Tattvartha Sutra (with commentary)
by Vijay K. Jain | 2018 | 130,587 words | ISBN-10: 8193272625 | ISBN-13: 9788193272626
This page describes the observances for the vow of chastity (brahmacarya) which is verse 7.7 of the English translation of the Tattvartha Sutra which represents the essentials of Jainism and Jain dharma and deals with the basics on Karma, Cosmology, Ethics, Celestial beings and Liberation. The Tattvarthasutra is authorative among both Digambara and Shvetambara. This is verse 7 of the chapter The Five Vows and includes an extensive commentary.
Verse 7.7 - The observances for the vow of chastity (brahmacarya)
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of Tattvartha sūtra 7.7:
स्त्रीरागकथाश्रवणतन्मनोहरांगनिरीक्षणपूर्वरतानुस्मरण वृष्येष्टरसस्वशरीरसंस्कारत्यागाः पञ्च ॥ ७.७ ॥
strīrāgakathāśravaṇatanmanoharāṃganirīkṣaṇapūrvaratānusmaraṇa vṛṣyeṣṭarasasvaśarīrasaṃskāratyāgāḥ pañca || 7.7 ||
Renunciation (tyāga) of these–listening to stories that incite attachment for women, looking at the beautiful forms of women, recalling former sexual pleasures, delicious food that stimulates amorous desire, and adornment of the body–constitutes the five observances (bhāvanā) for the vow of chastity (brahmacarya). (7)
Hindi Anvayarth:
अन्वयार्थ: [स्त्रीरागकथाश्रवणत्यागः] स्त्रियों में राग बढ़ाने वाली कथा सुनने का त्याग, [तन्मनोहरांगनिरीक्षणत्यागः] उनके मनोहर अंगों को निरखकर देखने का त्याग, [पूर्वरतानुस्मरणत्यागः] अव्रत अवस्था में भोगे हुए विषयों के स्मरण का त्याग, [वृष्येष्टरसत्यागः] कामवर्धक गरिष्ठ रसों का त्याग और [स्वशरीरसंस्कारत्यागः] अपने शरीर के संस्कारों का त्याग [पञ्च] ये पाँच बह्मचर्य व्रत की भावनायें हैं।
Anvayartha: [striragakathashravanatyagah] striyom mem raga badha़ाne vali katha sunane ka tyaga, [tanmanoharamganirikshanatyagah] unake manohara amgom ko nirakhakara dekhane ka tyaga, [purvaratanusmaranatyagah] avrata avastha mem bhoge hue vishayom ke smarana ka tyaga, [vrishyeshtarasatyagah] kamavardhaka garishtha rasom ka tyaga aura [svasharirasamskaratyagah] apane sharira ke samskarom ka tyaga [panca] ye pamca bahmacarya vrata ki bhavanayem haim |
Explanation in English from Ācārya Pūjyapāda’s Sarvārthasiddhi:
What are the observances for the fourth vow of continence or chastity (brahmacarya)?
The word ‘renunciation’ (tyāga) is added to each of these, that is, renunciation of listening to stories inciting attachment for women, renunciation of the sight of beautiful women, and so on. These are the five observances for the vow of chastity (brahmacarya).