Jaina Sutras, Part I (SBE22)
Part I: THIRD PART.

nor covetous of, nor disturbed by the agreeable or disagreeable sounds. The Kevalin says: If a Nirgrantha is thus affected by the pleasant or unpleasant sounds, he might fall, &c. (see above, IV, I).

If it is impossible not to hear sounds, which reach the ear, the mendicant should avoid love or hate, originated by them.

A creature with ears hears agreeable and disagreeable sounds.

This is the first clause. (1)

Now follows the second clause:

If a creature with eyes sees agreeable and disagreeable forms (or colours), it should not be attached, &c., to them.

The Kevalin says, &c. (the rest as in the last clause. Substitute only see and forms for h ear and sounds).

This is the second clause. (2)

Now follows the third clause

If a creature with an organ of smell smells agreeable or disagreeable smells, it should not be attached to them. (The rest as above. Substitute smell and nose.)

This is the third clause. (3)

Now follows the fourth clause:

If a creature with a tongue tastes agreeable or disagreeable tastes, it should not be attached, &c., to them. (The rest as above. Substitute taste and tongue.)

This is the fourth clause. (4)

Now follows the fifth clause:

If a creature with an organ of feeling feels agreeable or disagreeable touches, it should not be

attached to them. (The rest as above. Substitute feel and touch.)

This is the fifth clause. (5)

In this way the great vow, &c. (see above). v.

He who is well provided with these great vows and their twenty-five clauses is really Houseless, if he, according to the sacred lore, the precepts, and

the way correctly practises, follows, executes, explains, establishes, and, according to the precept, effects them.

End of the Fifteenth Lecture, called the Clauses.

Footnotes

^189:1 Bhavana. The bhavanas are subdivisions of the five great vows.

^189:2 Hatthottara in the original.

^189:3 Kalpa Sutra, section 1.

^190:1 Vimanas are palaces of the gods.

^190:2 Cf. Kalpa Sutra, section 2.

^191:1 Cf. Kalpa Sutra, section 97.

^192:1 Cf. Kalpa Sutra, section 98.

^192:2 Cf. Kalpa Sutra, section 90.

^192:3 The next word, bhivvumdaga, has been left out in the translation.

^193:1 Michelia Champaka.

^193:2 Cf. Kalpa Sutra, section 10.

^193:3 Cf. Kalpa Sutra, section 108.

^193:4 The spaced words are Prakrit, the Sanskrit form of which cannot be made out with certainty.

^194:1 Cf. Kalpa Sutra, section 109.

^194:2 Cf. Kalpa Sutra, section 110.

^195:1 Those parts of the world which are inhabited by men who practise religious duties, are called Karmabhumi. In Gambudvipa they are Bharata, Airavata, and Videha.

^196:1 Devakhamdaya in the original. My translation is but a guess.

^196:2 Gosirsha and red sandal.