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prajnana etc. mean the sense organs of seeing, smelling, taste and touch or the information gathered through these.
According to the Agams the minimum life-span of man is one kshullak bhav (only antar-muhurt or less than 48 minutes) and the maximum is three palyopam (a conceptual unit of time). Out of this the possible time for samyam (ascetic discipline) is between antarmuhurt to deshonakoti-purva (less than ten million purva; another conceptual unit of time). From the angle of spiritual practices, even this period is very small. That is why the life-span of humans is said to be short.
With old age the vigour of sense organs withers. This results in increase of craving for sensual pleasures that leads to frustration and dotage.
"Tran' means to protect from disease and weakness and 'sharan' means to protect and nourish or to provide refuge.
In this paragraph, for 'samyam' or ascetic discipline the term used is ‘ahovihar' (strange life-style). To a man leading a life of violence and indulgences, disciplined life appears strange and unusual. That is why the term 'ahovihar' has been used. प्रमाद-परिवर्जन
६६. अंतरं च खलु इमं संपेहाए धीरे मुहुत्तमवि णो पमायए। वओ अच्चेइ जोव्वणं च।
६७. जीविए इह जे पमत्ता। से हंता छेत्ता भेत्ता लुपित्ता विलुपित्ता उद्दवेत्ता उत्तासयित्ता। अकडं करिस्सामि त्ति मण्णमाणे।
जेहिं वा सद्धिं संवसति ते वा णं एगया णियगा तं पुट्विं पोसेंति, सो वा ते णियगे पच्छा पोसेज्जा। नालं ते तव ताणाए वा सरणाए वा तुम पि तेसिं नालं ताणाए वा सरणाए वा।
६६. इस जीवन को एक अन्तर-दुर्लभ अवसर समझकर अथवा अपनी अन्तर आत्मा की संप्रेक्षा कर धीर पुरुष मुहूर्त भर भी प्रमाद न करे (एक क्षण भी व्यर्थ न जाने दे)।
वय-(बाल्यकाल आदि) अवस्थाएँ बीत रही हैं। यौवन चला जा रहा है।
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