Purushartha - Siddhyapaya

Acharya Amrit Chandra Suri 

Translated by Ajit Prasada 

Exposition of Purushartha-Siddhyupaya.

81. Animals should not be killed for guests in the belief that there is no harm in killing goats, etc., for the sake of persons deserving respect.

82. With the idea that a meal prepared from the slaughter of one living being is preferable to that produced by the destruction of many lives, one should never kill a living being of a higher grade.

83. Beings which kill others should not be killed in the belief that the destruction of one of them leads to the protection of many others.

84. "These kill many lives, and accumulate grave sin" Doing this act of mercy, those who injure others should not be killed.   

85. "Those is great suffering will on being killed soon obtain relief from agony." Do not even kill the distressed one by having grasped the sword of such misconception.

86. It is difficult to obtain happiness. The happy shall, if killed, continue to be happy. Do not please adopt the weapon of this (false) reasoning for killing those who are happy.

87. A disciple desirous of piety should not cut off the head of his own preceptor when he, by means of constant practice, has attained such perfection of concentration, as leads to a good condition of life.

88. Do not believe in the doctrine of "pot-breaking immediate salvation" inculcated by Kharpatikas, impelled by their thirst for small riches; into inducing such belief in their pupils.

89. One should not kill himself by zealously giving one's own flesh as food to another starving person, seen approaching in front.

90. What person is there who, having a clear intellect, having served teachers well-versed in the various points of view, having realized the essence of the Jaina religion and having adopted Ahimsa, would yield to the delusions (set forth above.)

91. Wherever any wrong statement is made through Pramada Yoga (careless activity of body, mind, or speech), it is certainly known as falsehood. It is divided into 4 kinds.

92. A statement by which the existence of a thing with reference to its position, time, and nature is denied, is the first kind of falsehood; for example, to say "Deva Datta is not here," (when he is present).

93. Where a things does not exist, with reference to the position, time, and nature of other objects, and it is said to exist, the statement is the second kind of falsehood e.g., to say "pitcher is here" (when it is not actually there).

94. The third kind of falsehood is that, where an existing thing is represented as something different from what it really is, for example, when a horse is said to be a cow.

95. Speech of 3 kinds, Garhita, condemnable; Savady, sinful, or Apriya, disagreeable, is ordinarily speaking, said to be the fourth kind of falsehood.

96. Garhita speech is said to be all that, which is backbiting, harsh, unbecoming, nonsensical, or otherwise uncanonical.

97. All speech which makes another engage in piercing, cutting, beating, sloughing, trading, stealing, etc., is Savadya, sinful as it leads to destruction of life, etc.

98. Know all that as Apriya, which causes uneasiness, fear, pain, hostility, grief, quarrel, or anguish of mind to another person.

99Pramatta Yoga, the one (chief) cause (of Himsa) in present in all these (speeches) here. Therefore Himsa comes in, certainly, in falsehood also.

100. Pramatta Yoga having been stated to be the cause of all false speech, a sermon, preaching the renouncement (of vices) and the performance of religious duties, would not be a falsehood, (even if it should be distasteful, or cause mental pain to the listener).