234 ][ mokShamArgaprakAshak
chAritra – vaLI hinsAdi sAvadya (pApakArI) yoganA tyAgane chAritra mAne chhe, tyAn
mahAvratAdirUp shubhayogane upAdeyapaNAthI grAhya mAne chhe, paN tattvArthasUtramAn AsravapadArthanun
nirUpaN karatAn mahAvrat – aNuvratane paN AsravarUp kahyAn chhe to e upAdey kevI
rIte hoy? tathA Asrav to bandhano sAdhak chhe ane chAritra mokShanun sAdhak chhe, tethI
mahAvratAdirUp AsravabhAvone chAritrapaNun sambhavatun nathI; sarva kaShAyarahit je
udAsInabhAv tenun ja nAm chAritra chhe.
je chAritramohanA deshaghAti sparddhakonA udayathI mahAmand prashastarAg thAy chhe te to
chAritrano maL chhe, ene nahi chhUTato jANIne teno tyAg karatA nathI ane sAvadhayogano ja
tyAg kare chhe; parantu jem koI puruSh kandamULAdi ghaNA doShavALI haritakAyano tyAg kare chhe
tathA keTalAk haritakAyonun bhakShaN kare chhe paN tene dharma mAnato nathI, tem muni hinsAdi
tIvrakaShAyarUp bhAvono tyAg kare chhe tathA keTalAk mandakaShAyarUp mahAvratAdinun pAlan kare chhe
parantu tene mokShamArga mAnatA nathI.
prashna – jo e pramANe chhe to chAritranA ter bhedomAn mahAvratAdik kem kahyAn chhe?
uttara – tyAn tene vyavahArachAritra kahyun chhe, ane vyavahAr nAm upachAranun chhe. e
mahAvratAdi thatAn ja vItarAgachAritra thAy chhe – evo sambandh jANI e mahAvratAdikamAn chAritrano
upachAr karyo chhe; nishchayathI niShkaShAyabhAv chhe te ja sAchun chAritra chhe.
e pramANe samvaranA kAraNone anyathA jANato hovAthI samvaratattvano paN e sAcho
shraddhAnI thato nathI.
✾ nirjarAtattvanAn shraddhAnanI ayathArthatA ✾
vaLI te anashanAdi tapathI nirjarA mAne chhe, paN kevaL bAhyatap ja karavAthI to nirjarA
thAy nahi. bAhyatap to shuddhopayog vadhAravA arthe karavAmAn Ave chhe, shuddhopayog nirjarAnun
kAraN chhe tethI upachArathI tapane paN nirjarAnun kAraN kahyun chhe. jo bAhyadukh sahan karavun
e ja nirjarAnun kAraN hoy to tiryanchAdik paN bhUkh – tarasAdi sahan kare chhe.
prashna – e to parAdhInapaNe sahe chhe, svAdhInapaNe dharmabuddhipUrvak upavAsAdirUp
tap kare tene nirjarA thAy chhe.
uttara – dharmabuddhithI bAhya upavAsAdik to kare, paN tyAn upayog to ashubh,
shubh vA shuddha jem pariName tem pariNamo. jo ghaNA upavAsAdi karatAn ghaNI nirjarA thAy
tathA thoDA karatAn thoDI thAy evo niyam Thare tyAre to nirjarAnun mukhya kAraN upavAsAdik