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PAÑCALINGĪPRAKARANAN : 137
Itto cciya so halasayada
poyasargāmagohaņāīsu / Uvaesampi hu kaham dei
satta-aņukampāsamyutto // 70 || Asmādeva sa halaśakąta
potasargrāmagodhanādişu / Upadeśamapi nu kathami dadāti
satvānukampāsamyuktaħ || 70 || So, how can all-renounced monks
driven by campassion towards the living Preach to plough, ply carriages and boats,
to fight and to raise cattle for a living? || 70 ||
70. Therefore, how can the rightly inclined and compassionate Jaina monks who have an abiding concern for the safety and protection for all the living beings of the universe, and who are driven by an all pervading compassion, preach for ploughing the land, making and plying of carts and carriages, boats and ships, fighting and waging wars, and raising livestock (that may be slaughtered) as a means of earning one's livelihood? Meaning that they cannot and they mustn't so preach.
