tene thaI
gaI chhe, eTale bahAramAn tevo tyAg sahaj hoy chhe. shraddhA–gnAnamAn to sarve
samyagdraShTijIvoe sarve paradravyane potAthI sarvathA bhinna jANyA chhe, temAn ek rajakaN–
mAtranun svAmItva temane rahyun nathI; te uparAnt sthiratAvaDe be kaShAyono abhAv thatAn
parigrahanI mamatA ghaNI chhUTI gaI chhe; je maryAdit parigrah chhe tenI alpa mamatAne paN
pAp samaje chhe, ne shakti vadhArIne teno paN tyAg karavA mAnge chhe.
te na ja DagyA. rANIe tenA upar bhayankar AL nAnkhIne maraN jevo upasarga karyo,
anek prakAre hAvabhAvathI lalachAvyA, chhatAn teo shIlavratamAn draDh rahyA. e ja rIte