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Uttarajjhayana 29.37

Uttarajjhayaṇa 29.37

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Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit

29.37

āhārapaccakkhāṇeṇaṃ bhaṃte! jīve kiṃ jaṇayai?
āhārapaccakkhāṇeṇaṃ jīviyāsaṃsappaogaṃ vocchiṃdai, vocchiṃdittā jīve āhāramaṃtareṇaṃ na saṃkilissai|

"By renunciation of food, Sir, what does the soul produce?"
"By renunciation of food, it cuts off attachment to longing for life; having cut it off, the soul does not suffer affliction on account of food."

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