[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Jain Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina) › [The Śvetāmbara canon (Siddhānta)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta) › [The Mūlasūtras ("root texts")](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula) › [Uttarajjhayana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2) › 197.1.78 # Uttarajjhayana 197.1.78 Uttarajjhayaṇa 197.1.78 - **Language:** Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit ### [197.1.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2.197.1.78) jayā migassa āyaṃko | mahāraṇṇammi jāyaī / accantaṃ rukkhamūlammi | ko -aṃ tāhe tigicchaī ||78|| > 'In every kind of existence I have undergone suffering which was not interrupted by a moment's reprieve.' (74) > To him his parents said: "Son, a man is free to enter the order, but it causes misery to a Sramana that he may not remedy any ailings." (75) > He answered: 'O father and mother, it is even thus as you have plainly told; but who takes care of beasts and birds in the woods? (76) > 'As a wild animal by itself roams about in the woods, thus I shall practise the Law by controlling myself and doing penance. (77) > 'When in a large forest a wild animal falls very sick at the foot of a tree, who is there to cure it? (78) > 'Or who will give it medicine? or who will inquire after its health? or who will get food and drink for it, and feed it? (79) > 'When it is in perfect health, it will roam about in woods and on (the shores of) lakes in search of food and drink. (80) > 'When it has eaten and drunk in woods and lakes, it will walk about and go to rest according to the habits of wild animals. (81) > 'In the same way a pious monk goes to many places and walks about just as the animals, but afterwards he goes to the upper regions. (82) > 'As a wild animal goes by itself to many places, lives in many places, and always gets its food; thus a monk on his begging-tour should not despise nor blame (the food he gets). (83) > 'I shall imitate this life of animals.' "Well, my son, as you please." With his parents' permission he gave up all his property. (84) > — Hermann Jacobi 1895, Uttarâdhyayana Sûtra (Gaina Sûtras II, SBE 45) - [Previous: 197.1.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2.197.1.77) - [Next: 197.1.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2.197.1.79) - [Up: 197.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2.197.1) ## Translations (1) - [Uttarâdhyayana Sûtra (Gaina Sûtras II, SBE 45)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2~en-jacobi.19.0.p8) — Hermann Jacobi 1895, English ## Commentaries (5) - [Uttarajjhayaṇanijjutti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2!niryukti) — Bhadrabāhu & Bhadrabāhu II, Māhārāṣṭrī Prakrit - [Uttarajjhayaṇacuṇṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2!curni) — Jinadāsagaṇi Mahattara, Māhārāṣṭrī Prakrit - [Uttarādhyayanaśiṣyahitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2!santisuri) — Śāntisūri, Sanskrit - [Sukhabodhā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2!devendragani) — Devendragaṇi, Sanskrit - [Uttarajjhayaṇa: ṭīkānusārī vivecana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2!deepratnasagar) — Muni Dīparatnasāgara, Gujarati --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2.197.1.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2.197.1.78) · Pramāṇa